Below are the speakers from our 2017 event.
SPEAKERS (Click on the name to see more information on each speaker).
- Erik Day — Partner, Chief Financial Officer for the Warren Henry Automotive Group
- Bill Cariss — President & CEO for Holman Strategic Ventures; Chief Strategy Officer for Holman Enterprises
- Matt Hinson — Managing Director for Flow Automotive Companies & Amplify RPM
- Brian Benstock — Partner, GM Paragon Honda, Acura
- Randy Callison — M&A Consultant
- Alex Vetter — President, CEO of Cars.com
- Ron Frey — Chief Strategy Officer for CDK Global
- Chris Glenn — COO, Motormindz
- Matthew Belk — Co-founder, Chief of Ideas, BetterCarPeople
- Eric Denlinger — Managing Director for Portico Capital
- Micah Winkelspecht — Founder and CEO of Gem
- Serge Vartanov — Chief Marketing Officer of AutoGravity
- Curtis Nixon — President & Chief Executive Officer with Update Promise
- Jose Puente — President of FlexDrive
- John Price — Founder, CEO Vast.com and CarStory
- Chad Bockius — Chief Product Officer for CarStory
- Chris Taylor — Founder, CEO of Square Root
- Jeff Van Dongen — CEO of Motormindz, moderator of the Startup Showcase
- Chris Marshall — Oracle Data Cloud, Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Development
- Mark Queen — Partner with ELEAD1ONE
- Eric Brown — President, Lotlinx
- Anthony Carroll — Senior Account Executive for Google
- Charlie Vogelheim — Podcast Host/Producer of MotorTrend Audio; Partner with TPC Management; Principal with Vogelheim Ventures
- Sheldon Sandler — Founder and CEO of Bel Air Partners, moderator of the Technology and Dealership Valuation Panel
- Gary Tucker — CEO of telematics platform Zubie
- Yury Kaganov — founder and CEO of MyDealerOnline
- Cliff Banks — Founder of The Banks Report, President of Banks Media Enterprises
INVESTOR PANEL
- Gavin Gillas — Head of Partnerships, Thirteen23
- Jim Curry — Co-founder, BuildGroup
- Vasant Kamath — Principal, Primus Capital
- Jim Armstrong — Managing Director, March Capital Partners & Clearstone Capital Partners
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