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Ken Fife - Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Ken Fife has been the CEO of
Auto-IT since the company was formed by merger in January 2000.
Prior to that, in 1987, he founded automotive system specialist
company KGM Management. Under his leadership the initial operation
comprising four people and 14 dealer management system (DMS) clients
has grown to 80 staff with 20,089 software licensees in 1,200 dealer locations. |
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Michael Damianos - Non-Executive Director Michael Damianos is a partner and CPA in a long established accounting practice with over 25 years experience in the automotive industry. His association with dealer management systems dates back to the early 80's when, through his accounting practice he developed an industry-specific automotive accounting system. This led to the creation of one of the foundation companies that eventually became Auto-IT. His accounting background is preceded by 10 years working in Sales and Marketing within the computer industry. This unique blend of experiences brings a valuable range of skills and knowledge to the business and in particular, the company's board. |
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Wayne Rushworth - Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director
Wayne Joined Auto-IT in 2005
following involvement in a consulting capacity. Prior to joining the
company, Wayne had an extensive career in banking and finance
spanning more than 25 years. |
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Aaran Newman - National Sales & Marketing Manager, Executive Director
A veteran of the
motor industry, Aaran is the fourth generation of his family in the
industry and has over 20 years experience. Son of Martin Newman,
Managing Director of Newmans Motor Group and Newmans Information
Services (NIS) Aaran filled a number of roles in both organisations
gaining a strong insight into the workings of a dealership and a
computer software company. |
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Steve Hall - Product Manager - Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (REL) Solutions
Steve Hall is the 'Father' of
PMDS®. Steve has almost 40 years experience as a programmer and 30
years writing Dealer Management System (DMS) software - after
starting in the software industry in 1970. In 1980 Steve joined
forces with Newmans Motor Group and together they created PMDS®. At
this stage most DMS's were simply accounting systems. As word spread
of the effectiveness of the product more dealers were requesting the
software and consequently Newmans Information Services (NIS) was
formed. Steve was a founding shareholder of NIS and now Auto-IT and
continues to write highly effective software for dealers to this
day. |
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Roger Peffers - Managing Director - New Zealand
Roger is the
Managing Director of Auto-IT NZ Ltd. He has worked in the automotive
and IT related industries for 20 years, holding a number of key
positions within franchise automotive dealerships. His last position
before joining Auto-IT was Group Service Manager for a major Toyota
dealership in Wellington. |
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Management - Windows®
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Frank Maiolo
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Manager
Strategic Projects His involvement with dealerships began 26 years ago. During this period he led the design, development and delivery of three retail dealer management system evolutions. His most satisfying achievement has been to deliver many technical firsts; under Frank’s direction Auto-IT’s dealer management system products have achieved world's best practice status. Frank’s and his team’s efforts have led to the delivery of Auto-IT’s current Windows®-based retail dealer management systems, now with international deployment capabilities across a wide range of currencies, languages and statutory requirements.
Frank now heads
up management of Auto-IT's Strategic Projects. |
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Management - eBusiness
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Peter Fritz
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eBusiness |
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