Meet Our Staff

Butch co-founded Park Place LTD in 1987, and what started as a small wholesale dealer in 1987, Butch has helped make into one of the premier full service special interest dealerships on the West Coast. He has nearly three decades of experience in the automotive business and puts this expertise to work overseeing much of the day-to-day operations of Park Place. With a passion for collector and special interest vehicles, and especially vintage Corvettes, Butch ensures we always have some of the most interesting and diverse inventories of collectable cars on the West Coast. He also spearheads Park Place’s participation in many of the major collector car and highline auctions, including all of Barrett-Jackson’s events. Butch lives in Bellevue, WA with his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Stacia and Alexa. For his ultimate “Dream Garage,” he says he would have a hard time narrowing it down, but when pressed would pick a ’57 Continental Mark II, a carbon fiber bodied CRC “62” C5 Corvette finished in Torch Red with a red leather interior, and a Black Superformance Cobra, “like the one I already have!”

Childhood friends and college roommates, David Bingham and Butch Bockmier, joined up to start Park Place LTD in 1989, capitalizing on their love of cars and to build a business unlike any other on the west coast. David is an avid vintage racer, campaigning his ex-Sterling Moss Lotus 23 sports racer. His dream garage is already full with a 993 Turbo S, an aluminum bodied 1964 Shelby Cobra (289), and the aforementioned Lotus vintage racer. He drives a Mercedes E63 AMG daily and currently has an Audi R8 in his rotating modern sports car slot next to Shari’s 911 C4S. Other than cars, David is an avid boater and is heavily involved with many local charitable organizations like Children’s Hospital and the Le May museum as well as others. He is also a season ticket holder for the football team of his alma mater, the University of Washington Huskies.

Ryan came to Park Place after graduating from the University of Western Ontario as a Business Finance Major. He had never worked in the car business prior but was always passionate about automobiles, so he decided to give it a go thinking, “You will always be successful in life if you do something that you truly love.” Ryan has done most every job throughout the dealership, from washing cars to selling them, and now is at the helm as our General Manager. Ryan truly believes that customers are the most important asset we have and says, “If we provide our customers with the highest level of service for all their automotive needs, they will be our customers for life.” And this belief manifests itself in every employee of our dealership. Ryan currently resides in Issaquah, WA with his wife and son, and in his free time, you will find him at a local autocross or taking part in Track Days. “I always wanted to be a race car driver, so this is my way of living my own dream – unfortunately funded by my own pocketbook!“ In the winter months he can be found frequenting one of the local ski resorts in his M3.

Doug has extensive experience that includes being a Service Manager at the Ferrari/Maserati dealer, and he specializes in an intimate knowledge of all things Italian and European. He contributes this extensive knowledge of premium European vehicles as an invaluable member of our Service Center team. Our motto has always been, "We service what we sell," and Doug helps make your experience a pleasant one, no matter what you drive. His competence is topped only by his warm, friendly demeanor that our customers love.

Vincent arrived from Aston Martin Seattle when Park Place took over the franchise in July, 2007. His many years of service experience with these cars, extensive factory training, plus an exceptional pride of workmanship have earned Vincent well deserved respect and admiration from even our most discriminating clients. If you have any questions relating to the Aston Martin service and ownership experience, do not hesitate to call and speak with Vincent personally.

Eric worked at Audi for six years after doing his automotive training in Avondale Arizona at UTI. He works on almost anything, but has extra expertise with Lotus, Porsche, Audi, Ferrari or Maserati.

With years of varied marketing experience, Jason is finally able to merge his career talents with his enthusiasm for exotic and specialty cars. Born in Bellevue and having lived all over the Pacific Northwest, joining the team at Park Place has been a bit of a homecoming and a perfectly natural transition to the greater Seattle area. When not in the garage handling light service and repair on his families' BMWs, you can find him turning laps at the local kart track in one of his 4-stroke ItalKarts with his son.

Michael typically drives at least 3,000 miles each month and put 50,000 miles on his car last year, even with it being out of commission for three months. Michael loves the tranquility to be found on an open road where he can focus on 'finding the line'. He swapped an engine into the Audi and immediately took the car on a 1,000 mile road trip. Fast Facts about Steve Carlisle - Has worked at Park Place LTD since: 2015 - Is known For: Being a legendary youth basketball official locally. - What makes Park Place LTD Unique? "Definitely the incredible and gorgeous vehicles, and our passionate and knowledgeable team. We’re the place where you can admire and learn about the vintage European, American classics, modern grand touring or exotic supercars in our showrooms and then discuss, in depth, the characteristics, history and minute details of any car we have. We are the Seattle area’s Auto Museum." - Origins: Steve has lived in the greater eastside area since the 1970’s. - Current Daily Driver: Saab 9-5 - Currently in Steve’s Garage: 1974 BMW 3.0cs - Dream Garage: 1959 BMW 507 1966 Mustang Fastback 1969 Toyota 2000GT 1991 BMW M3 2018 Aston Martin Vanquish S - Did you Know? Steve has had over 20 classic BMW’s, mostly 2002’s and e9 coupes. More About Steve: Steve has owned and restored dozens of cars, from Sunbeam Alpines to early Mustangs and countless BMW’s. An avid golfer and tennis player, Steve also enjoys home remodel & carpentry projects.

Kevin has been in the parts business since 1987. Having spent over a decade with Toyota and 7 years with Olympic Boat Center, he brings considerable experience and a great work ethic to the team.

David started his automobile career in 1987 at Olympic Auto Mall in Chicago. Prior to Park Place Ltd, David worked for Phoenix Mercedes Benz in Arizona. David believes in building long term relationships based on trust and integrity, and "customer hospitality".

Hunter Ross started out as a lot porter and worked his way up through the Consignment Department and onto the Sales Staff in 2011. Hunter is consistently very highly rated by our customers for his warm, friendly, non-pushy personality.

Dave Bruski started his automotive career locally in 1980, which eventually led him to Park Place LTD in 1991, making him the longest tenured employee in Park Place's history.

Rick started in the auto industry in 2007 with Acura of Bellevue and has subsequently been a sales consultant for Audi of Bellevue, Infiniti of Kirkland, Lexus of Bellevue, Landmark Motors, and now with Park Place Ltd. He has been building relationships in the auto industry business with a focus on assisting the customers in achieving their goals and aspirations while making their car buying experience affordable, pleasant and enjoyable.

Alan served in the US Army for 6-1/2 years. His love of cars and the great outdoors brought Alan from the San Francisco area to Washington.

Blake's ambition for greatness started before he left high school, working 40 hours a week after classes to save up and purchase a BMW E36 as his first car.