Gavin Brooks,
in short.
Started on a wireless retail sales floor in 2002, working up to running the operation around it: retail networks, a delivery company, a dealership lot. Now Paddock20 builds software from that experience, and PaddockGavin gives car people a free event to walk into and a sourcing path through a licensed dealer.
Where the work lives.
Paddock20 and PaddockGavin are where the work happens. This site is where all of it is written down.
- Software and advisory
Paddock20
Fixes the tools an operation runs on, built by someone who ran the operations first and delivered by a dev team and a network infrastructure team led directly. Founded in 2023. The Fit Call is booked there.
About Paddock20 - Car Experiences, Events, Sourcing
PaddockGavin
The car side, since 2021: a free car show instead of a feed, brand partnerships for sponsors, and sourcing and consignment through a licensed dealer.
About PaddockGavin - This site
Gavin Brooks HQ
Where all of it is written down: the fields covered, the methods used and the record behind them.
The fields covered
Since 2002.
Eight roles, newest first.
- Oct 2025 to Sep 2026Lot Operations and Events Manager, a leading exotic and luxury dealershipReconditioning, vendors and transport for a high-volume lot, and a monthly community event. Built and delivered Lot Assistant, the operations platform the lot ran on.
- 2023 to nowFounder, Paddock20Custom software, workflow automation and managed services. A technology advisory practice working through a technology services distributor, which began in 2024.
- 2023 to 2024Regional Business Sales Manager, AT&T Business Fiber (Direct Corporate)A 13-person team selling to direct corporate accounts, run as a second full-time role alongside the delivery company below.
- Oct 2022 to Feb 2025Owner, last-mile delivery company40 delivery vans, 100 employees, running seven days a week. The team behind it: an HR manager, a fleet manager, a dispatcher and an assistant team manager, on ADP payroll.
- 2021 to nowFounder, PaddockGavinCar events and brand partnerships. Tires & Timepieces™ in Scottsdale in 2023 and the Piston Powered Ranch car show in October 2026.
- 2019 to 2021Director, Sales and Operations, T-Mobile Authorized Retailer96 stores, and a leadership bench for a 654-store partner network.
- 2016 to 2018Regional Director, Apple / Simply Mac, then the FirstNet national launch23 Apple-certified locations in 2016 and 2017, then the national field rollout of FirstNet, AT&T’s public safety network, in 2017 and 2018.
- 2002 to 2019Director, Business Development and Strategy, AT&T Authorized RetailerWireless retail from a full-commission sales floor to network leadership: sales training, quota planning and the ALIGN™ leadership framework, used by managers across the network.
On the floor of a dealership lot: every car accounted for, intake to release. 
Sourced through the network: a Carrera GT and a 918 Spyder. 
A panning shot on the road. 
Between operations, events and builds.
Three things worth repeating.
“AI speeds up somebody who already knows how the work is done. It does not replace knowing it.”
“Not a new discipline. An old one, pointed at a new crew.”
“Cars were the hook. Curiosity did the rest.”
Plain rules.
- 01
Straight answers
If it is not a fit, you hear that directly, and get pointed somewhere good.
- 02
In writing
The scope, the price and the dates are on paper before any work starts.
- 03
Corrections in public
When something is wrong, the correction runs in public instead of a quiet edit to the page.
Issuer and name.
- Replit Agent Certified, Advanced Builder (Level 4), Top 1%, July 2026. How Replit certifies builders
- Intelisys Partner Network, October 2024
- Top Regional Sales Manager, AT&T
- T-Mobile authorized retail: Quarterly MVP (three times) and A-Player Award
- AT&T National Authorized Retailer of the Year (twice)
Replit certification, shared by Replit to LinkedIn.
Contact, and where else to look.
Tell us the bottleneck.
We’ll show you the machine.
One working session with the person who scopes the work and does it. A written, fixed-price scope follows within two to three business days, or an honest no.