Meet the Staff of Velocity Motors

Brandon Buitendyk - Technician

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George Nikolich - Service Manager

616-710-5598 - george@velocitymotorsgr.com

Andrew Geelhoed - Service Advisor

616-710-5598 - andrew@velocitymotorsgr.com

Brent Kilmer - Owner

616-710-5598 - brentk@velocitymotorsgr.com

Brent is a lifelong car lover and has been in the automobile business 25 years. Prior to Velocity Motors, Brent worked at Harvey Lexus in Grand Rapids in Pre Owned Sales. Opening Velocity Motors has been a lifelong dream and Brent is responsible for acquiring inventory, marketing and managing sales and finance. Brent has 3 sons, Tyler, Marshall and Gabriel.

Gene DeJong - Owner

- gene@velocitymotorsgr.com

Gene and Brent have been close friends for 15 years and started Velocity Motors together.  Gene has been a lifelong entrepreneur and was also the founding Pastor of Keystone Church in Ada.  Gene and his wife Sharon live in Ada and are the parents to 5 grown children; Jenna, Dustin, Barry, Nick and Adrienne.

Jon VanOyen - Technician

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Jon VanOyen is our lead technician and is an ASE Master Certified Technician. Jon has been with Velocity from our first day in Caledonia.  Jon's father, Mike built our building in 2001 and operated VanOyen Auto Sales and Service for 14 years before selling to Velocity Motors.  Jon is a tremendous asset to our business and our shop.  Outside of work, Jon is married to Jenna who is a local music teacher.  Jon also plays lead guitar at Encounter Church in Kentwood and has a talent for photography and cooking.  

Johnny Sipple - Technician

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Johnny has been with Velocity since March of 2018 and has been a very welcome addition.  He is an ASE Master Certified technician.  Johnny lives in Grand Rapids with his wife Ali, children Brooke and Blake and their dogs, Lucy and Layla. When the snow flies he loves snowmobiling.