F&I Express Expands Leadership Team
SAN PEDRO - Intersection Technologies Inc., with its F&I Express aftermarket eContracting platform, announced three additions to its leadership team.
Rich Apicella – Executive Vice President. Mr. Apicella’s responsibilities include expanding the sales and marketing team and operational infrastructure to accelerate the adoption of F&I Express by dealers and F&I aftermarket providers. Rich has more than 30 years of industry experience, including leadership positions with Deloitte Consulting, Capital One Auto Finance, BenchMark International and IBM.
Stefan St Laurent – Vice President Operations. Mr. St Laurent is responsible for developing the Canadian market, including growth of dealer and administrator/provider use of the integrated RouteOne/F&I Express platform. Stefan has worked for more than 15 years in the automotive technology market in Canada with companies such as Auto123.com and Sun Media.
Dominic Sorresso – Vice President Business Development. Mr. Sorresso has extensive experience in the automotive industry including previous positions with ADP, NAT, DealerTrack, and MSXI. Dominic will be working with administrators/providers, agents, and dealer customers to expand their use of the F&I Express platform.
These key additions will complement the work that John Wierman – Vice President Business Development has performed over the past several years. John will continue working to drive dealer and agent adoption of the F&I Express platform.
"The use of traditional 3-ply forms will become obsolete as the US and Canadian markets move to 100 percent electronic processing of aftermarket F&I products," said Brian Reed, CEO and President of Intersection Technologies. Reed added, "The new additions to the F&I Express team represent the company's ongoing commitment to provide dealers, administrators, and agents a better way to process aftermarket F&I products."
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