Auto Remarketing Podcast

The word “founder” is all over the resume of Derek White, who started E-Drive Auto in 2011 to “build a better mousetrap” in the auto industry. After speaking on a panel during Used Car Week, he joined Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedlander on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss being a serial entrepreneur and how dealers can use data to acquire inventory from the public.

Cory Collins, the F&I trainer for Automotive Reinsurance Concepts, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast in an episode recorded during the Used Car Week conferences last month in Scottsdale, Ariz. Collins, a noted F&I guru who works with some of the nation’s largest independent dealers, talks with Auto Remarketing associate editor Andrew Friedlander about the Safeguards Rule and how to stay out...

We begin our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. The episode features some of this year’s Women in Retail honorees for a conversation led by Lindsey Pilarczyk of CarGurus.

Everyone’s talking about artificial intelligence, but what can it do for your dealership? Neil Alliston has some ideas. His company, Ravin AI, has begun working with U.S. car dealers on ways AI can help drive inventory acquisition from the public, create better and faster vehicle appraisals, avoid service department disputes, and mine dealership databases to find inventory and create sales. Allist...

Jeremy Beck has seen the used car industry from all angles – as a dealer, as a vendor and now from the association point of view as the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association’s vice president of dealer development. On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, recorded during Used Car Week 2023, Beck talks with Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedlander about that uni...

Josh Callahan, Senior Director of Remarketing Services for Ally SmartAuction joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about the wholesale EV market. With EVs comes the interesting topic of battery life. Where was the vehicle charged? How was it charged? Where the vehicle is located is relevant – trying to tell the story of that battery, the story of that vehicle, is a piece of the puzzle of buyi...

Sara Hoagey learned a lot about dealership operations from having served in practically every job in the store, and now she’s putting her expertise in communicating with customers through all media as the owner and CEO of EliteBDC, which provides BDC training for dealerships and well as providing outsourced BDCs. In the latest edition of the Auto Remarketing podcast, recorded during last month’s U...

Royce Neubauer is a logistics lifer who has started three companies in his 25 years in that sector, including his current one – Auto Hauler Exchange, of which he is founder and CEO. He was also a speaker at Used Car Week is Scottsdale, Ariz., where he appeared as a guest of the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about turning logistics from a spend center to a revenue center, making technology “Royc...

On the eve of this year’s Used Car Week, the “Excellence of Titling Execution,” Deshaun Sheppard of Cox Automotive, made another visit for the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Sheppard described the ongoing evolution of electronic titling of vehicles and how Cox Automotive is trying to help dealerships and finance companies through the process.

Lizz Callaway of Microsoft Autos had a busy Used Car Week, being honored as one of Cherokee Media Group’s 40 Under 40: Industry and leading a workshop about harnessing the power of artificial intelligence for seamless vehicle transactions. But she also took the time to visit with Cherokee Media Group associate editor Andrew Friedlander on the Auto Remarketing podcast to talk about bringing her aut...

Shareholder Amy Clum Holbrook and attorney Stefanie Collier with Weltman, Weinberg & Reis — both who have been among Women in Auto Finance honorees the past two years — utilized part of their time at Used Car Week for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. The legal experts described how the current regulatory landscape has presented finance companies the opportunity to sharpen processes an...

Two of the experts at Experian Automotive — John Howard and Kirsten Von Busch — spent part of their time at Used Car Week discussing electric vehicles for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Howard and Von Busch recapped what the industry has learned about EV retailing and more this year.

Just before finishing his time at Used Car Week, CarGurus director of industry analytics Kevin Roberts took a few moments to appear again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Roberts shared some tidbits from CarGurus’ upcoming report recapping this year’s used-vehicle market as well as what trends he’ll be watching closely in 2024.

This year’s travels for dealer road warrior Gene Daughtry took him to Used Car Week, and the senior consultant for Auto Master Systems made another visit for the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Daughtry shared more anecdotes from his conversations with dealerships since last appearing in the summer and how operators are bracing for potential industry turbulence.

Jennifer Liagre, owner of Michigan-based Rockwood Recovery and one of this year’s Women in Collections and Recoveries honorees, spent some time for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast immediately after being on stage with other award winners at Used Car Week. Liagre described why women often do so well in collections departments and how dangerous vehicle repossession is nowadays.

This episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast begins with a simple question. What is a data scientist? Black Book chief data scientist Alex Yurchenko answered that question and explained why those experts do so well in automotive during this conversation recorded at Used Car Week.

Allied Solutions executive vice president and chief growth officer Mark Bugalski spent some of his time during Used Car Week for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Bugalski responded when asked to describe the beverage company clients might be currently seeking based on their industry outlook. Might they want a smooth hot chocolate, a double espresso or an entire bottle of Johnnie Walke...

Hudson Cook partner Patty Covington is embarking on a new series with the Auto Remarketing Podcast, discussing compliance and other matters associated with auto finance. A former Women in Auto Finance honoree, Covington tackles a topic that’s been a lightning rod this year — “junk fees” and how they’re defined by federal regulators.

Thanksgiving might be about a week away. But instead of turkey and all the trimmings, Tax Max president and chief executive officer Bill Neylan is already thinking about how refunds can set the table for a tasty way for independent and buy-here, pay-here dealerships to be thankful for a successful end of 2023. In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Neylan discussed what tax elements conn...

Two members of the executive brain trust at TradePending — chief marketing officer Matthew Davis and chief business officer Joe Dallas — are part of an engaging conversation for this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Davis and Dallas recapped how exciting 2023 has been for the company, which made two major acquisitions, as well as touching on two crucial topics vital to how dealer...

Paul McCarthy, vice president of sales, key accounts, at Protective Asset Protection, made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a conversation about dealerships and their F&I activities. McCarthy recapped Protective’s latest dealer survey and how F&I professionals are handling an environment with high interest rates and vehicle prices.

In this Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits speaks with Jim Stewart, Manager Regional Fixed Ops with Ally. Their conversation dives into why the fixed ops is so important to dealers in today’s environment. Jim also touches on his deep experience working in dealerships and his career with Ally helping dealers identify areas of improvement in their fixed ops department.

Auto Remarketing Canada correspondent Sarah Rubenoff makes her hosting debut on the Auto Remarketing Podcast, where she talks with PAVE founder & co-CEO Steve Southin. Sarah and Steve talk artificial intelligence and its role in the development of PAVE's platform, the pain points the company aims to solve and much more.

Danny McNelis, who is the director of auction relationships at NextGear Capital, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast for an interview at last month's NAAA World Remarketing Convention in Chicago. McNelis chats with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby about what he has learned through the company's auction services group and auction advisory board. Plus, he discusses the generational diff...

Mere Rangel, assistant general manager of Big Valley Auto Auction, and Jacob Warren, vice president and chief operating officer of Louisiana’s 1st Choice Auto Auction, join the show from last month's NAAA World Remarketing Convention in Chicago They talk with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby about their “Understanding Generational Differences in the Workplace to Maximize Performance” pane...