Welcome! Please introduce yourself. Feel free to use the template below so that the community can learn more about who you are.
Name:
Location:
Company / Dealership:
My Biggest Challenge Right Now:
What I'm Here to Learn or Change:
A Win I'm Celebrating:
Fun Fact:
Socials:
Name:
Matt Botsford
Location:
East Lansing, MI
Company / Dealership:
Auto Oracle AI- Private Party Automated Acquisition Tool
My Biggest Challenge Right Now:
Getting in front of more dealers.
What I'm Here to Learn or Change:
Meet people in the automotive space who like to build things for themselves. Learn some things from some very smart people and contribute any way I can.
A Win I'm Celebrating:
Just rolled out an automated ai messaging agent that I built by myself.
Fun Fact:
I built this entire process and system from inside of a used car department of a store that I managed and acquired inventory for. I also pitched against Derek Jeter in High School.
Socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/auto-oracle-ai
Vincent Knisley
Minneapolis, MN
My biggest challenge right now is learning new SEO skills as a Front-End Developer.
I'm here to learn more about good SEO practices and to connect with a cool community. I want to build cool things with fun people.
A big win I'm celebrating is the progress for web app I'm building with Claude Code. I got the login page working, and I'm setup to start knocking out other pages too.
A fun fact about me is that I have a collectors Iron Maiden mug, which I try to find any occasion to use.
Eric Glass
Georgetown, TX
HG Digital
Biggest challenge right now is hammering down and focusing on a single thing with some many new toys coming out daily!
Here to learn how to be a better producer and all around builder and looking to change how we thinking about "vibe" coded apps. There is a way to build things versus just building them.
Celebrating getting past all the developer hurdles on LinkedIn and now building of complete publishing and attribution suite: LinkedIn > Google > Meta > TikTok is the "roadmap"
Fun fact - There was a time where my Twitch handle was the number one ranked search for HybridGlass on Google 🤣
Name: Chad Albertson
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Company / Dealership: Songbird
My Biggest Challenge Right Now: Building Biz Dev and Partner team (small, tiny team, no big field team, those exist already)
What I'm Here to Learn or Change: Free the Data before I retire from Retail Automotive. Seen this movie before. Played a few parts. Ends the same way every time. Maybe this time, the movie ends with "Free the Data" in mind.
A Win I'm Celebrating: Each new client we onboard is a win for me. 2nd to that, a working platform for refinance, insurance and protection. We finally have it. It's not just about selling and servicing a transaction. That customer lifecycle thing, you know. http://www.FlockDealer.com
Fun Fact: Someone told me the world is flat and they can prove it. Waiting on that proof still.
Socials: I am not very hip. I need to encourage myself to be an influencer. Seems to be the thing that helps spread awareness. For now, find me here, not posting, https://www.linkedin.com/in/autowarranty/
Name:
Mark Jackson
Location:
Atlanta, GA
Company / Dealership:
Hermes Data (hermesdata.io)
My Biggest Challenge Right Now:
TIME
What I'm Here to Learn or Change:
Meet and contribute how I can. Automotive desperately needs modern builders who don't gouge every vendor/dealer for multi year expensive contracts
A Win I'm Celebrating:
Recently pushed a huge change to our data pipeline and nothing broke. Hurray for better historical dealer group coverage
Fun Fact:
Hermes Data was original pronounced as "Her-meez" like the god, but changed to "Her-mez" like the luxury brand because the more I said it, the more it sounded like a venereal disease.
Socials:
__name: dj snyder_
Location: naperville
Company : Dealership: The Good Good Group | The Good Good Labs_
__My_ Biggest Challenge Right Now: writing without em-dashes
_What I'm Here to Learn or Change: tbd
_A Win I'm Celebrating: _null
_Fun Fact:
_Socials:
Name: Talha Tariq
Location: Pakistan
What I Do: I partner with automotive startups as a technical and product lead, helping them build, launch, and scale software products.
Automotive Experience: Currently leading product engineering at CarZoomo, CarBacked, AI-powered automotive marketplaces, and working with HH Motors in Ireland on dealership technology, automation, and growth.
My Biggest Challenge Right Now: Building deeper relationships within the global automotive ecosystem and understanding the operational problems that technology can genuinely solve.
What I’m Here to Learn or Change: Connect with dealership owners, automotive founders, and industry builders, and contribute my experience in AI, marketplaces, SaaS, and product engineering.
A Win I’m Celebrating: Building and launching CarZoomo’s MVP in around two months and helping grow its network to 200+ automotive vendors.
Fun Fact: I started as a software engineer, but automotive projects pulled me deeper into product strategy, operations, marketing, and growth. Now I work more like a CTO partner than only a developer.
Name: Casper Boutens
Location: Upstate New York
Company / Dealership: Starting out on my own
My Biggest Challenge Right Now: Creating Quality products for Automotive
What I'm Here to Learn or Change: Connecting to other builders for the Automotive Space
A Win I'm Celebrating: Finally started posting on Linkedin after years, and getting back into the world of Automotive.
Fun Fact: Born and raised in The Netherlands, immigrated to the US in 2016/2018, first job I got in the US was IT Manager at a small dealer group in Upstate NY, went from fixing printers to fixing the websites, CRM, and marketing budgets. After the dealerships I worked remotely for a really cool vendor called AET Media ( Ad Studio for automotive). Currently working as a technician, but working my way back into automotive.
Name: Angus Fox
Location: New York
Company / Dealership: VCTRS, LLC, Thinkbetter Marketing, Cardealergpt (in redesign)
My Biggest Challenge Right Now: Electricity ;) I live on a (formerly) Amish farm in upstate NY, so power can be at a premium. AI wise, my challenges come from the rapid pace of AI development, and keeping up with security and best practice
What I'm Here to Learn or Change: I am here to learn about peoples approach to vibe coding, the challenges they face. I want to change the way the Auto Industry interacts with it's vendors, and the data independence of each dealer.
A Win I'm Celebrating: VCTRBase Beta Test, Launching our ASC GA4 Connector, and the slew of cool new Google Chrome plugins that will hit shortly.
Fun Fact: I am an active farmer as well as an AI and Vendor Accountability Enthusiast
Socials: See my profile
I'm Zach, Co-Founder at VCTRS. Here's a quick introduction and open format for new members to follow when you join the community. Looking forward to collaborating with everyone. :)
Name: Zach Hendrix
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Company / Dealership: VCTRS
My Biggest Challenge Right Now: GTM/Distribution. Finishing projects.
What I'm Here to Learn or Change: I want to learn not only how to more efficiently build products and apps but build strong go-to-market functions. When building gets easier, the market gets more saturated with solutions. GTM is a core key differentiator. I want to unlearn previous habits of how legacy SaaS and service offerings operate and support the revolution and the new class of entrepreneurs.
A Win I'm Celebrating: Launching VCTRS Bldr community and the recent launch of a non-profit, "Fields Without Borders"
Fun Fact: I got my start in the automotive industry selling cars and then boats after a failed attempt to be a professional wakeboarder.
Socials: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachhendrix/ https://www.instagram.com/zhendrix/