Ship.Cars president Eftim Eftimov joins the show from NADA Show 2023, where he talks with Cherokee Media Group's Joe Overby about the auto transport and logistics space, the role of technology in that segment and much more.

Ship.Cars President Eftim Eftimov

Next up on our NAAA 75th series commemorating the diamond anniversary of the National Auto Auction Association is a conversation with Lisa Franz, who is the general manager of Big Valley Auto Auction in Texas.

Franz is also a member of the training and education committee of NAAA and is a 2019 Women in Remarketing honoree. She talks with Cherokee Media Group's Joe Overby about the auction's early days after launching in 2018, how NAAA has helped its growth and much more.

Lisa Franz of Big Valley Auto Auction

Experian senior director of product and innovation for automotive Kanchana Sundaram returned for another visit on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. This time, Sundaram explained the potential applications for dealerships and other parts of automotive connected with the findings of Experian’s 2024 U.S. Identity and Fraud Report, which delves into a wide range of consumer financial and online activities.

Automotive applications from Experian’s 2024 U.S. Identity and Fraud Report

In this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Lainey Sibble, Head of the Central Dispatch Business and Eric Schwartz, AVP, Engineering and Product Development, walk us through some of the biggest challenges facing the logistics industry.  Fraud is occurring far too often at multiple points in the process.  Lainey and Eric share where its happening most and also provide solutions and best practices in combatting fraud in transportation and logistics.

Inventory management through lens of independent dealers

Remember when there was uncertainty and anxiety about how tariffs would affect exporting vehicles from Canada to the U.S.?

Well, now the tariff era is here, and Tane Jillings says you can relax. On this episode of the Auto Remarketing podcast, recorded from the SYCN Auto Logistics Live Stage during Canada’s Used Car Week 2025 in Toronto, the co-founder and president of cross-border vehicle export and remarketing platform Signal Technologies discusses the export landscape for Canadian dealers, the importance of exports for those dealers, and why they should “lean in” to exporting.


Signal’s Jillings explains why exports are ‘a huge opportunity for Canadian dealers’

In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs of dealers.  Highlighting speed and consistency, Merrit outlines the tremendous opportunity these technologies can have for dealers.

A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada

Chip Perry, founding president and CEO of Autotrader and former CEO of TrueCar, has a new role: chairman of sellmyride, a startup seeking to help dealers source inventory from private sellers. Perry and sellmyride founder and president Dom Pope join the show to talk about the origin story of the company, how they connected, vehicle acquisition and much more. 

Chip Perry & Dom Pope of sellmyride

Laurie Harbour is a partner at Wipfli, a top 25 accounting and advisory firm, and works with automakers and suppliers on how to adjust to changing winds of automotive.  Harbour joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss how automakers are rethinking their electric and hybrid vehicle strategies, impact of tariff and trade on the auto industry and much more.

The Future of EVs & More From the OEM Lens

Andy Mayers sees opportunity in subprime and other parts of auto finance.
The associate vice president of business operations for retail solutions with Cox Automotive explained his reasons during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Mayers also mentioned another part of the business where dealers and lenders are working even closer together nowadays. 

Cox Automotive’s Andy Mayers on opportunity in subprime & elsewhere in auto finance

David Prusinski is now the co-CEO of Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), which previously operated as EVAI. 

Prusinski shared about how the company arrived at its new brand and what might be ahead for the provider of data analytics and artificial intelligence-driven fleet management technology.


How EVAI became VMS with co-CEO David Prusinski

Many dealers likely cheered when the CARS Rule from the Federal Trade Commission was vacated by a federal court at the beginning of the year. But long-time Arizona independent dealer Ace Christian believed it wouldn’t be long before similar regulations arrived on the state level.

And it’s happened already in California. 

Christian, who is also CEO of Secure Close, a technology company formed back in 2014 to solve the problem of human error at the time of vehicle delivery, discussed what’s been happening for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. 

Regulation like vacated CARS Rule rises in California

CarMax chief marketing officer Sarah Lane joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about the company's new “Wanna Drive?” branding,  its omni-channel buying and selling experience, putting the customer in control  and how CarMax sets itself apart in an era of new car-buying models, technology and changing means of vehicle ownership and usage.

Plus, Lane discusses CarMax's first foray into women's professional sports with its WNBA partnership, how automotive advertising has changed in the last 20 years and how CarMax went from "challenger" to "leader" in the used-car market.

CarMax CMO Sarah Lane on Company's Journey from Used-Car 'Challenger' to 'Leader'

Lauren joined PureCars in 2015 as a sales associate, later serving as regional manager, national director and senior vice president before moving up to chief operating officer in January 2023.
She was promoted to the new role of president in February 2024.

And last month, Donalson became the company’s CEO.

She joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about her journey with PureCars, her goals for the company and advice she has for early-career executives looking to take a similar career path.


PureCars CEO Lauren Donalson

Managing delinquencies and repossessions might be as complicated as anything auto lenders do nowadays.

To help finance companies of all sizes handle those complexities, this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features Anne Holtzman, who is senior vice president of client experience and risk  management services at Allied Solutions.

In addition to providing an update on the current landscape, Holtzman offers suggestions on how lenders can get better results more quickly when recovering and remarketing collateral and offers additional guidance on the repossession process and optimizing returns.

Zapmoto Co-Founder & CEO Clint Curtis

While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. 

Babcock elaborated about these points and more during an episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index

The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. 

And our guest today has experience with both.

George Pero is president and CEO of Mach10 Automotive, an M&A firm specializing in auto retail.  His 34 years of auto industry experience includes founding, operating and successfully selling Auctions in Motion to what is now known as America’s Group

Pero joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to share his perspective on M&A activity in auto retail, auto auctions and where the two might overlap.

Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero

This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner.

Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take listeners through the importance of licensing and insurance, handling delays because of weather and other circumstances, and protecting vehicles during transportation.

Used Car Week Hall of Famer Becky Igo of Allied Solutions

In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop.  Listen now and you'll get an early preview of their workshop:  A 5-Point Plan to Optimize Used Vehicle Profitability.  

Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally

Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in the auto finance, collections/recoveries and remarketing industries. Plus, they chat about Kroshus' time playing football at North Dakota State, where he and his Bison teammates won three national championships, and much more.

Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services

As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score.

Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ongoing evolution of credit scores during this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

Blanc also revisited a project conducted earlier this year with Cox Automotive that examined the dynamics of changing scores amid student loans and delinquency, as well as how much more cognizant consumers are about their credit status.


Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO

In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bruce Johnson from CDK sits down with Tyler Jones, President of EV Auto, and Joe Brown, CMO at Frank Leta, to explore proven strategies for attracting and retaining top talent in the dealership industry. Drawing on insights from CDK’s Dealership Workplace Study, the conversation dives into practical tactics to reduce turnover, foster workplace culture, and ensure that “people taking care of people” remains at the heart of dealership success.

Four experts on automotive & the economy

Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries.

Now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, a lively discussion about keys for repossessed vehicles included:

—Matthew Yoo of Paramount Recovery Service
—John Messiah of Bridgecrest
—Dave Johns of Done Rite Recovery
—Ryan Medina of MVTRAC | SCM
—Pamela Bishop of RunBuggy
—Wayne Ray of Romans Adjusters


Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries

This week, our episode is a chat from earlier this fall with George Chamoun, the chief executive officer of ACV Auctions. An entrepreneur, Chamoun launched technology and services company Synacor with his college roommate in 1998, shortly after graduating college.

ACV Auctions CEO George Chamoun

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