MARK HAWLEY
President
Mark is a top automotive retail-experienced individual. Mark directs and coordinates all the marketing and sales operations of First Innovations’ finance and insurance income development nationally and oversees all our active accounts.
After college, Mark entered the automobile industry on the retail side for a large dealership group in Houston, Texas. Mark worked his way up the ranks and became the Director of Finance for one of their dealerships.
He was promoted to open one of their new dealership acquisitions in Austin, Texas, where Mike Edwards recruited him in 1995 to be Director of the F&I training programs for Texas Automobile Dealers Association’s endorsed company. He was eventually promoted to Director of F&I Development.
He returned to the retail side in 1998 as the GSM for a large dealer group in Austin, Texas. He managed their Nissan dealership and then their Lincoln Mercury dealership before acquiring his own Leasing Company. Mark was also Vice President for Smart Note, an innovative equity acceleration program for automobile financing before joining First Innovations, Inc.
First Innovations asked Mark to join its organization in 2002 as a Regional Manager and F&I training instructor. He was promoted to Vice President of Development after years of high performance, and in 2015 was promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations.
Mark played college basketball and baseball. He received his formal education at Colorado State University, in Marketing and Finance and is AFIP Certified.
CAREERS
If you are interested in first year earnings in the high five figures and potential career salaries well into the six figure incomes annually, then First Innovations has your opportunity.
