DMEautomotive's Driver Connect 2.0 wins in Best New Product or Service category at 2013 American Business Awards

DAYTONA BEACH, FL--Sept. 30, 2013: DMEautomotive's Driver Connect 2.0 is a Silver Stevie Award honoree in the "Best New Product or Service – Software Mobile On-Demand Application"category, in the 11th Annual American Business Awards.

The American Business Awards are the nation's premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

"DMEa is proud to be numbered among the automotive industry's most innovative companies. And we are especially honored to be recognized in the important mobile category," said DMEautomotive CEO Mike Walther. "No channel is evolving – and being adopted by consumers – as rapidly as mobile. Driver Connect 2.0 was developed to help auto dealers communicate where their customers are interacting – on their mobile devices - and to maintain a solid connection with each of them, all while driving retention, loyalty, and sales. Our hardworking team is proud to share this Stevie Award with our customers, whose input and support has been critical to the development of this product."

Driver Connect 2.0, now in use by five of the top 20 U.S automotive retailers, empowers dealers to bring their increasingly mobile audience even closer by enabling owners to easily manage their family fleet with easy access to their vehicle's complete service history, recalls, and real time notifications when their vehicle is ready for pick up from a service visit. In turn, Driver Connect 2.0 makes it easy for auto dealers to send out hyper-targeted communications to their customers, down to their exact moment in their ownership lifecycle, helping build a positive and trusted relationship.

"So many remarkable stories of success and innovation were told in the nominations submitted to this year's American Business Awards," said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. "We congratulate all of this year's Stevie Award winners, and thank them for the inspiration provided by their achievements."

More than 3,200 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Most Innovative Company of the Year, Management Team of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Executive of the Year, among others.

Stevie Award winners were selected by more than 320 executives nationwide who participated in the judging process.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word "crowned," the trophies were presented to winners during a gala banquet on Monday, September 16 at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. Over 250 nominees and their guests attended.