world class service from professionals who care
Shadow Lake Collision Center is an independent, family-owned repair shop. Owned by Eric and Roma Dawson, Shadow Lake Collision Center’s staff has the same training and level of expertise as the Dawson’s first location, AA Collision Repair.Our growing staff has the combined experience of over 130 years in the automotive industry. Our office has four full-time employees to serve you, and our shop currently has seven fully-certified technicians.
Shadow Lake Collision Center can repair virtually any make or model of vehicle and restore to its pre-accident condition. We have excellent relationships with all insurance companies, and pride ourselves on the superior quality of work and excellent customer service that we provide.
Our owner, Eric Dawson, has an extensive history in the automotive industry. He has over 30 years in the industry, Eric has set a standard for his company that is acknowledged throughout the metropolitan area. Eric was recently featured in Automotive Body Repair News, the industry’s monthly trade publication serving the collision repair industry.
Born in Maryville. Missouri, his family stressed moral principles and business ethics in his upbringing. Eric worked on his family’s farm, and performed maintenance on his father’s six freight trucks. His first experience in the collision repair business was as a young teenager working in his father’s truck collision shop in Des Moines, Iowa. Eric’s summers were spent helping technicians work on semi-trucks. In high school he continued his collision repair education at Northwest Missouri Vo-Tec School in Maryville, Missouri.
In 1993 Eric moved to Bellevue, Nebraska, and worked as a body technician for three years. He had a tremendous ambition to own his own business but knew he needed management experience first. In 1996 Eric become an estimator and soon moved into management. By working in different collision repair shops, Eric gained the knowledge of what it takes to run a good business.
In 2004 Eric and his wife, Roma, had the opportunity to buy AA Collision Repair, which was acknowledged in the industry as the area’s premiere collision repair shop.
In 2007 Eric and Roma purchased property at Hwy. 370 and 72nd Street in Papillion; in 2008, they opened their second collision repair shop, Shadow Lake Collision Center.
Eric is a member of the Suburban Rotary Club of Omaha, the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and the Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce. Eric is actively involved in, and helps with many community service projects through his Rotary group. Eric and his wife have two active twin boys that keep the family busy. Eric can be reached at Eric@shadowlakecollision.com.
Our General Manager, Fernando Navarrette, has over 20 years in the automotive repair field. Fernando had been employed at AA Collision Repair since 1999 and now is serving as general manager for Shadow lake Collision Center.
He has served in every capacity within the automotive repair field including maintenance, parts, body/frame and estimating.
He holds certification from I-Car Platinum, ASE, PPG Production Managers Class and is PPG MVP GreenBelt Certified. He has worked closely with all insurance companies and has built great relationships in all aspects of the collision repair industry.
Fernando is an Omaha native and in his spare time he enjoys cooking, camping and spending time with his family, girlfriend and their two children.
Jamie, our marketing and PR representative, interacts with all insurance companies and their agents. She is also responsible for coordinating our community out-reach programs. Shadow Lake Collision Center is a business partner with the local Papillion/LaVista Schools. She goes into the elementary schools once a month and surprises a classroom and teacher with a ‘Classroom of the Month’ goodie basket. The kids really love that.
Jamie works part time at the front desk as Customer Service Representative and Director of First Impression. She started at our AA Collision location in 2007 and has now been with us for 13+ years. We are lucky to have her, she is fabulous!!
Jamie can be reached at Jamie@shadowlakecollision.com
Damien Townsend was an automotive refinish technician for 23 years before joining Shadow Lake Collision as an estimator. After two years of writing estimates Damien was promoted to Production Manager. Damien is married with two children and enjoys home projects and motorcycle rides.
Damien can be reached at damien@shadowlakecollision.com
Geoff Denton is relatively new to the Shadow Lake Collision team, just joining in August of 2018. He is the parts manager for our shop. He was born and raised in the Papillion area. He previously worked at Godfather’s Pizza in La Vista for 12 years, working his way up to assistant manager.
Geoff just recently got married in 2019. He enjoys his free time with family, friends, and also by watching Kansas City Chiefs and Husker football.
Geoff can be reached at Geoff@shadowlakecollision.com