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- BIO Chris Keller is a Red Seal Automotive Service Technician Journeyman who is the Service Manager at Mayfield Toyota. He is also an alumnus of Jasper Place High School (1992-1996) where he did the 3-year automotive program and a work experience placement with Yellowhead Honda. What a cool program - knowing he was not going to be in high school much longer! A taste of “real life” yet still not knowing what he was going to do for the rest of my life. The ‘Dream’ was always to be a police officer. The service manager at Honda’s recommendation to the detail manager (because of my work experience program), changed my life - who knew that it would lead to the career I am in now? Unfortunately, within a couple months, my hours were not fulltime so I started to look elsewhere. The service manager appeared once again and offered me a job in the shop. I worked at Yellowhead Honda for over 10 years as detailer, apprentice technician, and service advisor. At one point, I left Honda, to become a service advisor at Mayfield Toyota. A move to BC saw me involved with opening a brand new, ground up, Honda store as a parts and service manager but unfortunately, before too long, my family and I ended up moving back to Edmonton. I returned to Mayfield Toyota as a service advisor, moving up to assistant service manager and since 2012, I have been their service manager – quite the journey! Mayfield Toyota has been working very closely with Jasper Place High School for more than 25 years. We take 6-8 students into the facility every year. Sometimes we have given donations of old parts, tires and once, even an old truck! We currently employ more than 20 people at Mayfield from Jasper Place High School and most of them have completed the automotive program!
