Incadea appoints new CEO
Thursday September 14, 2017
Article Highlights
- incadea, a leading global provider of automotive retail solutions and a Cox Automotive brand, announced the appointment of Allan Stejskal, as chief executive officer, effective immediately.
- Stejskal has a long track record of innovation and extensive executive leadership background across leading automotive organizations in United States.
- Before joining incadea, Stejskal served as senior vice president and CIO of AutoNation, the largest U.S. new car retailer with over 350 new vehicle franchises and over 26,000 employees.
Munich, Germany, Sept. 14, 2017 – incadea, a leading global provider of automotive retail solutions and a Cox Automotive brand, announced the appointment of Allan Stejskal, as chief executive officer, effective immediately.
Stejskal has a long track record of innovation and extensive executive leadership background across leading automotive organizations in United States. With 20 years of automotive retail knowledge, he brings a wealth of experience in strategic planning, growth and transformation, merger and acquisition integration and process improvement and operational efficiency.
Before joining incadea, Stejskal served as senior vice president and CIO of AutoNation, the largest U.S. new car retailer with over 350 new vehicle franchises and over 26,000 employees. His background also includes senior leadership roles at Dealertrack, now a Cox Automotive brand, where he led the DMS business and directed the development and launch of innovative retail products and services. Between other organizations, Stejskal’s automotive background also includes ADP (now CDK Global), where he led the company’s dealer services ecommerce strategy. He holds an MBA from Harvard and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.
John Bailey, president of Cox Automotive International, said: “I am delighted to welcome Allan Stejskal as our newly appointed CEO. Allan is an accomplished leader, with a proven track record of working with high-growth automotive companies. He brings a great mix of automotive expertise, leadership, operational experience and technical breadth. Together with Allan, we are aiming to reshape incadea’s business strategy and take the company to the next level with profitable growth.”
Commenting on his appointment, Stejskal, said: “I’m incredibly excited to join the incadea team and have the opportunity to lead this truly international organization. Incadea has that rare combination of a global leading customer base, state of the art retail solutions for auto dealers and amazingly talented people. I am thrilled about the possibilities that lie ahead and look forward to working with the entire incadea team as we embark on the exciting journey of positioning incadea as the market leader.”