Bowling Installations

Louis J. Trunk, Jr., Owner
Las Vegas, NV, Lake Wales, FL

E-mail loutrunk@hotmail.com

Louis J. Trunk, Jr.

1. Knowledgeable in installation and maintenance of Brunswick and especially of AMF equipment including A, A-2, GS-X, 82-70A, 82-70B, 82-70SS, 82-70MP, 82-90, 8800 Gold, 82-90XL, 82-90Xli, and their related equipment.

2. Highly experienced in equipment parts inventory control, mechanic and pinchaser training, preventive maintenance, and bowler inconvenience management.
3. Full knowledge of all elements in the system of bowling including lanes, lane maintenance, lane maintenance equipment, bowling balls, and pin dynamics.
4. Qualified in all aspects of bowling center management including employee training and motivation, league and tournament promotion, casual and organized open play promotion, payroll management, food & beverage operations, liability management, advertising strategies, and more.
5. Bowling industry leadership experience as 3-term president of the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of the Carolinas, Chairman of the Equipment and Products Committee of the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America, member of the BPAA Marketing Committee, Chairman of the BPAA Special Events Committee which produced “Super Bowlin’ Saturday”...  the most successful national youth bowling promotion in BPAA history, and 2-term BPAA Regional Vice President (Southeast Region) and Executive Committee member.

Work experience:

United States Bowling Congress, Arlington, TX & QubicaAMF, Richmond, VA
Bowling Equipment Installation and Maintenance Contractor.

• Installation and/or Standby Service contractor for ABC/USBC Tournament installations in Niagara Falls, NY, Wichita, KS, Reno, NV, Toledo, OH, Corpus Christi, TX, Tulsa, OK, Mobile, AL, Salt Lake City, UT, Huntsville, AL, Syracuse, NY, Albuquerque, NM, Billings, MT, Knoxville, TN, Baton Rouge, LA, again in Corpus Christi, TX, again in Albuquerque, NM, Las Vegas, NV, and Women's Championships in, El Paso TX., and Syracuse, NY.
• Install pinspotters, lanes and related equipment for AMF/QubicaAMF when not at a tournament site as a primary QubicaAMF installer - Contractor #777698.
• QubicaAMF Sr. Tech for On-Site 82-90XLi Pinspotter training and troubleshooting. 

1981 - 1992

Lou Trunk Bowling, Inc., Wilmington, NC
President and Founder

• 1981 – Bought first of three bowling centers.
• 1984 – Bought second bowling center.
• 1986 – Formed Bowling Installations, Inc. and as President and Founder, installed bowling equipment for AMF. This company was the first contractor hired as AMF changed from having their equipment installed by AMF employees to using contractors to install.
• 1989 – Bought third bowling center.
• 1992 – Sold all interest in all bowling centers to devote full time to the ABC Tournament and bowling equipment installation work.

1977 - 1981 

AMF Bowling Products Group, Westbury, NY
District Sales Manager

         • Sold AMF bowling products in the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia.

1972 – 1977

Major League Lanes, Winston-Salem, NC
Assistant Manager

1967 - 1972

Town & Country Lanes, Lansdale, PA
Porter, Pinchaser, Control Desk

• Worked throughout Jr. High and High School at my hometown bowling center.

  
References:

Eric Berry, QubicaAMF Regional Sales Manager - East, (407) 788-4544

John Davis, Founder, Kegel Bowling Products, (800) 280-2695
Kevin Dornberger, President, World Tenpen Bowling Association (414) 803-9188
Bob Lehman, QubicaAMF Regional Sales Manager - West, (602) 955-1810

Brian Lewis, USBC Director of Tournaments, (800)514-2695

Jack Mordini, USBC VP Membership Products/Services (Retired), (414) 423-3257