TECOBI provides advanced communication, advertising and software solutions for the automotive industry. TECOBI currently helps dealers take control of their SMS/Text conversations and increase response rates to direct mail and other forms of advertising.As the CEO of TECOBI I am using my advanced skills in sales, marketing, team building, software development and my in-depth understanding of the car business to build a strong team and provide our customers with the best software, marketing and customer service that exist in the car business.Our team's success is based on our client's success. We will do everything we can to ensure every single one of our clients are successful with our products and services. We will listen to our clients and build around their feedback. We will always be ahead of the curve and never become complacent.

Partnered with John Carlson to help take a small town Chevrolet store in Red Springs NC to the next level. We will be utilizing TECOBI's suite of services to provide a streamlined car buying experience that modern customers are looking for.

SPARQ was born from another idea I had for automotive social marketing. Noticed another area dealers could use technology and social marketing to sell more cars. Customers were sharing their car buying experience but were not mentioning the dealership. Realized there was a huge need for dealers to take control of that conversation. Partnered with the two owners of Moore & Scarry Advertising to begin development of SPARQ.Developed a mobile application that car sales professionals could use at time of delivery to motivate their customer to share their car buying experience on social media. Sold first batch of clients and worked closely with management and sales staff to get them using the application and learn from them to make the application better.SPARQ won the social media AWA award their first year and now has an established customer base of clients successfully using the product. Over 5000 automotive sales professionals now have SPARQ installed on their smart phones.Dealing with outstanding individuals and a marketing agency, a market strategy was put into place. With an ability to communicate, hire, train and motivate a sales team the product, idea and concept was brought to life.

Helped design and develop a job portal software solution for full service automotive advertising agency. They needed a way for their Account Executives and Account Coordinators to better jobs and workflow to their production department. Worked with staff to implement solutions that would make them more efficient. Helped more than quadruple the direct mail volume the company generated from their existing client base. Utilized a tracking system I built to help monitor and analyze responses from direct mail. Built efficient direct mail solutions that helped their clients sell more cars.

Noticed a huge trend in the industry towards digital marketing and spent a lot of time educating myself on software development and social marketing. Was monitoring trends in the automotive space and noticed an opportunity. Called the owner of Virtual Lending Source with an idea for a software product that would have a huge impact in automotive social marketing. We partnered on the venture and SocialUPs was born.Developed advanced social marketing and gaming software for the automotive industry. Hired and trained software developers, designers, sales and administrative staff. Structured pay plans to motivate staff. Developed a customer follow up process for our customer service department. Turned this social start up into a huge success with over 500 active clients and almost $500,000 a month in reoccurring revenue.To this day no other social company has been able to generate the amount of activity to automotive Facebook pages. SocialUPs was a true pioneer in automotive social marketing.

In this role I was responsible for building a direct mail division for an automotive lending company. Virtual Lending Source wanted to offer their dealers a direct mail solution and given my background in direct mail and sales they thought I would be a perfect fit for this opportunity.Designed, developed and implemented software and finance solutions that made our direct mail smart and impactful to generate higher ROIs for our clients. Sold the first batch of clients and worked closely with them to ensure their success and mold the perfect direct mail product. Hired and trained sales and administrative staff. Structured competitive pay plans to motive every member of the staff. Mentored staff and held daily meetings to provide inspiration. Within a short period of time the direct mail division had become the single largest source of revenue for the company, generating over $3 million in monthly revenue.

Impressed with the founder of Telnform, the company's philosophy and ability to provide services to automobile dealers, I accepted an offer that was received from the founder to join a new adventure with Advantage Dealer Solutions. Again, another Loan-by-Phone credit hotline. With an innate ability to sell and understanding the industry, I was able to perform at superior levels and was awarded many of the top sales achievement awards.During follow up calls with clients I was able to isolate what was generating massive success for one of our clients and duplicated the direct mail process he was using to be successful. Worked with various departments and successfully designed a direct mail advertising product the company could sell. Personally called and sold this product to our existing client base. Worked closely with clients to ensure their success. The product quickly became a massive success and the company's largest source of revenue.

After serving in the Untied States Army, a career opportunity came along to join a team of successful sales representatives at Telnform. This was my first job in the automotive industry. Telnform invented the Loan-by-Phone credit hotline you typically see in sub-prime automotive sales ads.As a new sales person I had to start at the bottom. My duties included prospecting, cold-calling and closing new business. Was required to make a minimum of 100+ calls per day. I was able to quickly tune into what it took to close a car dealership on Telnform’s software product. Out performed every other sales person in the room by double and achieved sales person of the year my first year and won every other sales contest the company had during my employment. This was the beginning of what would become a wonderful journey in automotive industry for me. My love for automobiles and gadgets is what drove me to strive to be the absolute best at this job. To me it was the coolest thing ever to be making a living and working with auto dealers and software.