JATO Dynamics Appoints Evaristo Garcia to Lead U.S. Operations

TROY, Mich., Nov. 30 -- JATO Dynamics, the world's leading supplier of market intelligence to the automotive industry, today announced that Evaristo Garcia has been appointed to General Manager of U.S. Operations.

Mr. Garcia will report to JATO Chairman Jake Shafran and will initiate a long-term strategic business program that will further strengthen the company's dominant market position and open up new areas of opportunity in the United States. ``I am extremely honored to join the JATO team in the United States,'' says Evaristo Garcia. ``During the last couple of years JATO has significantly increased its market presence in the USA. I hope that I can help to continue, and even increase that success in this most important automotive market.''

Mr. Garcia brings a proven track record of success to JATO's business in the United States. As General Manager in Mexico, he started operations in Mexico and has grown the business so that, in just 6 years, JATO is now the market leader of automotive information in Mexico. Mr. Garcia was then promoted to General Manager of Latin America to oversee all business in Central and South America. Jake Shafran says this of Evaristo Garcia, ``He has built up a strong team of people and has proven his ability to lead them to success. He has also provided great vision to his market by developing products and services based on market needs. I want Evaristo to bring that same leadership to our U.S. business.''

JATO Dynamics is the leading supplier of automotive market intelligence delivering the world's most comprehensive, accurate and current databases of vehicle specifications, sales, registrations, forecast, incentives and pricing available. Every day of the week, JATO's researchers are working in 45 countries to source over 1,000 items of vehicle data to provide consistent, comparable information on all makes and models.