For many years, ServNet has supported higher education for members of the auction industry. That support initially began in the early 2000s, when the group got involved with NAAA’s Warren Young Scholarship Program. Eventually, ServNet decided to broaden its support for training and education by offering scholarships each year to the sons and daughters of […] [Read More]

Patrick Ming has joined the ADESA national sales team as executive sales director, and Vince McNeal has rejoined the team as senior director of customer solutions. Ming joined the business unit of KAR Auction Services through the acquisition of upstream vehicle auction platform OPENLANE in 2011. Ming brings more than 20 years of experience in the […] [Read More]

In this episode recorded at Used Car Week in late 2018, Nick Peluso of Cox Automotive is back to talk about the changes on the selling side of remarketing cars, concierge service in off-site wholesale selling and how Manheim aims to provide a "future-proof digital marketplace."  The podcast discussion can be found below. Download and subscribe […] [Read More]

Canadian online auto auction EBlock has now officially set up shop in the U.S., as well. EBlock’s U.S. operations are headed up in Burlington, Vt., and led by former Dealer.com executive Mike DeCecco. (Dealer.com is also headquartered in Burlington). EBlock will begin its U.S. expansion in the Northeast, and leading the company’s North American growth […] [Read More]

Matt Arias has been named assistant vice president of operations at America’s Auto Auction. The company describes Arias as “one of the industry’s leading experts in vehicle arbitration procedures, inspections, reconditioning, operations management and resource optimization.” Arias begins his new role with more than 20 years of auction experience. “Matt will establish stronger consistency in […] [Read More]

ADESA president John Hammer is serious about helping with the fight against type 1 diabetes. He notes that about 40,000 people in the U.S. will be newly diagnosed with the disease, “potentially impacting some of our employees, customers, and their family members," he said. “That’s why we take our fundraising partnerships with Emkay and the […] [Read More]

vAuto said Wednesday it has purchased used-car reconditioning management platform iReconCars and is relaunching it as iRecon. Co-founders Mike Boyd and Micah Tindor will stay on with vAuto parent company Cox Automotive. Boyd will be senior director of business enablement for iRecon, and Tindor will be business operations director for iRecon. The iRecon platform is […] [Read More]

Dealer-to-dealer digital auction platform TradeRev announced several executive appointments on Tuesday, including new roles for Kayne Grau and Keith Crerar.  Grau, formerly president of Data as a Service at TradeRev parent KAR Auction Services, has been named executive vice president, U.S. and commercial sales for TradeRev. Crerar has been named executive vice president of global operations […] [Read More]

Black Book pinpointed the reason why it’s been a brisk start to 2019 in the lanes. Reinforced by the assessment of an auction general manager in the Southeast, Black Book executive vice president of operations Anil Goyal described the current wholesale market situation in the latest Market Insights report released on Tuesday. “Lower floors at the […] [Read More]

The National Auto Auction Association said Friday it has promoted Tricia Heon to the new position of chief operating officer. She has served as legislative director and operations manager for eight years. The transition was effective as of Jan. 1. The association also elected Julie Picard vice president for the 2018-2019 term, and she will […] [Read More]