expert panel 2023

Lead Consultant & Founder, Better Vantage Point I am a third-generation car guy – it’s in my DNA. My grandfather, Irving Kline, took a business risk...

Marketing Director, Bob Ruth Ford Leadership came quickly to me; I have always been into sports and have had the privilege of captaining several...

Marketing Strategist, Trainer, Content Creator at How to Sell More Cars Picture this: It’s the 1970s, and I’m a young kid sitting in my grandfather’s...

Partner, Director of PR & Social Media, Merit Mile Growing up in Connecticut, I experienced an atypical childhood due to losing my biological mother...

Vice President of Sales at Quantum5 Growing up, I had two very high-achieving parents who instilled self-sufficient resilience. They helped shape my...

President, Culture Ignited & DEI Champions Council for Retail Automotive; Director I would go back to my parents as the beginning of my journey. In...

Owner, Steenman Associates Growing up in Hawaii, I had the unique opportunity to intern at a local radio station at just 14 years old; I was the...

Sales and Marketing Director of Parts Edge Growing up, my dad was a carpenter and worked in construction, and my mom would occasionally work jobs to...

Director of Sales Northeast Kelley Blue Book ICO at Cox Automotive Inc. Jacci is a self-described "girly-girl" and the idea of not having running...

Adam Dennis grew up in Rhode Island and described himself as “a relatively athletic geek”. He played football and track and field, but also loved...

CEO of FIXED OPS DIGITAL  Owen grew up in a small town, "just 14,000 people," he shares.  He went to college in his hometown. "My focus in college...

Director of Automotive Strategy, Acxiom Steve Schmith was paying his way through college working at Olive Garden when he met a girl. "I had been...