Burak Cendek is a partner at Autotech Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage companies in the ground transportation space and heads up several investments in the remarketing and fintech areas of automotive.

He joins Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby for a conversation about the areas of automotive tech that are ripe for growth, the ins-and-outs of early-stage funding, the problems that companies in Autotech's portfolio are looking to solve and the opportunities in wholesale automotive.

Next up on our "Consignor Conversations" series of the Auto Remarketing Podcast is an interview with John Urness, head of vehicle remarketing and customer loyalty at Chase Auto.

Urness sat down with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby at the Automotive Remarketers Alliance Summer Roundtable in Frisco, Texas, to talk about the value in attending automotive conferences, his journey to remarketing and role with Chase, end-of-lease strategies with clients/customers, and much more.

Plus, Urness talks about the joy in seeing his teammates and colleagues succeed, spending quality time with the family, his passion for soccer (aka football) from growing up in Scotland and running marathons.

To conclude our series of podcast episodes from Canada's Used Car Week this summer, we sit down with Samee Khan and Abdullah Baig, who are the founders of Pam — their company that uses artificial intelligence to improve the interaction between people and businesses (like automotive) and non-profits over the phone.

Samee and Abdullah discuss the origin story of Pam (and her Thursday night sitcom inspiration), the applications of the AI technology inside the auto industry and beyond, how dealers are utilizing Pam and where the company is on its roadmap.

Not only was Autosled among the 2024 Inc. 5000 highlighting the fast-growing companies in the U.S., the vehicle logistics technology provider came in ranked No. 12 overall. Co-founder and chief revenue officer Dave Sperau shared the company’s reaction to that honor, how Autosled has developed over the past four years and some of its plans to serve dealers.

Ask any football fan: a solid backup is critical.

Along those lines, Advent Resources CEO Ben Gill joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss the company's new Advent Parachute program, which is a backup sales DMS designed to give dealerships a reliable contingency plan during primary sales system outages.

The next episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from this year’s Canada’s Used Car Week in Toronto highlighted a presentation about the next generation of remarketing. PAVE chief strategy officer Jameel Ghata explained how vital automated inspections and condition reports are to forward-thinking fleet managers.

Back for more from Canada's Used Car Week, a trio of experts from Canadian Black Book — Daniel Ross, David Robins and Stephen Smith — join the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a discussion on their vantage point into used-car retail, remarketing and auto finance.

Next up on our "Consignor Conversations" series of the Auto Remarketing Podcast is an interview with Sheila Tedesco, who is remarketing manager at Lobel Financial.

Tedesco sat down with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby at the Auto Intel Summit + National Remarketing Conference this spring to discuss her journey in remarketing, what trends she's watching in automotive and the joy she finds in event planning.

Two industry experts on fraud — Brady Harrison of Equifax and Robert Newman of Cox Automotive — appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss two forms of fraud that are impacting dealerships and finance companies more often nowadays. Harrison and Newman explained what car stacking is and how multi-payer scams develop as well as some strategies operators can deploy to spot and stop them.

The next episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from this year’s Canada’s Used Car Week in Toronto focuses on the first-party data your dealership generates. Kendra Brown of The Dream Team Media Company shares ways to get a handle on your data and how it can transform your operation regarding sales and customer retention.