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F&I Masters Series Forum - The Digital Age


There’s a revolution afoot, and forces are merging that will greatly impact the way auto dealers do business in the near future. How will your dealership adapt to these coming changes, and how will you keep your F&I profits intact?


Join us on April 6 and 7 for the F&I Master Series online event powered by Chernek Consulting and hosted by Rebecca Chernek. This event will address in great detail the changes facing finance and insurance in the automotive retail space for franchise, independent, and recreational dealers nationwide.


Topics covered will include:


  • Compliance: Looking ahead at what’s coming
  • Digital Retailing: Giving customers the power to shop and set payment options online
  • Funding and Crowdsourcing: Financing options for independent auto dealers
  • Fraud Prevention: Keeping your profits intact
  • Lending Best Practices: The dos and don’ts
  • Desking: The tools and technology of the trade
  • Digital Menus: Boosting aftermarket product sales
  • Independent Lending Portal Options: Exploring your tech choices
  • Dealer Talk: What’s really happening in car dealerships today
  • Thriving in the era of Carvana, CarMax, and Vroom
  • The Digital Life Cycle: Adapting to twenty-first century methodologies


Chernek Consulting, LLC was founded in 2001 to provide superior finance and insurance training for automotive and independent dealers nationwide. In that time, the company’s mission has grown to include emphasis on online-to-showroom transactions that provide dealerships with that tools necessary to appeal to the demands of twenty-first-century consumers, principally through the implementation of streamlined processes and the development of single-point communication from start to finish.


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*KEYNOTE Speakers*

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Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson, Consumer Financial Services Lawyer and Partner at Hudson Cook, LLP



Panel Discussion. Remote Delivery, Right of Rescission, eContracting, GBLA, Gap MLA and more!


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Patty Covington

Patty Covington, Compliance Lawyer & Partner at Hudson Cook, LLP Auto Finance, FinTech, Privacy & Consumer Credit Attorney

Panel Discussion. Remote Delivery, Right of Rescission, eContracting, GBLA, Gap MLA and more!


SPONSORS

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Paul Nicholas 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FEATURED SPEAKER

 Lending Availability for Franchise & Independent Dealers!


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Kerri Wise

Kerri Wise, Chief Marketing Officer

DR Connect the Disconnect From Online to In-Store!

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Ken Hill

Managing Director, 700 Credit

 Lending Availability for Franchise & Independent Dealers!


*KEYNOTE SPEAKER*

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BRIAN KRAMER

General Manager, Germain Toyota, Germain Lincoln 

No Other Ships in the Harbor! Moving Forward!

FEATURED SpeakerS

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Kerri Wise

Kerri Wise, Chief Marketing Officer

DR Connect the Disconnect From Online to In-Store!

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Ted Ings

Founder, Fixed Op's Roundtable

Technology Doesn't Replace the Human Factor!

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Bob Farlow

Semi-Retired, Previous GM, McGeorge Toyota, Market President AutoNation and GM Koons Automotive Company

Matt Lasher

Marketing Director - West Herr Automotive Group

Executive Vice President - Streamline Auto Solutions by West Herr

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Frank McKenna

Chief Fraud Strategist, PointPredictive

Remote Delivery Mitigating Fraud -Dealership Process!

JIM MESSICK

Director of Operations

 BettenBaker Auto Group

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Dennis Gingrich

Sales, and F&I Director

The Niello Company 

TULLY WILLIAMS

Fixed Ops Director

The Niello Company 

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JOSH LETSIS

Managing Partner

Foundation Auto Colorado 

STEVEN APICELLA

CEO, Strategic DX, Inc.

The Digital Life Cycle, Recurring Customers!

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Gina Cocking

Managing Director and CEO, Colonnade Advisors, LLC

M&A - Stay Competitive in an Aggressive Marketplace

Dora Muzi

Finance Manager, Germain Toyota

The Digital Journey The Future is Now!

Reduce CIT, Short-funds, Chargebacks & Funding Delays!

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James Lawrence

COO/Founder, Sensitive Data Protect, LLC

FTC Safeguard Rules, Effective December 9th 2022

*Compliance Behavior Retro to January 1st 2022*

Steve Zabawa

CEO, DR Expert, WebBuy

Customizing the DR Experience!

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Veronica Dunford

Executive Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, DealerBuilt

DealerBuilt

Cheryl Piabtedosi

ADI Facilitator, Automotive Dealership Institute

Automotive Dealership Institute

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Steve Burke

CEO, Agora 

Revolutionizing AI Lending Approval Process...

It's Not Always About the FICO Score!

BRIAN DAVIS

Director of Sales, ORBEE

Quantifying Data to Determine Process Flaws!

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Lyamen Savy

CEO, Founder

321 Ignition 

Joe Caruso

CEO, DO IT TODAY

Quantifying Data to Determine Process Flaws!

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