My name is Nick Bauer and I am the President and Founder of FCP Groton. I started out in the automotive parts industry at an early age working at my parents local import specialist store in Groton, CT. After 15 years in the industry I am now an expert in all aspects of the Automotive Aftermarket consisting of product procurement, cataloging, pricing, vendor relations, quality control, and warehouse distribution.

I attended the University of Connecticut from 1998-2000 and played on the Division 1 golf team aiming to get a degree in Finance. While in college, I started listing products from my parents store on Ebay for supplemental income. Immediately it became more than a part time hobby and I made the tough choice to forgo my final two years of college and focus the new web business I had created. Within one year, the sales from the website and Ebay had surpassed the my parents store and FCP Groton, LLC was established as a separate company where I had a stake in the ownership.

My first key hire came 2002 when I brought on board Scott Drozd. Between 2002 and 2007, we were able to increase sales 5x with Scott focusing his attention to sales on Ebay while I focused my attention to cataloging of products along with sourcing products from manufacturers rather than distributors and grew from 2 employees to 6. In 2008, we moved out of our original home and moved 30 miles south to Old Saybrook CT, where we increased our space by 10,000 Square feet along with adding on 10 new employees. The following year, we needed ran out of space an tacked on another 12,000 square feet to our lease leaving us at just under 26,000 square feet and added another 15 employees. At the start of 2011, we stand at just over 50 Employees and have turned this one time small company into one of the emerging growth companies in CT. Currently I spend my time at FCP heading the development of our own custom on line catalogs and the sourcing of our products needed to increase our product offerings.

In September 2010 I made my first international trip to Germany to attend one of the world’s largest automotive trade shows; Automechanika. That show has led to many new contacts and increased our product range tremendously. In February of 2011, I will be traveling to Japan to visit with a few of our largest international customers to help increase our international footprint. More international trips will be scheduled over the next few years international trade is proving to be one of our fastest growing segments of the company.

When I’m not at FCP, I enjoy spending my time outdoors playing golf, fishing, skiing or can be found on the Long Island Sound or Connecticut River on my boat.

My name is Scott Drozd and I serve as the Chief Executive Officer of FCP Groton, one of the most highly recognized brands and fastest growing ecommerce providers of automotive parts for foreign makes and models such as Volvo, BMW, and many others. I’m always available for any questions, comments, concerns, feedback or suggestions. You can email me at scottd@fcpgroton.com

As the CEO I am responsible for all aspects of our rapidly growing organization, including strategic planning and execution, sales, operations, and corporate finance. I have deep and broad knowledge of the business and the industry, including e-commerce; fulfillment; customer acquisition, retention, optimization, and satisfaction; inventory management and systems; search engine optimization; search engine marketing; car parts; car part cataloging; marketing; business management; database structure; and quality process standards such as ISO and TS.

I joined FCP Groton in 2002 working alongside the founder, Nick Bauer. From 2007-2010 I served as Chief Operating Officer focusing predominantly on the development, design, operation, and improvement of the systems that create and deliver FCP Groton’s automotive products and services. I ensured that business operations are efficient and effective and the proper management of resources, distribution of goods and services to customers, and analysis of business processes.

In late 2010 I was appointed to role of Chief Executive Officer.

My name is Max Rossi, VP Sales / Chief Business Development Officer at FCP Groton, LLC since March 31, 2008.  I graduated from Marist College in 1995 with a Bachelors Degree in History along with a Provisonal Certification for teaching grades 7-12.  I worked in the Wolcott, CT School system directly out of college for 2 years but eventually changed careers and became co-owner and Vice President of Sales for a sub-prime mortgage company Accent Capital, LLC.  Due to the housing market crash circa 2006, I eventually closed down my business and was hired as the Regional Sales Manager at Scholastic Mortgage out of Milford, CT.  I worked at Scholastic for almost a year before I decided to leave the company due to instability in the mortgage industry and a fresh new change.

I was referred to by an ex co-worker to Nick Bauer and Scott Drozd (President & CEO)  where I interviewed and was hired at FCP on March 31,2008.  Since then I have specialized in assisting the CEO with company growth & structure, developing staff and assisting with HR issues. With a teaching and public speaking background I also assist in the training of our staff as well as motivational speaking.  I have been a key component with website development adding new products to our platform on a daily basis and work alongside our management team with company growth and overall development.  Finally with almost 10 years of mortgage and real estate knowledge I am also assisting when needed with this and any future real estate financial transactions.