John Possumato
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Occupation | CEO, CARS, Inc. |
| Location | Philadelphia - New York, United States |
| Introduction | They say once motor oil’s in your blood and you’re exposed to the car business, you can never go back to normalcy. I went to business school, law school, and did a stint as a trading VP at Janney Montgomery Scott, a stock brokerage in Philadelphia. But once I got into the retail end of the car business, I never really could get out. Ever since I managed to take a tiny Chrysler-Plymouth store that never sold more than 160 cars a year and make it the third largest fleet dealer in the U.S., I’ve been hooked. I sold the store and developed dealer-based, small fleet sales pilot programs for Ford, GM, and Jaguar. I veered off the track only once and did a telecom start-up during the tech bubble years ‘99/00, but soon found my way back to the car business, creating the first Web-based “upstream” remarketing product for the fleet industry, and now I’m hooked on how online social media will revolutionize communication and sales relationships. I really do believe that “WE are Smarter than ME” and want to be part of how these new developments change the automotive world. |
| Interests | Automotive Industry Affiliations: AFLA, IARA, IRBR, NAFA, NVLA, NADC |