My hometown is Sebastopol, CA. My wife Svetlana Tara-Browne works here with me in Internet Sales at Manly Honda. We have two wonderful boys Alex and Daniel. I'm a long-time entrepreneur and have had many businesses, including managing musical acts in San Francisco California, installing audio and video systems in the top software companies in Silicon Valley, and founding and managing a coffeehouse chain in Russia, China, and several other countries.
Read moreDealership Experience
7 yrs, 7 mos
Industry Experience
7 yrs, 7 mos
Specialties & Trainings
Y Combinator (W21)
Demand Curve Growth Program
3 Month CEO Execution Training Course
Ruhi Training Institute Books 1-10
BA in Broadcast & Communication Arts with a major in Music Production at San Francisco State University
Minor in Religion Studies and Philosophy at San Francisco State University
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April 25, 2023
Edgar was outstanding in his overall performance, professionalism and customer service during our entire purchasing process. professionalism and customer service during our entire purchasing process. More
Other Employees Tagged: Adolfo Salazar, ROSA CHAVEZ, Steve McKerracher, Edgar Medina
September 20, 2022
I appreciated the sincerity of the people working there. I felt cared for and I'm confident that they gave me a great deal. I felt cared for and I'm confident that they gave me a great deal. More
Other Employees Tagged: Tim Dang, Svetlana Tara-Browne
September 16, 2022
Chris Tara-Browne was an outstanding person directing me to the process to sell my car. I am a disable person moving around in a wheelchair. He was very knowledgeable, professional, polite, understanding, c to the process to sell my car. I am a disable person moving around in a wheelchair. He was very knowledgeable, professional, polite, understanding, courteous. He did all and beyond to make this transaction as smoothed as possible. In another word, a real human being caring for another human being. Not a person in a job just to make a living.. Very rare to encounter with such people today.. Manly Honda in Santa Rosa could be proud and graceful to have such employee. As well, the Nabil Blaik Toufe the person who came to my house to present me with the official documents to sign and who drove away with my car was exceptionally nice and understanding and explained to me thoroughly the process of paperwork. Patrick Varlot More
Other Employees Tagged: Nabil Blaik Toufe
July 03, 2022
We had a great experience yesterday buying my new car. I was able to sell my old car and purchase a used car within the same transaction and they made it really simple. They have a great system of employe I was able to sell my old car and purchase a used car within the same transaction and they made it really simple. They have a great system of employees working together as a team to complete the process. Highly recommend this dealership. More
Other Employees Tagged: Ryan Tanguay, Ali Tanbakuchi, Lorena Ortiz
April 19, 2022
Chris was extremely helpful, upbeat and informative. He provided just a great and welcoming buying experience overall. He provided just a great and welcoming buying experience overall. More
Other Employees Tagged: Alex Iniguez, Edgar Medina
April 02, 2022
Amigables y te ayudan a elijir la mejor ocsion y los precios son buenos buen diler precios son buenos buen diler More
Other Employees Tagged: Adolfo Salazar, Tom Henschel, Efrain Aguado, Jose Rocha Jr , Miguel Brito, Lily Medina, Bill Robertson
March 20, 2022
Chris was great. Made the process easy with delivery of the vehicle. Really appreciated how accommodating he was. Not the pressure sales environment that we all know Made the process easy with delivery of the vehicle. Really appreciated how accommodating he was. Not the pressure sales environment that we all know so well. More
January 28, 2020
We were greeted in the parking lot by Svetlana who was just great. We met with our internet sales rep Chris whom is Svetlana's husband and we thought that was great as well. Dave was a very friendly fin just great. We met with our internet sales rep Chris whom is Svetlana's husband and we thought that was great as well. Dave was a very friendly finance manager, and did everything he could to help us make this happen. There were a few hang ups several days later but Dave worked his magic and got us an even better deal than previously expected. Making this a great experience for us. Fantastic! More
Other Employees Tagged: Dave Sambad, Svetlana Tara-Browne , Neil Stanley
January 02, 2020
Great Service from Chris Chris helped to get me into a 2019 Honda Fit lease, after years of driving Civics leased from Manly. I love it! I live in Oakland now, but still chose Chris helped to get me into a 2019 Honda Fit lease, after years of driving Civics leased from Manly. I love it! I live in Oakland now, but still chose to work with Chris as he was more attentive than the dealers here and worked to make the price work for me. He even had it delivered to me in Oakland, which was wonderful. More
December 30, 2019
Chris Tara-Brown is an A+ , wish it all ended there. I really enjoyed working with Chris Tara-Brown. He made himself available to me at all times and helped me in making the right decisions. He was very I really enjoyed working with Chris Tara-Brown. He made himself available to me at all times and helped me in making the right decisions. He was very professional and I felt I could trust him. After I picked out my car it was off to the finance department (Dave Sambad). I have excellent credit so I was not concerned. I spent the next 30 minutes saying the words no thank you as I was intimidated, bullied and made to feel small. The whole thing made me cry. I was told that I obviously did not care about my car if I did not need all these add ons. NO MEANS NO!!!! The guy even started acting angry as he handled the paperwork in an irritated fashion. The whole thing was creepy as I felt attacked and I wondered if I would have gotten the same treatment had I been a male. More
Other Employees Tagged: Dave Sambad