News and Events
BBQ Fun – July and August 2024
Congratulations Kelowna INFINITI Nissan! – July 2024
KIN has won the 2024 JD Power Dealer award! This award recognizes a small group of elite dealers from all across the U.S. & Canada who achieve & maintain the highest standards of customer satisfaction for their clients. We are one of only 39 dealers in all of Canada – to make the 2024 Trophy selections list. Congratulations team!
Congratulations team Kelowna INFINITI Nissan! – June 2024
Congratulations to Ben Godollei, Mark Samson, Carlos Monagas, Sara Shipley, Landon Demmers, and Michael Zeisman for being the 2023 Club Nissan Excellence winners! In the Club Excellence program, there are 3 levels of achievement – Gold, Silver, and Bronze – each with unique rewards. You all deserve it!
Adam Rich is driving change in Kelowna – May 2024
It is with absolute pleasure to inform you that our very own Adam Rich, Dealer Principal, has played an important part in encouraging 18 Kelowna auto dealers to raise over $500,000 to help enhance life-saving cancer care in the Interior. Unfortunately, many of us have connections to cancer but it is really motivating that 18 dealers put rivalry aside to raise money for BC Cancer. There is hope! In addition to leading the Kelowna Auto Dealers Association’s charitable efforts to fuel cancer research and care at BC Cancer – Kelowna, Adam is on the BC Cancer Foundation Interior Transformation Council and has rallied his larger community to support the cause. Sentes Automotive has also donated more than $150,000 to the BC Cancer Foundation to support PSMA-PET technology (advanced imaging that detects prostate cancer spread) and genomics.
Congratulations Jass! – May 2024
We are absolutely thrilled to congratulate Jass on achieving his certification as an Automotive Technician! This is a significant milestone in your career, Jass. You should be incredibly proud of yourself! “Your journey to certified technician is truly commendable. Throughout this process, you’ve shown remarkable dedication, perseverance, and a genuine passion. It’s clear that your hard work and commitment have paid off. As you embark on this new chapter as a certified technician, we have no doubt that you will continue to excel and make valuable contributions. Your skills and expertise will undoubtedly serve you well as you take on new challenges and opportunities.” – John Hughes, Service Manager.
2023 Sentes President’s Award WINNERS! – April 2024
It is with immense pride to announce the 2023 President’s Award Winners: Dean Anderson, Ben Godollei, Maggie Foun, and Mark Samson. The President’s Award recognizes the top volume sales consultant for each of our three stores. Your hard work and dedication is truly impressive and we look forward to many more successes and achievements together! Congratulations!
Happy retirement, Michelle Lindsay (controller)! – April 2024
Your dedication and hard work have left an incredible mark, and your absence will be felt by everyone who had the pleasure of working with you.
Congratulations on your promotions, Ben! – March 2024
“We’re proud to say we believe in growing our team for success. Such is the case with the most recent promotion: we are happy to announce that we have promoted Ben Godollei from sales consultant to sales manager for Kelowna INFINITI Nissan. Ben has shown passion for the brand with 10 years’ experience with service department right up to sales most recently. His excellent customer skills and understanding of the industry is invaluable and makes him a great success story for our team. He quickly has grown in his skillset for sales and we’re excited what his journey in his new role has in store for him! Congrats Ben.” -Elias Flores, General Manager
Congratulations on your promotion, Michael! – March 2024
“Michael is a key member of our service team who consistently delivers fantastic customer service, maintains a strong work ethic, keeps on top of things and is organized, and shows a willingness to learn new processes, and share ideas. These skills along with his calm, friendly, and approachable personality coupled with a great sense of humor make him a strong leader in our department. He has earned a much deserved promotion to assistant service manager of Kelowna INFINITI Nissan.” -John Hughes, Service Manager
Congratulations Ramneek! – March 2024
Ramneek Kaur in accounting has been promoted from assistant controller to controller.
Kelowna INFINITI Nissan Fixed Operations Bowling Night – March 2024
The KIN Fixed Operations team had a great bowling night at McCurdy Bowling last month. It was so much fun to get together and enjoy some good food along with some spirited competition. We didn’t know that we have such good bowlers!
