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In an era where so much business is transacted online between nameless and faceless buyers and sellers, we thought that it might be a breath of fresh air if you could actually "meet" the people behind Just4Dealers and get an idea of what we see when we look in the mirror every morning!
With a father who has been a lifer in the used truck business, I suppose I was destined to have diesel in my blood. My first experience at a truck dealership was at age 5 when my father took me to work instead of kindergarten one day. Most kids don’t know what they want to be when they grow up but in kindergarten, I was already hooked.
At the early age of 11, I began working with my father at a Kenworth dealership. Over the next several years, I continued my hands-on education at the dealership, eventually completing management courses and Kenworth training programs as well as others. I also had experience at a few other dealerships and a finance company appraising used trucks. I was on course to eventually run a used truck dealership.
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Thus, my life took an unexpected turn in 1995 when my partners and I developed a software program that we knew would increase efficiency at the dealership and take advantage of new technology, like scanners and the Internet. The software program SOARR was born under the umbrella of Interstate Online Software Inc. This innovative product quickly grew in popularity and eventually went nationwide in playing a pivotal role in managing inventories and websites for hundreds of truck and trailer dealerships. It has become the industry standard inventory management program which many have tried to copy, but none have successfully duplicated.
I am now one of the two remaining shareholders of Interstate Online Software Inc and currently serve in the capacity as President. This has provided me with opportunities to partner with many industry leaders and branch out into new ways of helping dealers, which has always been our goal. My latest venture has been into the online auction business and I have now also become an owner and CEO of Just4Dealers.com. | 