Technology

TECHNOLOGY REPORT                                                                 Thursday 2:00pm - 2:45pm
 

The Technology Committee’s mission is to explore current and new technologies that may be applied to the remarketing industry.  This session will focus on findings in the following areas:  Vehicle Location Mapping at Auction (John Sullivan); New Condition Report/Mobile Inspection Technology (Steve Solomon); Personal Information / Privacy Issues (Aaron Wuchner and Andrea Amico); Transportation Tracking (Brian Husman); and Centralized Titles / Electronic Odometer Statements (Aaron Wuchner). 

ANDREA AMICO

Andrea Amico is the founder of Privacy4Cars.com, the first app that helps businesses and consumers quickly delete their personal information from vehicles - even if they are not familiar with their systems. During his co-chairmanship of the Compliance Committee at the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance, Andrea realized there was a need for a simple and inexpensive process to reliably erase the growing amount of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) vehicles   capture - while building a compliance record to meet a growing set of privacy and IoT security regulations. 
During the development of the Privacy4Car app Andrea discovered and responsibly disclosed "CarsBlues", a vehicle infotainment hack that makes it easy to expose and exploit phone PII synced into cars via Bluetooth, such as contacts, call logs, and even full text messages. Andrea demonstrated that vehicles from at least 22 automotive makes could be breached, and the Auto-ISAC estimated that tens of millions of vehicles are vulnerable to the CarsBlues technique.  Previously a senior exec at an automotive service company, a Managing Director for NBC-Universal Strategy, and a McKinsey consultant, Andrea has an MBA from Columbia University and a MSc in Engineering from Italy.

 

BRIAN HUSMAN
 
Brian is the Director of Innovation at RPM Freight & Vehicle Systems whose been in the industry for over twelve years. His experience working in numerous roles has given a unique insight into the nuanced transportation needs of Shippers and carriers. His focus is on creating great visibility through technology to meet today’s needs, but also tomorrow’s.
 
 
STEVE SOLOMON
 
Steve Solomon is currently the Senior Vice President of Asset Remarketing for both Santander and Chrysler Capital.  Prior to that, he spent 25 years with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.  At FCA, Steve held many responsible positions within their Finance and Remarketing Organizations.  His last position with FCA was Regional Sales Manager handling all remarketing operations in the Northeast and Midwest.  Steve is a graduate of Albion College and holds an MBA from the
                                          University of Detroit Mercy.


JOHN SULLIVAN
 
John has over twenty years of automotive remarketing experience on both the auction and consignor side of the business.  He has held previous management positions with ADESA, Manheim and the Premier Auction Group.  John started with GM in 2014 and transitioned over to GM Financial in 2015 where he currently holds the position of Vice President of Auction Operations in the U.S.
 John holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Marketing and Management from Eastern Illinois University and is an IARA Certified Automotive Remarketer.  He also currently serves as Co-Chair on the IARA technology committee.

 
AARON WUCHNER
 
Aaron is an entrepreneur with a background in engineering, sustainable design, process management, and software development.   He has had a lifelong passion for cars, and his journey into the industry began as an investor in EV Fleet, a company which produced the first highway-ready fully electric fleet utility truck in 2013.  In 2014, he entered the wholesale space when he co-founded Global Dealer Exchange, an end-to-end solution for wholesale vehicle exports based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.  In 2017, he founded Carmony, a company focused on building a P2P data exchange network for auctions, fleets, dealers, banks, OEMs, and their service providers on a permissioned blockchain.  

Like many industries today, the automotive industry operates in a fragmented ecosystem of legacy software systems and tablet-base tools intertwined with new cloud-based software, mobile apps, and IoT devices.  Connecting these systems in a distributed network will vastly improve the efficiency of interorganizational processes, reduce errors, prevent fraud, ensure compliance, reduce operational costs and increase value for the stakeholders