All of our techs are on an ongoing training program and all are ASE certified. Two of our techs are master certified technicians.

Brent Kranz, Owner

Brent has been in the automotive industry since 1969. He is married and has three grown sons. Brent and his wife Robin purchased Mathewson’s in 1985 and are only the second owners since 1933. They also previously owned Honest Performance from 1977 to 1994. Brent’s hobbies include sports, working outside, and of course cars.

Josh Colman

When I was young I was always interested in mechanical objects and item’s that could be disassembled and put back together. I had built bicycles to minibikes before I was twelve. I had schooling in drafting (cad cam) but had become bored once I had a job doing this.
I took a part time position in a local dealership (GM & Toyota) in the parts deptartment. I spent eleven years there until leaving to further my horizon’s at Mathewson’s, which I have been with for fifteen years.
I have recieved schooling and certification in automotive management operations, various customer handlings, GM and Toyota parts management and general automotive repairs. I have always enjoyed this industry and found it to be very rewarding.
Outside of Mathewson’s I enjoy many outdoor activities, sports, family and of course I’m involved with cars and events.

Larry Webb

Service advisor Larry Webb has been in the automotive business for 58 years. Starting out in downtown Renton at Bob Rivily’s Veltex gas station, his experience includes management positions at several auto dealerships and working in the racing industry as a crew chief in Indy, NASCAR, and Can-Am racing service.
For many years Larry had his own business, restoring early Chevrolets and Corvettes, doing specialized tuning and performance work.
He has worked on the early style Rochester Fuel Injection units since 1957 and still does an occasional unit for someone’s restoration.Worked here at Mathewson’s 16 year’s plus.

Jeff Montgomery

Jeff Montgomery is the shop foreman at Mathewson’s. Jeff also helps out on the service counter when needed. Graduating from Stadium High School in Tacoma, he attended Bates Vocational College.
Jeff’s mechanical career began when he was seven years old. He began by disassembling his bike and the family’s lawn mower and chainsaw. He has been at Mathewson’s for twenty four of his twenty-nine years in the automotive business and is ASE certified. He is the shop’s drive-ability specialist and also specializes in tuning the many high performance and specialized vehicles that show up at Mathewson’s front door.

Brian Carlson

I have lived in the Renton area all my life. I graduated from Renton High School in 1975, and then attended Renton Vocational Technical College for 2 years, obtaining my automotive certificates. I was hired at Mathewson’s at the age of sixteen in 1973 and have worked there ever since.38 year’s. My hobbies are skiing, watching NASCAR races, and maintaining tropical fish tanks. I have been married for 30 years to my wife Cheryl, and have two kids- Cari , and Brad . I coached my son Brad for 11 years in soccer and baseball.

Jeff Cole

Jeff was born in Seattle, and raised in the Kent/Renton area. After graduating from Lindbergh High School, he recieved a diploma from the Universal Technical Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been in the automotive industry for twenty years.He has been at Matheweson’s over 10 year’s. In his free time he enjoys camping, fishing, riding, drag racing, boating, and just going fast on land, water, or sand.

Nick Snowdon

Nick Snowdon has lived in Renton all his life, and graduated from local Lindbergh High School. Nick has worked at Mathewson’s 10 years, and enjoys it to this day. In his free time, Nick works on cars, goes salmon fishing with his dad, and enjoys camping in the summer time. Nick currently performs automotive fluid service’s for Mathewson’s customers, and also takes care of Mathewson’s Metro VanPool fleet account, and perform’s many other service’s as his knowledge grow’s.

Dennis Duval

Dennis came to us from a long running shop in the seward park of area Seattle(Rex’s Service)that recently closed .He is skilled in many area’s that suit this team well to better serve our customer’s need’s.He has been part of the crew 3 year’s plus.