OUR TEAM
Peter Gajdos
Peter has been a friendly face at Knibbe Automotive since 2018. Born and raised in Calgary, he loves the city and mountains equally. He has a lovely wife and is a proud ‘girl dad’ to two beautiful daughters. Outside of work, he enjoys playing hockey, snowboarding, and spending quality time with his family in the mountains. A true Toyota enthusiast, be prepared to have him talk your ear off if the subject ever comes up.
Fred Armstrong
Fred became a licensed technician in 1986, and has worked as a service writer at Knibbe Automotive since 2013. Originally from Regina, Fred’s favourite sports team is the Saskatchewan Roughriders (but we love him anyway). Fred loves spending time with his family which includes eight grandchildren and a brand-new great-grandchild. He also loves old cars and music; he is an excellent singer and during Covid decided to teach himself to play the guitar and bass. His weakness is vanilla cake with chocolate icing.
Shaun Erikson
Shaun has been a licensed technician since 1987. This Southern-Alberta boy was born in Coaldale Ab and has worked with cars since he was 12 years old. Shaun enjoys Nordic skiing, tennis, and gardening; has four kids; and loves everything Chevrolet (his current favourite being a diesel Chevrolet Cruze). Shaun’s guilty pleasure is local craft beer from Calgary.
JB Bantleman
JB is originally from Newfoundland, and has been with Knibbe Automotive since 2019. He enjoys soccer and pickleball and is a worthy opponent at the company pickleball nights. He loves spending time with his wife, 2 boys, and their cats – one of which he rescued from a car engine (cat, not child). He stays very busy with his kids and their many sports and activities, and loves a good BBQ.
Brad Bengtson
Brad has been a licensed technician since 1997. Born in Calgary and raised a farm boy just south of “town” Brad has been fixing and tuning the toys he wanted to drive since age 5. A lucky grandfather to one, Brad enjoys lazy e-bike cycling, skiing and science fiction. His guilty pleasure is entirely too much coffee.
Daniel Ronning
As the newest service writer, Daniel already wins our Employee with the Coolest Hair competition. He has been working on engines of all types since he was 16 years old, and loves a good Chevy. He enjoys food of all kinds, and his day hasn’t started before the first cup of coffee. He loves spending time with his wife and 2 dogs – Rocky and Bear. In his spare time he likes to work on home renovations, and we are still working on getting him to start playing pickleball.
John Knibbe
John became a licensed technician in the 70’s and also has an engineering diploma from SAIT from 1980. John worked as a salesman at Honda for many years before starting Knibbe Automotive with his family. John has three children and seven grandchildren. John enjoys reading, biking, and competitive games of all kinds. His heroes are C.S. Lewis and Billy Graham. John is the king of “dad jokes…”
