Mark Virag, Mba Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, UT, US

• High-value engagements in automotive F&I software. Route One, GMAC, Open Dealer Exchange, LoJack, JD Power, Safe-Guard, U.S. Equity Advantage, Palm Beach Auto Club, Cox Automotive.
• Software design and contract administration for Route One credit system
• Lifecycle API design for GMAC Insurance
• DMS interface research and development for Superior Integrated Solutions
• Technical design and API development for F&I Express

Irving, Texas, US

Responsible for all information technology at this $1.6 billion-dollar powersports retailer, including applications development, data services, security, and cloud infrastructure for omnichannel and our 60-store retail chain.

• Developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) for risk rating
• Patent pending for SaaS risk-rating interface

Atlanta, GA, US

• Created new e-commerce function, including API support and vendor liaison for digital retail
• Established relationships with ten dealer point-of-sale and five online retail system vendors
• Pioneered new Direct to Consumer (D2C) marketing function
• Drafted D2C business plan, set marketing and technical direction, developed organization
• Implemented Safe-Guard’s first use of dedicated Product Managers for UX and API
• First-year results from menu training alone produced $18.5 million incremental revenue

• Created PEN as new unit of CDK-Reynolds joint venture
• Wrote the business plan and negotiated our initial $1.75 million JV funding
• Managed every aspect of the business including sales, operations, and product development
• Added the first four delivery partners and 22 administrators
• Company today has 200 administrators and bills over $1 million monthly
• Worked with law firm to patent the core technology

• Founded MenuVantage, a web-based platform for selling vehicle service contracts
• Prepared business plan, market analysis, obtained venture capital, wrote the system specification, and directed all product development
• At the time of its sale in 2009, MenuVantage was in use at more than 2,500 dealerships
• Exit after six years, selling company for $20 million

Ft. Lauderdale, FL, US

• Launched captive finance unit of this $20 billion automotive retailer
• Designed implementation programs for each new department of the finance company
• Developed e-commerce software for electronic direct and indirect lending
• Led consortium of seven leading finance sources in developing an open standard for online credit
• Implementation of best practices increased F&I gross profit by 50%

Columbus, Ohio, US

• Launched new unit of BMW-AG, with assets over $8 billion
• Directed all technology initiatives in North and South America
• Managed staff of 60 professionals in five cities, with a $19 million budget and consistently the most cost-efficient operation in the Finanzabteilung
• Formulated global technology strategy with headquarters staff in Munich
• Invented the first web-based automotive credit system, InfoBahn, serving 350 BMW dealers and 100 Land Rover dealers

Mba, Finance, Systems

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Linguistics