PRESS RELEASE
Date: October 10, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA)
Matt Marks, Executive Director
Phone: 973/398-2274
info@iaraonline.org
DesRochers to Chair IARA Technology Committee
MT. ARLINGTON, NJ - The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) announces that Dealers Auto Auction of the Southwest in Phoenix, Arizona, an independent auction, has joined the IARA. Jim DesRochers, VP and General Manager of DAASW, has also agreed to Chair the IARA’s Technology Committee, said Matt Marks, Executive Director. Joining Jim, past President of NAAA, on the Technology Committee is Jill Tarallo of Network Remarketing; Tarry Shebesta of Automobile Consumer Services, and President of NVLA; Dan Heinrich of Americredit; Diane Scharafin of Carfax; Stephanie Gingras of DAASW; and Greg Easterly of Manheim. “The IARA Technology Committee plans to look at technology issues in the remarketing industry with a vision of how the IARA can help make a positive impact on the industry,” said Jim DesRochers. “I look forward to working with such an impressive group of professionals in the industry,” added Jim. The IARA is a nonprofit organization of remarketing professionals formed in 2001 to provide a forum for all companies involved in vehicle remarketing in order to seek the maximization of portfolio values. For more information, please visit iaraonline.org.