FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoNation, Inc.
(NYSE: AN - news), America's largest automotive retailer on and off the web, has
announced the appointment of Allan Stejskal as Senior Vice President, e-
Commerce.
Mr. Stejskal's responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of
the Company's e-Commerce business, including maximizing new and used vehicle
sales via the Internet; expanding the Company's national e-Commerce footprint
and expanding the Company's Internet parts and service revenue opportunities.
Stejskal succeeds Thomas W. Eggleston, who now has responsibility for
developing e-Commerce strategic alliances for the Company.
(Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001017/AUTONATIONLOGO)``Allan's appointment allows us to continue to rapidly grow our e-Commerce
business,'' says AutoNation CEO Michael J. Jackson.
Mr. Stejskal joined AutoNation after leading the automotive industry e-
Commerce efforts at Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) as Vice President,
Dealer Services Division.
At ADP, he formulated and implemented that
Company's automotive e-Commerce strategy, including an alliance with IBM to
create the consumer vehicle service management site, myautogarage.com; and the
creation of DealerSuite.com, an automotive retail portal.
Mr. Stejskal holds
a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering degree from the
University of Michigan and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard
University.
In 1999, its first full year of operating its e-Commerce business,
AutoNation achieved more than $1 billion in revenue through vehicle sales via
the Internet.
AutoNation's revenue from its e-Commerce sales channel for the
year 2000 is projected at $1.5 billion.
The Company's AutoNation.com website
was also recently recognized by Forrester Research for leading the industry
with what Forrester calls the locate-to-order (LTO) model for selling vehicles
on the Internet, defined by Forrester as ``a web-centric sales, marketing and
distribution process that enables consumers to find and commit to a specific
vehicle, at an acceptable price, from existing supply.''
AutoNation, Inc., a Fortune 100 company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
owns and operates more than 400 new vehicle franchises in 17 states and
generates annual revenue of more than $20 billion.
For more information,
visit www.autonation.com.
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