2014 IARA Summer Roundtable
The 2014 Summer Roundtable is aptly named for the two Roundtable discussions held during the event, which featured record attendance.
Mike Antich, editor and associate publisher for Automotive Fleet, moderates the first Roundtable, which focused on multi-platform offering, selling, and buying.
Brian Garner, manager, vehicle remarketing for ARI (right) listens in during one of the many educational sessions at this years summer Roundtable.
Scott Kolb, CAI, CAR, director, business development - remarketing at United Road Services presents to Roundtable attendees.
Sal Terranova, fleet/lease manager at Carolina Auto Auction participates in one of the Roundtable discussions.
Levi McCoy, director of remarketing at LeasePlan and current IARA president presented the State of the IARA during the opening session.
Melinda Zabritski, senior director of Experian Automotive, presents her keynote presentation during the awards luncheon.
Jeannie Chiaromonte, VP, national remarketing manager at Bank of America asks a question during one of the Roundtable discussions.
John Elizaga, director of vehicle remarketing at Emkay, Inc. (right) pays careful attention during one of the Roundtable sessions.
Chuck Novince, VP at Manheim (center) discusses the presentation with Meta of Fifth Third Bank (right).
Attendees networked and relaxed on the top deck of the evening dinner cruise of Lake Michigan on the Mystic Blue, looking out over Chicago’s skyline.
(L-R) John Brasher, president of Brasher’s Sacramento Auto Auction; Jeff Bescher, SVP, inside sales, CRM, and customer engagement at ADESA; and Jeff Aisel, national accounts manager at Indiana Auto Auction enjoy a discussion during the cruise.
(L-R) Steve Solomon, VP of asset remarketing at Chrysler Financial; Tim Meta, national remarketing manager at Fifth Third Bank; and Aaron Cervantes, assistant manager, fleet remarketing at Hyundai.
Doug Turner, director of asset management at J.D. Byrider discusses industry trends with attendees.
Warren Byrd, EVP of corporate development at ADESA (right), focuses on the presentation by the speaker during one of the keynote events.
A large Canadian contingency attended, including IARA Canada Committee co-chairs Steve Macaluso, managing director, Canada of Copart Canada (left) and John Paonessa, AVP, EOL and remarketing at GM Financial (third from left).
(L-R) John Brasher, president of Brasher’s Sacramento Auto Auction; Jeff Bescher, SVP, inside sales, CRM, and customer engagement at ADESA; and Jeff Aisel, national accounts manager at Indiana Auto Auction enjoy a discussion during the cruise.