Agenda

DECEMBER 1ST & 2ND, 2021

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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1, 2021

11:00 am – 1:00 pm

• Registration (light lunch provided) — Sponsored by DealerWare 

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

• Introduction 
  • Chris Herman
• Industry Overview
  • Cliff Banks, Founder of The Banks Report & AUTOVATE
  • Fireside Chat with Tekion’s Jay Vijayan and Napoleon Rumteen
  • Conversation with Dale Pollak, Executive Vice President, Cox Automotive & Founder, vAuto
  • Perspectives on Data – a conversation with Motive Retail’s Kim Campassi and Dan Seats

3:00 pm — 3:15 pm

• Break — Sponsored by Dealer eProcess

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

• CEO Perspectives
  • Chip Perry, CEO A2Z Sync
  • Brice Englert, CEO & Founder, Trade Pending
  • Kathryn Schifferle, CEO & Founder, Work Truck Solutions

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm

• Investment Banking Role’s in the World of Dealership Buy-Sells
  • Conversation with Eddi Zyko Jr., Truist Securities

4:45 pm – 5:15 pm

• The Intersection of Marketing and Real Estate – How Owning the Audience Impacts Blue Sky Values
  • Dean Evans, CEO, Fuel; Executive Vice President, Cars.com
  • Terry Laughridge, COO, Fuel

5:15 pm — 5:45 pm

• Putting Together the Deal — An Insider’s Look into Some of the Industry’s Biggest Deals
  • Eric Denlinger, Partner, Portico Capital
  • Ron Frey, Founder, RL Frey
  • Daniel Raglan, Partner, Corporate Group with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

5:45 pm – 7:00 pm

• Reception – hors d’oeuvres (Open Bar – through dinner) — Sponsored by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

• Dinner — Sponsored by Portico Capital

THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 2021

7:00 am – 8:00 am

• Breakfast — Sponsored by Cars.com

8:00 am – 9:00 am

• Connected Vehicles – Where Are We Today? What Will the Impact be on Dealers and Vendors?

• • Greg Ross, Connected Car Practice Lead, motormindz
  • Matt Carpenter, CEO, DealerWare

9:00 – 9:30 am

• CEO Perspective
  • Joe Gillespie, CEO & Founder, Dealer eProcess
  • Colton Ray, CEO & Co-Founder, FUSEAutotech; Chief Marketing Officer, Walser Automotive Group

9:30 — 10:30

• Impact of Electric Vehicles on Dealership Facility Requirements and Operations
  • Dan Garces, Senior Vice President & Director of Acquisitions, Capital Automotive Real Estate Services
  • Alicia Thomas, Vice President of Acquisitions, Capital Automotive Real Estate Services
  • Hunter Amacker, Assistant Vice President of Acquisitions, Capital Automotive Real Estate Services

10:30 — 10:45

• Break — Sponsored by A2Z Sync

10:45 am – 12:00 pm

• Developing a Product Strategy for the Future
  • Marianne Johnson, Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer
• Extraordinary Growth – What Happens Next
  • Alexi Venneri, Co-Founder, CEO, Digital Air Strike
• A Message for Entreprenuers
  • David Spisak, President, CEO, Disruptive Growth Solutions

• 12:00 am – 1:00 pm

• Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

• Fixed Operations – A View Toward the Future
  • Dave Boyle, Founder & CEO, Tire Profiles
  • Jim Roche, Founder & Executive Chairman, WarrCloud

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

• From Left Field — Conversations with Leaders & Companies with Intriguing Ideas
  • Andrea Amico, Founder, Privacy4Cars
  • Derek Simonds, Executive Vice President, Numa
  • Mark Queen, Founder, Skai
  • Anthony Monteiro, COO, DRAIVER
  • Todd Smith, Founder & CEO, 360 Converge

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

• A New Perspective on an Old Idea
  • Jon Lamb, CEO, DRIVRZ Financial

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm

• Break — Digital Air Strike

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm

• Investing in Automotive Retail
  • Zach Ferres, Executive Chairman, DealerPeak; Coplex
• A Startup’s Perspective
  • Lyamen Savy, Founder & CEO, 321 Ignition

• 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

• Creating the Exit – CarStory’s Sale to Vroom
  • John Price, Former CEO, CarStory

 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

• Reception – hors d’oeuvres & Open Bar — Sponsored by Tire Profiles