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John Carmichael
Chairman of the Board
John Carmichael is the Dealer Principal of City Buick Pontiac Cadillac in Toronto, Ontario. With a staff of over 130, City is one of Canada’s largest Buick Pontiac Cadillac dealerships. John has an outstanding reputation as a leader in the use of technology and Customer Relationship Management. He has been involved at the most senior level on many projects with General Motors and is a past Chairman of the Canadian Automobile Dealers’ Association (CADA).
Scot Eisenfelder, MBA
Director
Scot Eisenfelder received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Princeton University in 1986 and a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1991. Currently he is VIce President Strategy for AutoNation and previously was group vice president of JM Family Enterprises, responsible for the dealer software business. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and an officer at Reynolds & Reynolds, responsible for the U.S. business from 2005 to 2007. Scot Eisenfelder ran J.D. Power's auto retail research and consulting practice. Previously, he was a partner in the global auto practice where he specialized in sales, marketing and distribution issues. Scot Eisenfelder has focused on helping automotive companies and dealer groups improve performance for almost two decades.
Maury Marks, B.Mgt., CA
President & CEO
Director & Officer
Throughout his career, Maury Marks has established himself as a visionary in the automotive retail technology industry. As one of the original founders, and as the President and CEO of Quorum Information Technologies, Maury has created a company that is committed to building and providing the best dealership management system in the world.
Maury has been around automotive retailing literally all of his life. Growing up in rural Alberta, Canada, Maury worked in his family’s GM dealership. That exposure to all facets of dealership management and to the challenges dealers face from both a business and technology standpoint, has given Maury a firm basis for founding and leading Quorum.
In 1988, Maury earned a Bachelor of Management (with Distinction) from the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. In 1991, he received his Chartered Accountant’s designation after articling with Deloitte and Touche in Calgary. At Deloitte and Touche, Maury first worked in the accounting practice, Later, he moved to the firm’s technology consulting practice where he worked with many different companies to select and implement technology and systems to support their business needs.
He left Deloitte and Touche in 1992 and began his own practice of technology consulting for small businesses. It was during this time that his family turned to him to find a new dealer management system for their dealership. Having thoroughly evaluated the market and its offerings, Maury concluded that the industry had largely stagnated and the idea for forming Quorum was conceived.
Maury and his partners founded Quorum in 1996. Since that time, Maury has focused the company on the development of its flagship XSELLERATOR™ DMS software.
Craig Nieboer, CA
Director
Craig Nieboer received a BComm at the University of Calgary in 1988, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta. He has over twenty years of experience in senior financial positions with internationally recognized service and exploration and production companies including Amerada Hess, BrazAlta Resources Corp., and currently is CFO of Canadian Energy Services L.P. He also held the position of CFO with Quorum Information Technologies Inc. from 2003 through 2006 where he played a major role in securing the GM IDMS contract.
Mick Podovilnikoff, MBA
Director
Mick Podovilnikoff obtained a Masters of Business Administration from Queens University in 1998. He has also successfully completed various degree courses in Management, Engineering, Business and Human resources from various universities and learning institutes. He has served on the board of directors for TR Labs, on the Conference Board of Canada Human Resource Committee, and was a member of multiple national and international committees and forums within the telecommunications discipline. He worked in the high tech industry for more than 35 years in various executive positions. Mick Podovilnikoff currently consults on various business-related matters.
