Founder, CEO, Builder
Brian is the Founder & CEO of Autrex, a Canadian auto parts distributor headquartered in Winchester, Ontario. He grew a third-generation family business from roughly $750K to $10M+ in revenue and now shares the wins, misses, scars, and systems behind the journey.
The Honest Builder is his personal platform for entrepreneurship reality without the BS — family legacy, operational lessons, risk, AI, distribution, and building for the long game.
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The Honest Builder
Building in public, no BS. Real numbers, real lessons, real pressure.
Revenue
$10M+
Locations
3
Family legacy
4th generation
Distribution since
2017
Latest writing
April 3, 2026 · 4 min read
We were paying for an ERP, a CRM, an inventory system, a shipping platform, and a handful of other tools. Then I decided to build our own. Here's what happened.
March 8, 2026 · 3 min read
I’m not interested in performing success online. I’m interested in telling the truth about what it costs to build something real.
February 25, 2026 · 4 min read
From Roy Barber’s gas station in 1967 to my son Roy growing up around the business today, this is the family story behind four generations in automotive.