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Industry Disruption from Iacocca to Trump With Auto Industry Legend Jim Press

In this WardsAuto podcast episode, Host David Kiley has an extended chat with longtime auto executive Jim Press. Press, started out at Ford with Lee Iacocca, went on to run Toyota’s U.S. operations through its biggest expansion, and worked at Chrysler when Cerberus owned the brand. Today, he advises companies...

Looking Back for Clues to the Future of the Commercial Vehicle Market

They say, “You can’t see where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been.” While it may be a cliché, it holds undeniable truth, especially in the commercial vehicle industry. From the horse-drawn freight wagons of the past to the electric and autonomous vehicles on the horizon, history has...

Create the Right Company Culture to Ensure Success

In this episode of Driven to Lead, Kathryn Schifferle, founder and Chief Vision Officer of Work Truck Solutions, shares her journey as a serial entrepreneur who has started seven companies over the years.  In her current role, she has filled a critical gap in the needed technology to understand up-fit configurations...

Powering Progress: How Digital Marketplaces are Revolutionizing the Commercial Vehicle Industry

The commercial vehicle industry is experiencing a profound transformation, driven by several factors, including a rapidly evolving buyer demographic. With millennials now making up a significant portion of the workforce and Generation Z steadily growing, the expectations for how businesses acquire vehicles have fundamentally changed. These digitally native generations demand...

Tap Into the Booming Commercial Vehicle Market with Work Truck Solutions

In this episode of Driving Solutions, Kathryn Schifferle, founder and Chief Vision Officer of Work Truck Solutions, and Jim Press, a former executive at Toyota North America and Chrysler, and now a senior advisor to the company, discuss why the commercial market is booming and how dealers can successfully transition into it.

WATCH + LISTEN | Spring 2025 CVB Summit – Day 2 | Data and AI: Expressways to the Future

Kevin Kinell, Chief Technology Officer at Work Truck Solutions, leads a panel of industry experts in a discussion about the transformative potential of AI across the commercial vehicle lifecycle, from purchasing (matching vehicles and incentives) and ownership (driver management, efficiency) to OEM/dealer operations (demand prediction, CRM), finance (performance-based lending), insurance...