Podcasts and press.

Conversations about leadership, AI and building things, on the shows operators actually listen to. Most are on video.

Beyond Clear Pricing: Turning FTC Compliance Into Operational Advantage

Rosenfield & Co. webinar, September 2026

Why compliance is a data architecture problem, not a policy binder. With Jason Kopp of Autobahn BMW Fort Worth.

Interview from NADA 2026

AutoHubShow, August 2026

A walk of the NADA show floor: AI in fixed ops, and what it did across a major dealer group.

Bonus episode: Steps dealers should take before picking AI vendors

Automotive News Daily Drive, December 2025

How to choose an AI vendor without buying a demo. Part two.

Apple Podcasts: Bonus episode: Steps dealers should take before picking AI vendors Listen: Bonus episode: Steps dealers should take before picking AI vendors

How dealers should shop for AI tools

Automotive News Daily Drive, December 2025

What to put in place before the first AI purchase order. Part one.

Apple Podcasts: How dealers should shop for AI tools Listen: How dealers should shop for AI tools

AI, Lead Automation, and the Future of Automotive Tech with Yuriy Demidko

The Cyber Business Podcast, from CyberLynx, November 2025

Automating lead response safely, and where security fits.

Apple Podcasts: AI, Lead Automation, and the Future of Automotive Tech with Yuriy Demidko Listen: AI, Lead Automation, and the Future of Automotive Tech with Yuriy Demidko

From Missed Calls to Million-Dollar Conversations

Millionaire Car Salesman, November 2025

How Fox Motors scaled AI across its dealerships, with Numa's Tasso Roumeliotis.

Spotify: From Missed Calls to Million-Dollar Conversations Apple Podcasts: From Missed Calls to Million-Dollar Conversations

How to Grow Your Sales by Leveraging AI

The 30 Minute Hour, October 2025

Where AI moves revenue in a service business, and where it doesn't.

Spotify: How to Grow Your Sales by Leveraging AI Apple Podcasts: How to Grow Your Sales by Leveraging AI

Episode 181: The Automotive Industry as an Innovator

Connected, from Reynolds and Reynolds, October 2025

His path from Reynolds to Apple and back to retail; clean data, CDPs and role-based dashboards.

Apple Podcasts: Episode 181: The Automotive Industry as an Innovator

Prompts to Progress: The Truth About AI in Auto

Faster Horses, September 2025

What AI actually changed inside a dealer group, past the hype.

Your Store Doesn't Exist Without AI in 5 Years

Fixed Ops Mastermind, September 2025

AI in the service drive: missed calls, lost customers, recovered revenue.

Fox on tech blunders

Car Dealership Guy: Daily Dealer Live, July 2025

The technology mistakes dealers keep making, and how to avoid them. With Joe Kichler of Cox and Joel Bassam of Easterns.

Apple Podcasts: Fox on tech blunders

Why Most Dealers Fail at Lead Follow-Up, and How Tech Closes the Gap

Car Dealership Guy: Industry Spotlight, April 2025

Using AI to answer every lead and missed call, with Impel's Matthew Muilenburg.

Spotify: Why Most Dealers Fail at Lead Follow-Up, and How Tech Closes the Gap Apple Podcasts: Why Most Dealers Fail at Lead Follow-Up, and How Tech Closes the Gap

Audio only

Always-On Engagement: How AI and CDPs Elevate Shopper Experience

For the Road Forward, Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, December 2025

Multi-touch attribution, customer data platforms and AI lead response.

Apple Podcasts: Always-On Engagement: How AI and CDPs Elevate Shopper Experience Listen: Always-On Engagement: How AI and CDPs Elevate Shopper Experience

Episode 38 with Yuriy Demidko

ACV Auctions: In the Passenger's Seat, December 2025

Building the data foundation before adopting AI.

Spotify: Episode 38 with Yuriy Demidko Listen: Episode 38 with Yuriy Demidko

Pop-up interview with Ted Ings and Katrina Ness

Fixed Ops Roundtable, live from Reynolds Amplify, August 2025

Recorded on the floor at Amplify 2025 in Dallas, where he judged the Automotive Amplifiers contest.

Watch: Pop-up interview with Ted Ings and Katrina Ness

In the press

24 articles, interviews and case studies since 2024, including Automotive News, WardsAuto, CBT News and Car Dealership Guy.

2026

Clarivoy, September 2026The Future Looks Clear: The Future of Independent Automotive AttributionQuoted on Claire, Clarivoy's AI analyst
PR Newswire, July 2026Clarivoy Appoints Yuriy Demidko as Chief Technology & Product OfficerAppointment announcement, also carried by AutoSuccess, Pulse 2.0 and MarTech Cube
WardsAuto, July 2026Fox Motors uses AI to tackle problems, capitalize on opportunitiesFeature on the AI systems he built at Fox Motors
Numa, April 20265 Questions to Ask Any AI Vendor Before You Sign (From a CIO Who Tested Them All)Article built around his vendor checklist
Auto Remarketing, March 2026Entries open for Reynolds and Reynolds' 2026 Automotive Amplifiers ContestNamed as a 2025 contest judge
Numa, January 2026AI vs. Traditional Dealership Software: 4 Key DifferencesQuoted as CIO of Fox Motors
Car Dealership Guy News, January 2026Meet the most AI-centric car dealers we knowFeatured for the review-sentiment AI built at Fox Motors
Numa, January 2026Automated Service Scheduling: What Works & What Doesn'tQuoted on the third-ring rule and the $7 sandwich

2025

Automotive News, December 2025Dealerships and tech companies share playbook for buying AI toolsQuoted throughout on how to judge an AI vendor
Automotive News, December 2025Dealers should take these steps before choosing AI vendorsDaily Drive interview, part two
Automotive News, December 2025How dealers should shop for AI toolsDaily Drive interview, part one
Car Dealership Guy News, August 2025Dealers are sitting on a goldmine of data. Here's how they're putting it to workQuoted on marketing to an audience of one
CBT News, August 2025Reynolds introduces Rey, its cutting-edge AI agent for dealerships, at AmplifyNamed as a judge of the Automotive Amplifiers contest
Car Dealership Guy News, July 2025Fox Motors builds in-house AI engine to better understand customersFeature on Fox Nexus AI
F&I and Showroom, July 2025Automotive Amplifiers Contest Finalists NamedNamed as one of three judges of the 2025 contest
Cox Automotive, June 2025Dealer Success Story: Fox Motors Group and Deal CentralVideo case study, as CIO
Numa, June 2025Case study: Fox Motors eliminates customer communication challengesQuoted as CIO
Car Dealership Guy News, April 2025Industry Spotlight: Why most dealers fail at lead follow-up, and how tech closes the gapQuoted: "If you don't start innovating, you could already be dead, and you just don't know."

2024

Automotive News, October 2024A Michigan dealership group is creating AI tools that answer the tricky questionsFeature on the AI tools built at Fox Motors
Digital Dealer, October 2024Cox Automotive Introduces Retail360Quoted as SVP & CIO
Auto Dealer Today, October 2024Cox Automotive Introduces Retail360Quoted as SVP & CIO
CBT News, September 2024Cox Automotive launches Retail360 tool to enhance the buyer experienceQuoted as SVP & CIO
Auto Remarketing, September 2024Cox introduces Retail360 to provide 'true omnichannel car-buying experience'Quoted as SVP & CIO
Cox Automotive, September 2024Cox Automotive Introduces Retail360Quoted in the launch announcement

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