Mr. Olson is a founder and former COO of VeriFacts Automotive LLC and was with the company until November 2016. Currently he is the founder and CEO of Vehicle Collision Experts, LLC (VECO Experts). He is also president of Future Forensics – Automotive damage investigations, a company he founded in 1997. His companies specialize in partnering with collision repair technicians, shop owner/managers/estimators and forensic evaluations of collision damaged vehicles, quality of repair issues and valuation issues. He has over 32 years’ experience in the collision repair industry, including roles as collision repair and refinish technician, body shop management and ownership. He has also worked as an independent physical damage appraiser and is a former Allstate Insurance Company adjuster. He is a former regional trainer for Hunter Engineering in Missouri, with training centers in Seattle, Portland, Bay area, Orange County and Hawaii.
Known as an expert in the industry, he has been involved in well over 11,000 individual cases as an expert witness in matters of collision repair, vehicle collisions and manufacturer defect. He has also testified in many states in well over 100 cases.
Mr. Olson has traveled all over the United States and Canda teaching for I-CAR, VeriFacts and other companies - and also coaching individual technicians and collision repair facilities on the proper repair methods in collision repair and conducting seminars on industry challenges and remedies. He has presented many times at NACE, SEMA, many Trade shows – and others presenting on the industry issues and challenges. Mr. Olson can be seen on Collision Hub Repair University Live and Collision Hub OEM Edition and other industry podcasts. Mr. Olson is a licensed independent insurance adjuster and public adjuster in numerous states.