DealerSocket chief executive officer Jonathan Ord described it as “very humbling” to have a conversation with employees last week when the technology company announced its fourth major acquisition since the beginning of the year.

Ord made that statement since DealerSocket has gone from an idea sprouted in a garage with fellow founder Brad Perry to the point where the company is making acquisitions costing more than $50 million.

The latest move came last week through a definitive agreement under which DealerSocket will acquire Dealertrack’s Inventory+ business in an all-cash transaction for approximately $55 million.

Under the terms of the agreement, Dealertrack’s Inventory+ suite of inventory management solutions, including its AAX product in the U.S. and Canada, as well as its eCarlist websites, will be acquired by DealerSocket.

This development arrived after DealerSocket added DealerFire, FEX DMS and AutoStar Solutions to its dealer technology portfolio to enhance its marketing theme of, “We are automotive.”

Ord touched why DealerSocket added these Dealertrack assets when he addressed dealer clients hours after the acquisition announcement when the company hosted its User Summit in San Diego.

“One of the main criteria to acquiring companies is that we acquire teams and product lines that think the same way we do and can integrate well into our culture,” Ord said during his closing address posted online here.

“To our customers, to our employees, we are so ready for the future. We are so excited about the next step in changing the world,” he continued.

DealerSocket’s employee and customer count jumped via the latest acquisition, which is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter. The company added 209 employees who worked with Dealertrack to run the inventory tool.

“We’ve been watching that business for a long period of time,” said Ord, adding that a current DealerSocket executive helped to develop the AAX product before it became a part of the Dealertrack portfolio several years ago.

“Dealertrack had the asset and did a bunch of good things with it. It’s a great value proposition for us and for our customers. We look forward to integrating that inventory management functionality,” he continued.

Ord said the deal brings 3,388 dealer customers into the DealerSocket family, as well.

“Some of that is overlap with our current customer base, but much of it is green field and white space where we can help all of those customers use better CRM, website and inventory technologies,” he said.

Ord spent the remainder of his time on stage at the DealerSocket event thanking dealer customers for attending in hopes each one received more skills and resources to improve their businesses.

“Go back to your stores and be a change agent,” Ord said.