Lee Burns Email & Phone Number

Texas

Apex Protect GPS is a state of the art GPS technology and vehicle management company. We were born out of the need of a large, multi-location, multi-franchise dealer group's desire for a system that provided consistent inventory management and unprecedented value to their retail customers. Apex Protect GPS delivers a win-win for automotive dealers across the United States. Our senior management team has over 100 years combined experience in the retail automotive business: we think like car dealers! Unlike many of the GPS companies out there, Apex Protect GPS’s primary focus is two-fold: the management of dealer inventory through our easy to use web/app portal and providing exceptional benefits to the dealership’s retail customers through enhanced vehicle management packages. With this focus, we have developed proven, seamless and profitable models that provide the protection and ease of use that dealers require and affordable, enhanced feature packages that customers desire. With Apex I, along with my partners, used our combined experience to develop, end to end, a GPS Vehicle Management company that delivers a product and program which supplies the true needs and wants of franchised car dealers. This has been confirmed by both new dealers to our program and a slew of dealers who have left other GPS providers for the ease, support, cost and true value differences that aren't found anywhere else in GPS companies who supply for franchised car dealers.Currently, I am responsible for the oversight of all existing business, as well as continual development of program, product and material enhancement to constantly improve both dealer and end-user customer experience.

United States

I was the COO and a Founding Officer at Apex Connect GPS. After establishing the processes and programs within the company, through personally hiring and training all operations staff, I have stepped down to focus more on other projects, while continuing to lend insight to the company through my advisory board position. Apex Connect is an industry alliance between Safe-Guard Products Intl., and a leading GPS technology company, Apex Connect.Apex Connect has roots that go deep in the automotive industry. Formed by an owner of multiple automotive dealerships and one of the pioneers in GPS technology, Apex Connect has spent years developing a system and process that allows dealers to adopt the technology in order to optimize it throughout their complete value chain.ZAZ GPS powered by SG Connected Car has been designed as an F&I solution, paired with theft insurance to help Auto Dealers protect their vehicle assets, manage inventory, reduce costs, improve service retention and provide a value added revenue stream at the point of sale. ZAZ in combination with our Apex Connect Franchise model enables faster, smarter and more streamlined operational decisions and new streams of revenue for Safe-Guard Agents and their auto dealer customers.https://www.apexconnectgps.com/

Texas

National Director of Development and Training.Initially hired at Guidepoint as a regional manager of existing business in Texas, I was promoted to a National Director position, with oversight on all dealerships preloading the Guidepoint GPS product, nation-wide, with a team of program support staff all hired, trained and managed by me. This was a new division created by innovations that I made to the company's existing dealer programs.Through improvement on those programs, I was able to create a majorly improved revenue stream for both the dealerships and Guidepoint.With this model, better customer relations and improved training materials and techniques, I increased profit on this area of the business specifically by 418%, over an 18 month period.