Job Shadow – Kelowna INFINITI Nissan service team working in parts – January 2024
Sentes Automotive 2023 Length of Service Awards – December 2023
Special congratulations to all of you for the commitment and loyalty to us. Your exemplary commitment and integrity over the years has been pivotal to this company’s success. Cheers to many more years to come! At the Christmas party this past December 9th, our team received a few gift cards as a recognition for their loyalty to us and their hard work. Thank you for being an important part of our success and for choosing a career with us! *These awards are recognized in 5 years increments each year.
Sentes Automotive feeling festive! – December 2023
We hope you had fun at our 2023 Holiday Party! Thank you for all the hard work, commitment, loyalty, and excellence this year. We wouldn’t be who we are without all of you! We wish you a wonderful holiday season and a happy 2024! The best is yet to come.
Congratulations Kelowna INFINITI – November 2023
The Kelowna INFINITI team was treated to a night of bowling at BNA for being awarded with the 2022 BRONZE WINNER, in recognition of outstanding customer service. Thank you for the hard work team, it does not go unnoticed!
We are so lucky to have you, Danielle! – November 2023
CADA, The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association, recognized Danielle Kruger, our Human Resources Manager as a proud member of the auto industry! Our company wouldn’t be what it is now without you, Danielle! #WOMENINAUTOMOTIVE
Bring Your Kids To Work Day – November 2023
On November 1st, we welcomed Grace at LOK, and Marcus and Carter at KIN. Both Marcus (Elias’ son) and Carter had a successful day of working in all departments at Nissan, and Grace had a lot of fun with mom (Rachel) helping out all customers walking into our Lexus showroom. Watch out! Alejandra will start recruiting!
BC Cancer – Inspired Leadership Series – October 2023
On Thursday September 7th, Adam Rich was the host speaker for the BC Cancer Inspired Leadership Series. Adam presented a history of Sentes Automotive and how leadership fueled the company’s growth. All members of BC Cancer – Kelowna were invited to attend this session which included a powerpoint presentation and talk along with an open question session. Adam was proud to share the many milestones and growth of our team and its member at Sentes Automotive and fielded many excellent questions from the crowd. He was honoured at the conclusion of the event with this crystal plaque. $100,000 was donated to BC Cancer, to help build their new Systemic Therapy Suite.
Congratulations Ben! – September 2023
We are proud to congratulate our very own Ben Godollei on achieving Nissan Award of Excellence for the second year in a row – Silver status! This is evidence of his excellent customer service, sales targets and overall customer satisfaction. Well done Ben and congratulations!
Congratulations on your new vehicle, Olya and Zhenya! – September 2023
In May of 2022 Margot Sentes answered a Facebook post from a 32 year old woman wishing to flee the Ukrainian war and come to Canada. Margot and Rick decided they had the room and took in two young woman. Elena stayed with them for 6 months and Olya for 9 months. Olya became close to Margot and Rick joking that they were her second parents. However in February of this year Olya made the very difficult decision to return to Ukraine. She had married one month into the war and was desperately missing her husband. It took 6 months but finally Olya and Zhenya found a legal way to allow Zhenya, a man of conscription age, to leave Ukraine. After a tense 2 hours at the Ukraine border and another 3 at Polish customs they were granted entrance to Poland. It was 3 am in Poland when Olya phoned Margot to say they made it, they were safe. As soon as Margot knew they were in Poland she began the search for accommodation for the couple. This was right at the worst time of our summer fires. But fortunately Margot found a basement suite. She had saved certain pieces of furniture from the old Mercedes-Benz building. Margot worked on furnishings and preparing the suite for the arrival of Olya and Zhenya. Rick and Margot flew both of them to Kelowna and as a final aid to their start of a new life in Canada Rick and Margot gave them a car.
Women in Automotive – September 2023
CADA (Canadian Automobile Dealers Association) recognized our very own Director of Internal Operations, Pamela Pearson, as an inspiration in the industry that we all work in and love. “CADA is proud to highlight Pamela Pearson, an inspiration to all those in the automotive space. Pamela is the Director of Operations for Sentes Automotive in Kelowna, British Columbia. She has been a member of the automotive industry for over 15 years. She is extremely passionate about all things automotive and is an inspiration to all those within the automotive space. CADA is proud to support #WomenInAutomotive.”
