Having worked his way up from taking customer service calls to director of sales at MSD Ignition, Ed Monte firmly believes in the value of hard work, maintaining a positive attitude and building relationships. Read more about Monte and his business philosophy through this month's Young Executive Insight.

At age 35, Mark Stek, an Oskaloosa, Iowa, native, and Iowa State graduate, currently holds the position of marketing director for Kelderman Manufacturing. Also known to SEMA members as Kelderman Air Suspension Systems, Kelderman is a diverse and unique SEMA-member company that manufactures and fabricates everything from agricultural parts to air suspension systems for a customer base that is as diverse as their products.