2017 CAR in Pictures
Tony Long, executive director, IARA, speaks during the opening of CAR 2017.
NAAA keynote Frank Abagnale, CEO of Abagnale & Associates, speaks during CAR 2017. Abagnale works in the FBI in regards to check fraud, embezzlement, and secure documents. His life was depicted most graphically in his best-selling book, Catch Me If You Can, which was also a film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio who played Abagnale.
Sandy Schwartz, president of Cox Automotive Inc., shares his views on how increasing wholesale supply will affect the industry. Schwartz was a keynote speaker during the conference.
Attendees socialize at the CAR 2017 exhibit hall, which featured booths from partners and sponsors of CAR, where they could present and discuss their goods and services.
Attendees look on during a session at CAR 2017. Sessions included: disruptors in the automotive remarketing industry, how to drive cost out of the remarketing process, remarketing trends and strategies of major fleet management companies, and more.
Mike Hockett (center), CEO of Auction Broadcasting Company, accepts the Ed Bobit Icon award. From left to right: Frank Hackett, CEO of the National Auto Auction Association (NAAA); Jerry Hinton, president, NAAA; Hockett; Jeannie Chiarmonte, vice president of asset remarketing; and Tony Long, executive director, IARA.
Panelists at CAR 2017 address on the topic of how to drive costs out of the remarketing process. (From left to right: John Elizaga, director of remarketing operations, EMKAY; Jeremy Robb, senior manager, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation; Sheila Tedesco, remarketing manager, Lobel Financial; Greg Thibault, vice president fleet disposal, Avis Budget Group; and Robert Wagner, collections, repossession manager, Kinecta Federal Credit Union.)
Attendees mingle at the entrance of the CAR 2017 exhibition hall at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas.
Tony Moorby (left), who was awarded the IARA 2017 Circle of Excellence Award at CAR 2017, with Nick Peluso, president, RMS Automotive.
David Carp (second from left), director of fleet, remarketing & CPO, Kia Motors America, speaks during a session about consignor strategies designed to maximize residual values as inventory volumes increase. (From left to right: Brad Bollman, vice president, remarketing solutions, GM Financial; Carp; Steve Groene, remarketing sales planning and distribution manager, Ford Motor Co.; John Machin, national fleet remarketing manager, Subaru of America, Inc.; and Mark Nagel, senior manager remarketing, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.)
Dan Kennedy (left), retiring General Motors remarketing manager, accepts the Industry Leadership Award from Sherb Brown, vice president/group publisher for Bobit Business Media
ServNet and IAG also hosted an evening event on March 1 at the Beer Park at Paris Las Vegas where attendees were able to further reconnect and network with industry peers.