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Letter to the Editor
Thursday January 30
Tim Wilder Joins Autoprise as Executive Vice President of Business Development
Autoprise, Inc., a software and services company specializing in solutions for the automotive collision repair industry, has announced that Tim Wilder, former President of Kirmac Collision and KiT Systems, has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Business Development. With over 14 years of collision industry and IT experience, Wilder will focus on building key industry liaisons and ensuring Autoprise product and service offerings are in line with the direction of the industry."The addition of Tim is a tremendous win for the Autoprise team and for our customers," said Ryan Volberg, Chief Executive Officer of Autoprise, Inc. "Tim’s unique combination of IT expertise and practical hands-on experience growing a collision repair chain make him a uniquely qualified individual. His existing relationships combined with an insightful understanding of the North American collision and claims fulfillment market will be key factors enabling him to meet the company’s objectives for his position."
Before joining Autoprise, Mr. Wilder worked with Kirmac Collision for 14 years, most recently as the company’s President. Tim was instrumental in growing Kirmac Collision from a single site, $3 million dollar company, to its current position with 12 locations and $19 million in sales. Additionally, Tim was a co-founder of KiT Systems, a spin-off company from the Kirmac business that developed integrated business management solutions for the collision repair industry. Currently over 250 collision repair shops across North America currently run their businesses on KiT’s fully integrated suite of software products. Prior to working with Kirmac Collision, Tim spent three years with 3M in their commercial media, marketing research and automotive divisions.
"I am thrilled to be a part of the Autoprise team. My goal is to ensure we offer the best products and professional services in the industry and build on our existing base of satisfied customers," said Wilder. "The collision industry is in a state of change right now and we are ideally positioned to provide collision enterprises with the management solutions they need to operate with more efficiency and profitability while pleasing insurance companies and their customers."
Autoprise provides traditional and Internet-based shop management systems for single and multiple-site operations, data warehousing solutions and business intelligence products.
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