ASE and WrenchWay are excited to welcome Mentor Mentee as a Featured Partner of ASE Connects, the nationwide initiative focused on strengthening the technician pipeline and supporting the shops, dealerships, and schools working to build the next generation of automotive professionals.
Mentor Mentee helps service teams bring structure and consistency to technician development—giving shops a real system for building skill, tracking progress, and creating clear career pathways for the people already on their team.
As ASE Connects continues helping shops strengthen their local technician pipeline, Mentor Mentee brings an important next step to the table: giving shops a real system to develop and retain the technicians they hire.
Growing Your Own Starts with a System
Hiring technicians is only part of the challenge. For many shops, the harder part starts after the hire—how do you develop the people you already have? How do you make sure skills are actually being built, not just assumed? Mentor Mentee was built to answer those questions.
Through clear career pathways, verified repetitions, and real-world skill tracking, Mentor Mentee helps shops build stronger technician proficiency while accelerating efficiency and productivity across the shop floor.
By joining ASE Connects as a Featured Partner, Mentor Mentee extends that capability further by connecting the development work happening inside shops to the pipeline work happening in schools.
“One of the things we hear most from shops is that they can hire someone, but they don’t have a real system for developing them,” said Jay Goninen, Co-Founder & President of WrenchWay. “Mentor Mentee changes that. Combining Mentor Mentee’s technician development system with ASE Connects’ focus on school relationships and industry data creates a more complete approach to building the technician pipeline—from student to skilled tech.”
“Shops have always known that developing technicians matters, but most haven’t had a real system for doing it. That changes with a partnership like this,” explains Ron Helmer, CEO of Mentor Mentee. “ASE Connects is already connecting shops to the schools producing the next generation of technicians, and Mentor Mentee gives those shops the structure to develop them once they’re in the door. Together, we’re helping shops build something that lasts.”
Strengthening the Full Pipeline
Building a technician pipeline doesn’t stop at recruitment. Shops that invest in how they develop technicians once they’re in the door are the ones that build lasting teams. Mentor Mentee brings that piece into ASE Connects, giving members a resource that extends well beyond the hire.
We’re proud to have Mentor Mentee in the network and look forward to what this partnership means for shops building their teams from the ground up.
About ASE Connects
ASE Connects is a national workforce initiative led by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) in partnership with WrenchWay. The program helps strengthen school–industry relationships, expand access to workforce data, and support automotive, diesel, and collision career pathways. To learn more, visit wrenchway.com
About Mentor Mentee
Mentor Mentee exists to help shops grow their own. As the demands of today’s workforce continue to evolve, we help service teams bring structure, visibility, and consistency to technician development while accelerating efficiency and productivity. Through clear career pathways, verified repetitions, and real-world skill tracking, shops can build team-wide proficiency and improve how work flows through the shop. To learn more, visit mentormentee.com
