Rocco A. Diantonio, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Easton, PA

This role manages the Retail Development, Market Representation, and Dealer Business Development functions at the Area level in conjunction with the Porsche national Retail Development team. This position provides a unique ability to maintain and enhance a structured long-term strategy to manage the Porsche Dealer network.

East Brunswick, NJ

The team I work with is responsible for implementation of national dealer development strategies, policies, and procedures at the region level. Responsibilities include the network, facility, and dealer performance oversight of 216 stores in 13 northeastern states. I am also responsible for primary training of the region field teams in dealer financial.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ

This role oversees the Business Performance, Dealer Franchising, and Market Representation responsibilities of the Volkswagen dealer network at the region level. This merging of responsibilities provides a unique ability to develop and maintain a structured long-term strategy to manage and grow the Volkswagen dealer network in the Eastern Region. This.

Herndon, VA

This newly created role coordinates and manages the Business Performance, Dealer Franchising, and Market Representation units of the VW National Dealer Network Operations department. This nexus of responsibilities provides a unique ability to develop and maintain a structured long-term strategy to manage and grow the Volkswagen dealer network. This.

Herndon, VA

This position works to develop and maintain a cohesive long-term national strategy to manage and grow the Volkswagen dealer network. I work with the Volkswagen region teams to create and implement constant improvement of current Network Development policies and procedures involving the network relationship between Volkswagen and the dealer body. This role.

Southbridge, MA

• Responsible for manufacturer based consulting and dealer process improvement for underperforming dealers in the Mid Atlantic states.
• Assess dealer performance and develop strategies to provide appropriate potential solutions to increase sales and profitability.
• Play key role in generating incremental net income to VWoA by effective execution of appropriate dealer turn-around action plan to rehabilitate, or if necessary, proactive exit plan to adjust/reposition Volkswagen.

Westborough, MA

• Responsible for implementation of national dealer development strategies, policies and procedures at the region level. Responsibility included the oversight of 152 stores in 9 northeastern states.
• Screened and maintained list of potential dealer candidates to draw from as needed. Identified open point market opportunities and initiated and executed process to fill same.
• Worked with and trained region field staff to encourage use of standardized dealer performance measurement tools.
• Prepared and executed all evaluations and documentation for dealership ownership changes, mergers, buy-outs, re-locations, etc.
• Coordinated with corporate legal department in preparation for litigation when necessary to defend the company’s interests in the dealer network.

Bethlehem, PA

• Promoted and sold retail, lease, balloon, wholesale, extended service contract and remarketing products of Volkswagen Credit, Audi Financial and Bentley Financial Services.
• Maintained account management responsibility over VCI’s secured wholesale assets and secured lease and retail portfolio.
• Trained dealership personnel in the review of consumer credit in order to determine credit worthiness of the retail customer. Assisted dealers in standardizing their finance process for objective review of customer.
• Evaluated dealership credit worthiness and initiated credit package requests for wholesale dealer floorplan financing and real estate mortgage lending.
• Reviewed dealer retail and lease metrics with VCI credit department and with dealer in order to increase retail and lease financing business.
• Established reports to track products usage throughout my area of responsibility.

Mays Landing, NJ

• Monitored and conducted financial reviews of assigned dealers in order to determine if dealer is operating within the covenants agreed to at the time the wholesale inventory floorplan line of credit was opened.
• Regularly reviewed dealer’s collateral to insure repayment of outstanding loans.
• Identified and monitored areas of business, industry, and management risk using financial statement trending and analysis, cash cycle review, seasonality and repayment behavior in order to minimize the risk exposure to.

I held various roles at this company, starting with automotive sales, Finance Manager, Customer Relations Manager, finally, Audi Brand Manager.

B.A., Economics

Activities and Societies: Commuter Students AssociationConcentrations in Computer Science and Labor Relations

M.B.A., Business Process Improvement - E Business

Diploma, College Prep

Activities and Societies: Music program, Mock Trial Team