Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in the auto finance, collections/recoveries and remarketing industries. Plus, they chat about Kroshus' time playing football at North Dakota State, where he and his Bison teammates won three national championships, and much more.

Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator of the Women in Remarketing panel at Used Car Week, and in her conversation with Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby, she talks about her preparation for that panel, how to get the most out of attending conferences and the keys to her success in the auto industry.

In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop. Listen now and you'll get an early preview of their workshop: A 5-Point Plan to Optimize Used Vehicle Profitability.

Becky Igo remembers the first few business trips she made going to industry conferences at a time when things like pay phones and fax machines were critical business-development tools.

Now more than four decades later, the regional vice president for Allied Solutions remains a friendly and knowledgeable executive at industry events, including Used Car Week. One of this year’s inductees to the Used Car Week Hall of Fame, Igo reflects on her successful career and proven strategies to make the most of in-person industry events.

This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner.

Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take listeners through the importance of licensing and insurance, handling delays because of weather and other circumstances, and protecting vehicles during transportation.

The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer.

And our guest today has experience with both.

George Pero is president and CEO of Mach10 Automotive, an M&A firm specializing in auto retail. His 34 years of auto industry experience includes founding, operating and successfully selling Auctions in Motion to what is now known as America’s Group

Pero joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to share his perspective on M&A activity in auto retail, auto auctions and where the two might overlap.

While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement.

Babcock elaborated about these points and more during an episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.

We throw the keys to the valet on this episode.

Clint Curtis is the co-founder and CEO of Zapmoto, which provides valet pickup and delivery of vehicles for servicing at car dealerships.

He joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a conversation about the growth of mobile/remote service offerings in auto retail, the origin story of Zapmoto and how its delivery process works, inspiration from service providers like DoorDash and Carvana, plus much more.

Managing delinquencies and repossessions might be as complicated as anything auto lenders do nowadays.

To help finance companies of all sizes handle those complexities, this special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features Anne Holtzman, who is senior vice president of client experience and risk management services at Allied Solutions.

In addition to providing an update on the current landscape, Holtzman offers suggestions on how lenders can get better results more quickly when recovering and remarketing collateral and offers additional guidance on the repossession process and optimizing returns.

Lauren joined PureCars in 2015 as a sales associate, later serving as regional manager, national director and senior vice president before moving up to chief operating officer in January 2023.

She was promoted to the new role of president in February 2024.

And last month, Donalson became the company’s CEO.

She joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about her journey with PureCars, her goals for the company and advice she has for early-career executives looking to take a similar career path.