Melissa Rollinson McGinnis has been around auto glass for most of her life as part of her family’s business. Still, she knows there’s plenty more to learn.
McGinnis works alongside her sister, Danielle Rollinson, at their mother’s shop in New Port Richey, Florida. Linda Rollinson has owned and operated Superior Auto Glass of Tampa Bay since 2007.
Despite the knowledge she’s gained from working with her family, McGinnis wanted to learn more. She went to Jacques Navant at Don’s Mobile Glass in Modesto, California, for additional windshield cutout training.
Melissa Rollinson McGinnis learned how to extract windshields using Jacques Navant’s “Frog” tool.
Aside from his role as Don’s Mobile technical director, Navant oversees Frogitout tools. He trained McGinnis using his invented windshield removal tool, the “Frog.”
“I normally prefer basic, manual tools,” McGinnis says. “But using Jacques’ tool made it much less intimidating [than I was expecting].”
Navant designed the cord cutout tool to be durable and intuitive, he says, using his favorite removal tool elements. If technicians keep up with maintenance, Navant says the Frog could last the rest of their careers.
“It’s like a Jedi with their lightsaber,” the self-proclaimed nerd says, referring to the lore behind the Star Wars weapon. “We want technicians to build a relationship with the tool.”
That’s one of the things McGinnis enjoyed about her training. She feels it enhanced her knowledge of windshield removal, especially because Navant explained the physics behind the tool.
Navant says he appreciated McGinnis’s enthusiasm to learn.
“I love to learn why something works the way it does, and I appreciated learning that from Jacques,” she says.
Navant appreciated the chance to train McGinnis, saying her enthusiasm was obvious.
“The look on her face the first time she successfully cut out a windshield was priceless,” he says. “Learning the tool can be a grueling process, but she handled it all with grace and a smile.”
McGinnis was the first woman to earn a Frogitout certification, Navant says. McGinnis appreciates the recognition, but she’s mostly just proud of herself for adding to her auto glass skills.
“I don’t really think about that kind of stuff,” she says. “I hope I’m just the first of many women.”
As the Frog’s creator, Navant is excited for Auto Glass Week™ (AGW) 2025 attendees to experience the tool. On Sept. 9, Frogitout will give away a custom Frog tool commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Automotive Glass Replacement Safety Standard™ (AGRSS) at the Auto Glass Safety Council’s member celebration and another at AGW’s opening ceremony.
McGinnis is the first woman to earn a Frogitout certificate, according to Navant.
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