Partnerships: UTI, Ford, Shell Pennzoil and Neil Tjin Edition
Learn how Neil Tjin went from a high school student tinkering with cars, to winning Best in Show at SEMA.
It’s hours before showtime, and Greg Miller is deep in the electrical system of a 1992 Ferrari 348 Challenge trying to tighten up the air conditioning relay.
A dysfunctional button can make all the difference to the Cavallino Classic car show judges. They are Ferrari experts, capable of distinguishing an original rosso corsa Ferrari from a red paint imposter. They won’t hold back from exposing a vehicle’s imperfections.
Miller never imagined himself showcasing a Ferrari at the famous Palm Beach Cavallino Classic. He never expected that the business he started would bring him here. He just loved working on cars.
At 12 years old, Miller began exploring the family car. He learned the fundamentals of diagnosing and repairing vehicles in his parent’s garage. It was a passion he pursued through his high school years and he decided to turn it into a career by exploring tech schools and eventually enrolling at Universal Technical Institute’s campus in Houston, Texas.1
In addition to core program training, Miller was accepted into the BMW STEP specialized training program, which was offered at the time at UTI Houston. The program is now called BMW FastTrack.
“BMW STEP definitely gave me a leg up, and without UTI I wouldn’t have ended up there.”15
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