Automotive consulting
Discuss the workflow challenges keeping your collision business from moving forward.
- Reassembly and repair workflow
- Procedure-driven shop culture
- Diagnostics and team communication
I’m Edson Mendonça. From a farm in Brazil to the collision industry in America, I turn lessons from life and work into practical guidance for people and businesses.

I grew up in Altônia, Paraná, watching my father solve problems with his hands, his ingenuity, and his faith. Those early lessons became the foundation for a lifetime of building, learning, and serving.
In 1999, shortly after marrying Renata, I moved to Long Island. I began as a helper in an auto body shop and built a career in collision repair, estimating, reassembly, and diagnostics. Today, I bring that experience to leadership, entrepreneurship, and conversations that give people a voice.
The foundation for my values, my sense of purpose, and the way I serve others.
My wife Renata and daughters Gabi and Lizie remind me why the work matters and what a lasting legacy means.
A place to solve real problems, develop people, and put procedures over guesswork.
Practical conversations and guidance shaped by decades on the shop floor, entrepreneurship, and a commitment to continuous learning.
Discuss the workflow challenges keeping your collision business from moving forward.
Connect your audience with lessons in responsibility, resilience, and leading people with purpose.
Explore automotive diagnostic needs or a collaboration with EMTEX-AUTOHITEC CORP, founded in 2018.

REAL PEOPLE. REAL STORIES. REAL EXPERIENCE.
The EME podcast is being built around the people behind the work—the mentors, craftspeople, and leaders whose stories deserve to be heard. Starting with my journey in collision repair, I’m taking the microphone into the environments where those stories happened.
Book projects in development, bringing together my life story, the dignity of collision professionals, and practical automotive leadership.
IN DEVELOPMENTA tribute to the collision professionals whose knowledge, care, and unseen work help keep people safe on the road.
The years that built me in Brazil. The years that tested me in America. The new beginning dedicated to what I can teach, build, and leave behind.

A leadership manual in development, grounded in faith, family, and business, connecting practical experience with people, AI, and emerging technology.
Have a challenge in your shop, an audience to inspire, or a story to share? Tell me what you’re working on.
edsonme@me.com ↗Based on Long Island, New York.
Conversations in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.