James Virgoe, senior vice president and managing director of GWC Warranty, appeared on another special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast at a time when domestic and foreign turbulences have added even more complexities to the car business.
Virgoe sifts through the noise to help dealers maintain a stable path toward inventory management while building value and trust with potential buyers.
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion.
Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back of baseball cards as a youngster and how it translated into a career of explaining complex trends back by concrete information.
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues facing dealers in today’s used car market and also offers a special invitation (in English and Spanish) for them to join her at the Used Car Summit, April 13-15 in Miami.
Enjoy this great episode with Vanessa Rocha.
Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion.
Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and managing building projects and how that foundation set him on a successful path to working in auto-finance technology as well as a stint orchestrating mergers and acquisitions.
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings.
Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale operation, Kontos reflected on how he transformed his education and early professional positions in minerals and natural resources into a career in automotive that has now stretched to more than three decades.
Kontos also touched on the colleagues and clients who have impacted him as he became one of the industry’s top experts, connecting together automotive wholesale, retail, finance and the general economy into the Kontos Kommentary and other projects.
Experian senior director for automotive Jim Maguire made another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to recap findings from the company’s latest dealer survey that examined the impact of fraud at dealerships.
Maguire then touched on the balance dealers and lenders have to create to still have a smooth path to vehicle acquisition for consumers while looking to keep fraud losses to a minimum.
One of the keynote presentations from Used Car Week 2025 featured Micah Tindor and Elizabeth Stegall of Cox Automotive for a session titled, “Guiding the Modern Buyer with Trust, Tech & Smarter Trade-Ins.”
Valuable study findings and dealership recommendations now are available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Used Car Week 2025 extended the ongoing conversation about how the wholesale and retail portions of the used-car market aren’t quite as distinct as they used to be.
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat about the subject with Grace Huang and Lori Wittman of Cox Automotive that’s now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
One of the foundational parts of Used Car Week each year is the lively conversation among the Women in Remarketing honorees.
Moderated again by Brenda Rios of award program sponsor, Ally, hear the valuable perspectives and wisdom from some of the 2025 selections through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
This episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast takes listeners back to the 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Hear Jerry Kroshus, Becky Igo and Kathy Ruble share their reaction to being the next three executives who were honored, having played an important role in the development, growth and success of Used Car Week over time.
