Mike Souza is a contributing editor for GEARS Magazine. He’s currently a tech advisor for Seal Aftermarket Products. Mike got his start in the industry as a transmission installer over 35 years ago. He worked his way up as a rebuilder and then became a technical advisor for a number of technical service companies, including nine years on the ATRA HotLine as a senior technical advisor. In his time with ATRA, Mike delivered seminars, created technical bulletins, and wrote a wide variety of articles for GEARS. Now, as a technical advisor for Sealed Aftermarket Products, Mike continues to help educate the industry, writing bulletins, articles, and bench manuals and delivering live workshops and seminars around the world.