MUNICH, Sept. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- incadea, a
leading global provider of automotive retail solutions and a Cox
Automotive brand, announced the appointment of Allan Stejskal, as chief executive officer,
effective immediately.
Stejskal has a long track record of innovation and extensive
executive leadership background across leading automotive
organizations in United States.
With 20 years of automotive retail knowledge, he brings a wealth of
experience in strategic planning, growth and transformation, merger
and acquisition integration and process improvement and operational
efficiency.
Before joining incadea, Stejskal served as senior vice president
and CIO of AutoNation, the largest U.S. new car retailer with over
350 new vehicle franchises and over 26,000 employees. His
background also includes senior leadership roles at Dealertrack,
now a Cox Automotive brand, where he led the DMS business and
directed the development and launch of innovative retail products
and services. Between other organizations, Stejskal's automotive
background also includes ADP (now CDK Global), where he led the
company's dealer services ecommerce strategy. He holds an MBA from
Harvard and a Bachelor of Science in
Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.
John Bailey, president of Cox
Automotive International, said: "I am delighted to welcome
Allan Stejskal as our newly
appointed CEO. Allan is an accomplished leader, with a proven track
record of working with high-growth automotive companies. He brings
a great mix of automotive expertise, leadership, operational
experience and technical breadth. Together with Allan, we are
aiming to reshape incadea's business strategy and take the company
to the next level with profitable growth."
Commenting on his appointment, Stejskal, said: "I'm
incredibly excited to join the incadea team and have the
opportunity to lead this truly international organization. Incadea
has that rare combination of a global leading customer base, state
of the art retail solutions for auto dealers and amazingly talented
people. I am thrilled about the possibilities that lie ahead and
look forward to working with the entire incadea team as we embark
on the exciting journey of positioning incadea as the market
leader."
About incadea
Incadea is a leading international provider of software
solutions and services to the global automotive retail and
wholesale markets. Incadea addresses the needs of this industry by
offering global solutions with state-of-the-art innovation and
local execution capabilities. Products include dealer management,
business intelligence, and customer and vehicle relationship
management solutions, based on the latest Microsoft Dynamics
technology. These are used by multinational car manufacturers,
Original Equipment Manufacturers ("OEMs") and their dealership
networks. Through continuing global expansion, incadea serves more
than 100,000 end users in more than 4,000 dealerships in 100
countries across the globe. Headquartered in Germany, incadea has offices in Austria, China, Denmark, Greece, India, Italy,
Japan, Mexico, the
Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Portugal, Russia, South
Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey and the UAE. The Group has a network of
worldwide certified channel partners, and its range of blue chip
customers include over 50 OEMs such as BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen,
Peugeot/Citroën, Ford, Scania, General Motors, and Mercedes-Benz.
Incadea is a Cox Automotive Brand. For more information about
incadea, visit www.incadea.com
About Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive Inc. is transforming the way the world buys,
sells and owns cars with industry-leading digital marketing,
financial, retail and wholesale solutions for consumers, dealers,
manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
Committed to open choice and dedicated to strong partnerships, the
Cox Automotive family includes Autotrader®,
Dealer.com®, Dealertrack®, Kelley Blue Book®,
Manheim®, NextGear Capital®,
vAuto®, Xtime® and a host of other brands.
The global company has 34,000 team members in more than 200
locations and is partner to more than 40,000 auto dealers, as well
as most major automobile manufacturers, while engaging U.S.
consumer car buyers with the most recognized media brands in the
industry. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc.,
an Atlanta-based company with
revenues exceeding $20 billion and
approximately 60,000 employees. Cox Enterprises' other major
operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications and Cox Media
Group. For more information about Cox Automotive, visit
www.coxautoinc.com.
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