CarStation Names Michael Condon VP of Program Development.Business Editors & Automotive/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2000 CarStation.com (www.carstation.com) today named Michael Condon as Vice President of Program Development for its B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business programs group. Prior to joining CarStation, he held a variety of leadership positions during a 27-year career with Allstate Insurance Company analyzing repair shop processes and building relationships with repair shops. Mr. Condon will be responsible for development and implementation of business-to-business e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. products and services designed to build trust between insurers and repair shops, enhance customer service and eliminate inefficiencies within the automotive service value chain. He also will serve as a key advisor to CarStation senior management regarding emerging industry trends and issues. "Mike is a terrific addition to our executive team. His experience in managing and strengthening insurer-repair relations will help ensure that our products and services meet our customers needs. As we continue to deploy internet-based customer service and operations solutions to improve the collision repair process, he will be invaluable to our understanding of the value chain," CarStation chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Ronald Goldsberry said. Mr. Condon brings a key understanding of the collision repair process and the wants and needs of repair shops and insurers to CarStation, the e-commerce hub for the automotive service industry. He designed and implemented the Allstate PRO 2000 initiative, the industry's first to tie shop selection and financial incentive to service and repair quality criteria. He was also instrumental in the development of the company's PRO program. Mr. Condon held numerous other leadership positions with Allstate, including senior manager, of auto physical damage business strategies and assistant vice president of Tech-Cor, Allstate's collision repair and research facility. About CarStation.com Founded in 1998 and based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , with operations in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom, CarStation.com provides Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the based customer service and operations to the automotive service industry. CarStation operates and automotive service e-commerce hub and www.carstation.com. The company's suite of services and application enable repair professionals, suppliers, insurers and consumers to transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting , communicate and manage the entire automotive repair process via the Internet. CarStation has formed strategic alliances with Mitchell Mitchell, city (1990 pop. 13,798), seat of Davison co., SE S.Dak.; inc. 1881. Mitchell is a trade, distribution, and shipping center for a dairy and livestock area. International, ABRA Auto Body & Glass, Caliber Collision Centers, the Society for Collision Repair Specialists and ARA Ara or Arrah (both: ŭ`rə), city (1991 pop. 157,082), Bihar state, NE India, on the Son Canal. A major road and rail junction, it is the administrative center for a district that produces grain, sugarcane, and oilseed. Services Corporation, a for-profit subsidiary of the Automotive Recyclers Association, among others. SOURCE: CarStation.com |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion