Autolink.Com(SM) Announces Management Team
18 February 2000
Autolink.Com(SM) Announces Management Team WHEAT RIDGE, Colo., Feb. 18 -- Autolink.com, the nation's
first independent, one-stop business-to-business Web site for auto dealers and
aftermarket retailers, has announced its management team.
With almost 200 years of collective experience in the automotive arena,
the team brings a wealth of leadership, technical expertise and management
know-how to the company that would be hard to match in any industry.
Steve Nickelsen is Autolink.com's chairman & CEO. Generally regarded as
one of the industry's leading forward thinkers, Nickelsen has advised numerous
auto industry CEOs and is recognized as one of the best trainers of auto
retail personnel, management and owners.
Donald V. Warriner is president & COO of Autolink.com. Warriner comes
from Data National Corporation, where he served as president, CEO and a
director of the company. Focused on the automotive industry, Denver-based
Data National was founded over two decades ago to help busy dealers and
aftermarket retailers keep track of their customers.
Richard S. Simms has been named Autolink.com's senior vice president &
CFO. Simms has been a certified public accountant for 28 years. Most
recently, as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for Data
National Corporation, he was responsible for recruiting the management team,
as well as assisting the company in developing its extensive expertise in
Customer Relationship Management programs for the automotive retail industry.
John G. Cooper, senior vice president, dealer operations, brings over 23
years' experience in the automotive dealership business. Over the years, he
has served as general manager of several car businesses in Michigan and Ohio,
including top-volume Lexus and Chevrolet dealerships and was owner and
operator of Gordon Cooper Motor Sales in Ohio. Cooper has been involved with
14 different franchises in automotive retail as an owner/operator or general
manager.
Stephen J. Donaghy is senior vice president sales & marketing and brings
13 years' experience working with auto dealers, consolidators and
manufacturers. In his previous position of vice president, national accounts
for Reynolds & Reynolds, Donaghy secured, cultivated and managed several of
its largest clients, while filling several key field sales positions and
directing sales staffs on the East Coast.
David T. Clements, vice president marketing, is responsible for strategic
planning, communications and sales support. An entrepreneur with broad
technical systems knowledge and exceptional communications skills, Clements
had been the founder and managing director of Stratecom Management Partners
since 1992.
Stuart Horowitz, vice president human resources, comes to Autolink.com
from New Era of Networks, Inc., a software development firm, where he served
as director of human resources. Horowitz earned his Juris Doctor in 1992 and
has spent his career dedicated to labor and employment issues.
Joseph Miliziano, is senior vice president & CIO of Autolink.com. He
comes from AutoNation Inc. where he was vice president of software development
and brings strong automotive IT and Internet experience and success to the
Autolink.com management team.
Autolink.com is the nation's first independent business-to-business Web
site designed to help auto dealers and aftermarket service retailers improve
their competitive performance, business operations and profitability. The
site offers comprehensive training courses, customer relationship marketing,
news and information and power of group supply management. Plus, an array of
additional programs to help dealers to succeed in a dramatically changing
industry -- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
