F&I and Showroom, Industry Summit 2019

www fi magazine com 8 F I and Showroom Industry Summit 2019 FINANCE INSURANCE C Cindy Allen is CEO of StoneEagle F I an industry veteran and an experienced entrepreneur Allen will serve as a keynote speaker at the 2019 P A Leadership Summit Her presentation Customer Experience Its Impact and Opportunity in Our F I World begins at 12 45 p m on Tuesday Nov 5 In anticipation of her keynote Allen met with F I and Showroom to talk about her plans her business and what she believes is in store for the future of the industry Cindy were glad to see you back this year as the keynote speaker for PALS Its always a pleasure to be a part of these events Weve worked with some of the people and companies attending for over 30 years You dont get this many of the most important names in the industry together under one roof very often so every year is an amazing opportunity to connect with many of the most creative minds in the F I industry StoneEagle and F I Admin merged a few months after our last event How has the first year gone Its been an impressively smooth process to be honest Each side of the company is building on a reputation for outstanding service and powerful solutions tailored to the auto industry When you bring together two teams with such complementary skillsets and philosophies you end up with something much greater than the sum of its parts And there already were quite a few parts Yes As StoneEagle F I we now serve 90 plus product administrators and more than 15000 dealers across North America We integrate into over 100 different technology platforms Our administration platforms process more than 9 million new F I product transactions each year And our Metrics reporting solution supports the highest performing dealerships in the nation representing almost 40 of all franchise automotive transactions in the U S Its astounding how much this group has accomplished already in terms of scale and performance throughout the automotive industry How big is the team now Well we have three offices now Our headquarters is near Dallas and our branch offices are in Chicagoland and Hyderabad India Between them weve grown to more than 120 employees and the management team leading it all has brought together over 140 years combined industry experience Beyond just the numbers though one of the most exciting things to come out of our merger is how fast everybody has come together into one unified team No matter which office youre in you know youre part of the same team How has becoming SEFI changed things on the business front Now that we have everybody moving in the same direction so to speak were in a position to focus on providing even more more products more solutions more services Weve already got the most all inclusive set of tools you can find on the market today Were taking that experience and talent and using it first to strengthen foundations as we begin to scale up for the massive growth our clients are experiencing and the new clients who our joining our fold secondly to design and build new products and features that will equip our clients to stay in front of product and service innova WE NEED TO DO MORE StoneEagle F I CEO Cindy Allen expects more of her company and the auto finance industry in the years ahead more products more solutions and the willingness to seize more opportunities in a highly competitive space YOU DONT GET THIS MANY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NAMES IN THE INDUSTRY TOGETHER UNDER ONE ROOF VERY OFTEN SO EVERY YEAR IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MANY OF THE MOST CREATIVE MINDS IN THE F I INDUSTRY