 
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.
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