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Kevin Tawil

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Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

Jeff Chambers ended up joining the board and was a wonderful fit.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

I think board dynamics are always incredibly important.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

He got a chance to shine early on because soon after TA investing, we missed our numbers.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

And I think the next two quarters, that was really the first time we'd missed our numbers.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

And Jeff was as cool as a cucumber.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

He may have been sweating behind the scenes, but he was consistent and supportive and we made our way through it.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

Everything turned out fine for TA, but he was tested early on, that's for sure.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

The story of our names is an amusing one, if anything.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

When we bought the company in 1995, we bought Road Rescue Inc.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

We were known as, in the marketplace, Mr. Rescue, but it was Road Rescue Inc.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

When we bought the Merrimack Group, we merged the two companies together.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

It was one holding company, and we came up with the very creative name, Road Rescue Merrimack.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

It clearly didn't roll off the tongue.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

It was a pretty straightforward process.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

Well, we realized that that was not a long-term name.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

It's entirely unrelated to TA Investment, but we did need to come up with a name that represented who we are and who we wanted to be.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

And we hired a marketing firm and they helped us lead us through a process.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Asurion: 50X Season Two - (50X, S2)

Assurion was the winner of that process.