PRESS RELEASE
Date: March 14, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA)
Matt Marks, Executive Director
Phone: 973/398-2274
info@iaraonline.org
Sutton and Peluso Join IARA Board
MT. ARLINGTON, NJ - The International Automotive Remarketers
Alliance (IARA) has announced that Dave Sutton, general manager,
Auction Sales & Operations, VW Credit, Inc., and Nick Peluso, senior
vice president of customer relations and strategies, Manheim, have
joined the organization’s board.
Sutton has worked to coordinate the used-car strategies of VW, Audi,
and VW Credit, and is currently responsible for auction logistics,
sales, and technical operations for VW and Audi in North America.
Previously, Sutton worked as a business strategist with EDS, General
Motors, IBM, Cadbury-Schweppes, and Volkswagen.
Prior to 1994, Sutton worked as a quality improvement trainer and
was a regional H.R. manager leading college relations and recruiting
efforts for EDS.
Responsible for managing the commercial sales and dealer sales
teams, Peluso was promoted to his current role in 2002 from
president of Remarketing Solutions. He remains a Remarketing
Solutions Advisory Board member.
Prior to joining Manheim in October 2000, Peluso was vice president
of sales & marketing for ADT Automotive, Inc. He joined ADT
Automotive in May 1990 as regional director of sales and, in 1992,
he was promoted to director of sales, with a primary focus on
directing the company’s national sales team. Before joining ADT
Automotive, Peluso, a native of Oakland, Calif., was with Cenval
Leasing of Walnut Creek, Calif., where he held various positions.