About Us

Meet Our Staff

	Brandon Harker Brandon graduated from St. Leo's University with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. He is the owner and lead developer of Auction Flex and also teaches technology classes at numerous auction schools around the country. Hobbies include skydiving, mountain-biking, Jeeping (1984 CJ-7), and writing.
	Kris Kennedy Kris attended Florida State University and takes care of sales, marketing, tradeshows, and lead customer support for Auction Flex. As a certified auction technology instructor, he teaches at auction schools across the country as well as conducting user seminars with Auction Flex. Hobbies include restoring vintage Jeeps and motorcycles, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
	Lara Harker Lara graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor's degree in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant. She spent 5 years in public accounting, 5 years in corporate accounting for a large hospital, and now she handles anything and everything related to billing, payables, etc. for Auction Flex. She is a voracious reader and enjoys spending time with her family.
	Jimmy Richardson Jimmy is responsible for the maintenance, planning and expansion of Auction Flex’s information technology infrastructure as well as programming for in-house applications. He has completed training in several Microsoft technologies and likes to stay current with developing trends in the IT industry. Jimmy enjoys running and spending time with his wife and two young sons.
	Melissa Peterson Melissa attended the College of Central Florida. She worked several years at a local mortgage company developing software to automate and streamline internal processes. Most recently she worked at an auto auction where she gained auction experience by fulfilling almost every position in the company. At Auction Flex, she is the lead software tester and also drives many feature requests for our customers. When not at work she enjoys hanging out with friends and family. During baseball season she is either at the Tampa Bay Rays game or somewhere watching it.
	Dustin Delisle Dustin attended the College of Central Florida. He is an Eagle Scout and provides a home for rescue animals. His current hobbies and interests include paintball, disc golf and spending time with friends. He also enjoys writing about himself in the third person.
	Shane Loret Shane Loret was born, raised in Southern California. He studied math and computer science in college and he is the lead web developer for Bidopia.  He is married and has four kids (2 in college and 2 in high school) and enjoys spending as much time as possible with all of them because they are awesome. Shane enjoys any activity that involves water and takes his family and boat to the lake anytime their busy schedule allows.
	Jennifer Dash Jennifer attended University of Florida.  She currently lives in the country with her husband, their 6 children (Ages 15 to 2),  and a veritable zoo of critters ranging from cats to donkeys to snakes and tarantulas.  There is never a dull moment at her house!  Before joining the Auction Flex team, Jennifer worked in a variety of office environments, but always quickly became the resident “computer person.”  She loves to read, hike, play outside, and practice her newest hobby- photography.
	Office Dogs The Boston Terrier is Jules and the St. Bernard is Mona. Jules will endlessly chase anything that is thrown (ball, stuffed animal, frisbee, or anything really). Mona, in turn, likes to chase Jules for about five minutes, and then she gets tired and takes a nap.

Company History

In August of 2000, Brandon Harker and Curt Davis founded Auction Flex® in Ocala, Florida. Brandon's programming background, passion for providing intuitive software, and zeal for auctions provided the direction for the new company. Acting as a silent partner, Curt's keen business sense and previous entrepreneurial endeavors provided a solid foundation. From the beginning, the company had one long term goal: to provide the auction industry's best auction management software and, furthermore, to provide an unequalled level of customer service. Auction Flex® auction software is the fruit of that labor and though our testimonials page provides ample evidence that we've come a long way since 2000, we recognize that there is always room for improvement. We pledge to our customers to keep Auction Flex on a path of continuous improvement and to never leave them behind the times with antiquated technology.