Veteran enterprise technology leader and former SolarWinds president and CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna has agreed to take on the same role at CDK Global, where he will succeed the retiring Brian MacDonald. +
Amit Maheshwari, Max Steckler and Jason Barrie will serve as the AI-enabled dealership conversation platform’s executive leadership team. +
A diverse group of experts and innovators will bring agents up to speed on new and emerging technology and compete for their votes in a series of rapid-fire pitches. +
Lotlinx has hired Randy Kobat as its chief commercial officer, overseeing a number of divisions dedicated to executing the dealer software provider’s innovation and growth strategies. +
Presidio and NCM analysts say Q3 net pretax profit metrics varied wildly among domestic, import and luxury dealers in a report skewed by EV sales and echoes of the CDK Global outage. +
The latest Presidio Group/NCM Associates report finds the average U.S. franchised dealer enjoyed a 27.1% year-over-year increase in net pretax profit in the second quarter. +
