11yrs ago I started this thread. Today, I announce another shift in my life. Here's my LI announcement.
With heartfelt gratitude & admiration of what Alex Vetter and Brian Kramer are building at Cars Inc, I announce that I am resigning my position as head of marketplace for cars.com and returning to my world of self-employment.
I’ll have my hands in anything that lights up my fire. I’ll be sharing automotive strategic thoughts and ideas. My inspiration takes me down the path less traveled, I’ll also be returning to writing mathematical stock trading algorithms (the work has parallels to automotive, see my US Patent https://lnkd.in/eqBehDBu)
I would love to thank the people along my amazing journey.
Scott Portuondo for sucking me into automotive retail!
TY to The Used Car King Todd Caputo for trusting his gut and giving me the freedom (& budget) to build the most awesome in-house car dealer website ever. TY to HomeNet's CEO Jesse Biter for appreciating my platform feedback and partnering with us to our indie site. TY to HN's project manager Matt Scalcione for taking 100's of photoshop mocks and turning them into our site.
TY to Alex Snyder, Rick Gibbs and & Alex Vetter for seeing my body of work with the amazing UsedCarKing.com and recruiting me into the vendor space. To my BFF Bob George at DDC, you (& your fam) are a multi-tasking treasure and had I been able to convince leaders of our joint potential, OUR two patents were only the beginning!!
Lastly, super TY to Jeff Kershner & Alex Snyder for creating DealerRefresh.com. The dealer forum for dealers, by dealers. It allowed me to freely share and learn. DR is a treasure in our space.
I'm back to my happy place, the lab.
#UncleJoe #automotive #inspiration
