Nunan Joins vAuto in Chicago as Senior Vice President

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bill Nunan has been named senior vice president – Operations at vAuto, the fastest-growing provider of high-tech used-car inventory management systems for the nation’s 70,000 franchised and independent car dealers.

A former member of the Reynolds and Reynolds Company executive team, Nunan will be responsible for management of vAuto’s rapidly expanding customer base, according to Keith Jezek, vAuto’s president and CEO.

“Bill Nunan has 18 years of technology-company management leadership experience with a strong background in the automotive retail-solutions sector,” Jezek noted. “He has led automotive-technology business units ranging in size up to $100-million in annual revenue.”

Nunan served as a vice president of international operations and also as vice president of strategy and corporate development at Reynolds and Reynolds, a leading software and services provider to automotive dealers and manufacturers.

“We’ve quadrupled the size of our company over the last 18 months,” Jezek added. “And we expect vAuto’s customer base and annual sales to increase by triple-digit amounts in the next several years as well.

“Bill Nunan’s expertise in technology management and corporate development will play a significant role in helping us manage our future growth.”

A native of Cape Porpoise, Maine, Nunan has held senior management positions during his business career with J. D. Power and Associates, CoreComm Communications, Ford Motor Company and NVS Consulting.

He holds a master’s degree in finance from Michigan State University, a master’s degree in structural engineering from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine.

A member of the Alumni Board at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, he now resides in Chicago.

Headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, Ill., vAuto maintains a research and development center in Austin, Texas. The company provides the auto industry’s only “live, real time” analysis of used-car markets with up-to-the-minute information about used-vehicle supply, demand and pricing tailored to specific dealership market areas.

All six of the nation’s highest-volume franchised dealerships by brand, including Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Lincoln-Mercury and Toyota, use stocking, pricing and appraisal strategies supported by vAuto software solutions. Virtually every imported and domestic vehicle brand is represented on the company’s customer list, including Acura, Audi, BMW, Hyundai, Infinity, Kia, Lexus, Mercedes and Porsche, as well as all Chrysler and General Motors brands.

More information on vAuto is available on the Internet at www.vAuto.com.

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