Compli Appoints Richard Potter as Senior V.P. of Sales and Marketing and Jamie Apt as Head of Sales in Southwestern U.S.
PORTLAND, Ore.--Compli®, the nation’s leading provider of compliance management systems for auto dealerships, has appointed executive Richard Potter to its management team as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and named Jamie Apt Sales Manager for its Southwestern region.
“We are very excited to add Dick Potter and Jamie Apt to the Compli team. Dick joins Compli with a wealth of executive experience in sales and marketing, and tremendous vision for the company as we continue to grow to meet the needs of automobile dealerships across the nation,” said Ken Thrasher, Chairman and CEO of Compli. “We are also extremely fortunate to have Jamie on board. His extensive management and sales background in the automotive industry is sure to make him a valued business partner for automobile dealerships throughout our growing Southwest region.”
About Richard Potter
Richard Potter brings to Compli more than 25 years of executive experience in the professional services, logistics, high-tech, and manufacturing industries. Before joining Compli, Potter was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Joseph C. Sansone Company, a consultancy providing business and tax services. Potter was responsible for the leadership and direction of the company’s national sales and marketing organization. Prior to that, he held senior management positions with Deloitte Consulting, Ryder Integrated Logistics, and the Eastman Kodak Company.
Potter earned a M.B.A. from Northwestern University, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago, Ill., graduated with a B.A. from University of San Francisco in San Francisco, Calif., and studied at Loyola University in Rome, Italy.
About Jamie Apt
Jamie Apt joins Compli from Microvision where he was the Enterprise Sales Manager for the world’s first wearable computer. Previously, he was the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Dynatron Software, which provided business intelligence software to U.S. auto dealerships and dealer groups. Before that, he implemented universal compliance F&I solutions nationally for Reynolds & Reynolds, managed for a leading Dallas dealership, and was Metropolitan District Manager for General Motors in California and Texas.
Apt has been a member of the Association of Finance and Insurance Professionals, Consumer Banker’s Association, National Auto Finance Association, National Vehicle Leasing Association, and the National Automobile Dealers Association. Apt graduated with a B.A., Magna cum Laude, from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Mich.
About Compli
Compli is headquartered in Portland, Ore., with sales offices in California, Florida, Massachusetts, and Texas. With more than 42,000 users worldwide, Compli is the leading provider of compliance management and risk mitigation products for auto dealerships. Compli’s Dealership Compliance Management System (DCMS) controls, tracks, and automates regulatory compliance operations within and across dealerships. The DCMS is an early warning system that uncovers, reports on, and mitigates liabilities to save dealers money on litigation, insurance, and overhead.
Dealerships interested in gauging their current levels of compliance may receive a free, online assessment with the Compli Dealership Compliance Assessment (DCA) tool at www.compli.com/dca2007. For more information on the Compli DCMS, a product demonstration, or the latest Compli news, visit www.compli.com or call 1-866-294-5545 toll free.
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