Our Authors

Aaron E. Lunt, an Illinois-licensed attorney, is assistant general counsel, head of regulatory affairs, for The Warranty Group. He previously served as vice president of laws, regulations and public policy support for a large commercial insurer, for which he handled a variety of insurance regulatory issues.

Adam Kimber is the Publisher for AE and P&A Magazines. He has extensive publishing, sales and marketing, and trade show management experience.

Alexi Venneri is the co-founder and CEO of Digital Air Strike, the award-winning social media and digital engagement company. A pioneer in digital response, social marketing and online reputation management, Digital Air Strike’s mobile apps, software and managed service platform monitor, improve and manage consumer engagement for thousands of businesses in the United States and Canada including six of the largest automotive manufacturers.

Ben Woods joined Allstate Dealer Services in June 2012. Over that time he has worked extensively on GAP ratemaking, reserving and forecasting. His primary focus over the past two years has been building predictive models that incorporate Allstate’s private passenger auto insurance claims data into its more than 15 years of GAP underwriting experience to derive deeper insights into the various drivers of GAP loss trends. Woods received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. He is an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Brian T. Casey is a partner in the Atlanta office of Locke Lord LLP. As co-leader of Locke Lord’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance Practice Group, and a member of the firm’s Corporate, Capital Markets and Health Care Practice Groups, Mr. Casey focuses on (i) corporate, (ii) merger & acquisition, corporate and structured finance and other transactional, (iii) multi-state regulatory and (iv) tax matters for corporate clients in the insurance, financial services and health care industries. His clients include insurance companies, insurance holding companies, managing general agents and insurance agencies, third party and claims administrators, banks and other financial institutions, investment banks and reinsurance companies as well as service contract providers and administrators and insurers that issue contractual liability insurance policies.

Co-Author's Brian Casey, Partner, and William Osterbrock, Associate, both work out of the Atlanta office of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP. Mr. Casey serves as Co-Leader of the Corporate Insurance Practice Group. He is a nationally recognized speaker and has been recognized by North America by Insurance Broadcast as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in the Insurance Industry and recently named, for the second time, as one of the Ten Most Influential People in Life Settlements by Life Settlement Review. Mr. Osterbrock is a member of the firm's Corporate & Corporate Insurance Practice Groups. His primary focus in on corporate governance and regulatory compliance, complex business transactions, mergers & acquisitions, securities, financing & private equity, and business planning & development.

Brian Reed founded F&I Express® in 2008. As President and CEO, Brian leads the F&I Express team in its quest to provide world-class technology to support the electronic processing and eCommerce of the automotive industry. Prior to F&I Express, Brian served as CEO of online auto financing company, giggo.com. From its inception as a new subsidiary of Daimler Chrysler to its merger with competitor, PeopleFirst, he then assumed the role of President. Brian later structured a successful exit for all parties through the sale of PeopleFirst to Capital One for $178 million. Brian became Managing Vice President of Direct Internet Lending for Capital One Auto Finance where he continued to creatively develop and substantially expand the business. In November of 2005, J.D. Power and Associates honored Brian as a Pioneer of the Automotive Internet Industry for contributing to the establishment and growth of the automotive Internet. He has also led the development and filing of 15 patents.

Bryan Bledsoe is the president and owner of One Guard Inspections, LLC.  He served eight years in U.S. Army including one combat tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  After being honorably discharged, Bryan graduated from the University of Texas in Arlington.  He has served in upper level management for both a third party administrator of auto warranty claims and a home warranty company.  He founded One Guard Inspections in 2011. He has been married for four years and has two daughters.

Cindy is Managing Editor for Agent Entrepreneur eMagazine and P&A eMagazine. She brings over 10 years of automotive publishing, marketing, and trade show experience.

Dale Penn is a popular keynote and conference speaker, sales and marketing trainer and business coach. He’s also an award-winning author and consultant to dealers, agents and insurance companies around the country. Email him at dale@dalepenn.com or follow him on Twitter@dalepenn. Dale and his family live in sunny Southern California.

Damon A. Wiener, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel at Safe-Guard Products International, LLC, oversees the company’s legal and compliance department and is actively involved in several major trade associations.