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.
F&I Sentinel chief product officer Kat Venner-Fowler acknowledged data can cause multiple compliance problems. But Venner-Fowler emphasized that data also can be the path to compliance solutions.
Venner-Fowler elaborated about the subject during an appearance on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics at this spring’s Auto Intel Summit. The conversation is part of this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
During a panel discussion at this year’s Auto Intel Summit + National Remarketing Conference presented by SmartAuction in Cary, N.C., a quartet of experts explained how evolving technology is making massive amounts of data more understandable and usable for auto financing.
Led by Cherokee Media Group’s Nick Zulovich, the panel included:
—Kevin Filan of Open Lending
—Jessica Gonzalez of InformedIQ
—Scott McMahon of Equifax
—Tim Yalich of Wolters Kluwer
