Four Veteran Auto Dealers Join Mobile Productivity Advisory Council to Provide Strategic & Marketing Direction from Dealer Perspective

Four Veteran Auto Dealers Join Mobile Productivity Advisory Council to Provide Strategic & Marketing Direction from Dealer Perspective

Mobile Productivity, Inc., (MPi) a leading provider of profitability tools for auto dealer service departments, announced today that 4 veteran auto dealers have joined the MPi Industry Advisory Council; Mr. David Vallone, Mr. Kip Killmon, Mr. Paul Rubin and Mr. Dennis Noonan. They will provide input from a “hands on” dealer perspective to help guide the strategic product and marketing direction of MPi. -0- *T — Mr. David Vallone, Vice President of Fixed Operations with AutoNation. Mr. Vallone has been in the automotive industry for 25 years. He started his career as a Service Advisor and quickly moved into management. In 1993, Mr. Vallone authored The Professional Service Advisor training program.

This program was marketed to dealers across the country. In 1995, he joined the management team of CarChoice as the Director of Reconditioning. In mid 1996, when CarChoice was acquired by AutoNation, he became the Operations Director for one of the five AutoNation state-of-the-art 150,000 square foot reconditioning centers in Dallas. Later, he served as a consultant and trainer with Carter & Carter International (a UK based automotive consulting firm). Mr. Vallone rejoined AutoNation in January of 2002 as the Director of Corporate Fixed Operations and in early 2007 was promoted to his current position. — Mr. Kip Killmon, owner and dealer principal of Tysons Ford; a Washington DC Ford Dealer located in Vienna, VA. Mr. Killmon began his automotive career in 1972 working as a Zone Manager with the Lincoln Mercury Division of Ford. In 1978 he moved on to become the leasing manager at Dave Pyles Lincoln-Mercury in Annandale, VA and from there to Tysons Ford. Mr. Killmon was promoted to GM of Tysons Ford in 1983, became a minority partner in 1986 and gained full ownership in 2000. Under Mr. Killmon’s management, Tysons Ford has received the Ford Motor Company’s President’s Award five times.

Mr. Killmon is also a past winner of the prestigious Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award, which salutes the exceptional performance and distinguished community service of new-car dealers in America, and has been recognized by Northwood University for his community involvement. Mr. Killmon serves on the Ford Dealer Advertising Fund and is a past board member of the Washington Area National Auto Dealers Association and the Virginia Auto Dealers Association. Mr. Killmon holds an MBA from the University Of Pennsylvania Wharton School Of Finance. — Mr. Paul Rubin, owner and dealer principal of White Bear Lake Superstore; a Buick, Pontiac, GMC dealership in Greater Minneapolis.

Mr. Rubin is the outgoing co-chair of the GM National Dealer Council, representing some 6,600 GM dealers nationwide. He is also a past President of the Minnesota Automobile Dealer Association and a past Chairman of the Pontiac GMC Dealer Council. An automotive industry veteran, Mr. Rubin has been selling cars since he was 16. He ran a Dodge store for two years, a Toyota store for five years and has been running his current Pontiac, GMC, Buick dealership for the past 23 years.

Aside from being a successful dealer, Mr. Rubin is perhaps best known for his willingness to have strong communications with manufacturers. Mr. Rubin graduated with an accounting degree from the University of Minnesota. — Mr. Dennis Noonan, Director of 20 Group Alliances for Mobile Productivity, Inc.; partner with Saturn of Champaign and Worden-Martin Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Lincoln, Mercury, Nissan and Subaru.

Mr. Noonan has over 25 years of automotive industry experience both as a dealer and as an outside consultant. From 2002-2006 he worked as an NADA 20 group moderator; as well as an NCM moderator and in-dealership consultant; helping dealers review all areas of operations looking for ways to improve profitability and reduce expense. Mr. Noonan graduated in 1971 from the University of Illinois with a BS in finance/economics. *T

“We are delighted to have the involvement of such an experienced and talented group of dealers,” said Les Silver, MPi President & CEO. “Feedback from dealers is vital to our product development and their input will be invaluable in charting the direction of MPi.”

About Mobile Productivity, Inc:

Headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, Mobile Productivity Inc. is an industry leader delivering processes, metrics and software solutions which enable automotive dealerships to achieve World Class(TM) results in their service and repair departments. The company’s World Class Inspection(TM) Program is making a difference in dealerships across the country; providing significant increases in profits, efficiencies and customer loyalty. For more information call Susan Lovett at (800) 997-1674 x2010, by email at slovett {at} mpifix(.)com or visit www.mpifix.com or visit booth 5651N at NADA 2007, February 3-6 in Las Vegas, NV.