DealerScope Software, LLC is wholly owned by
Joseph (Jay) Alosa & David Schneider. DealerScope was founded to market our
flagship product, Dealer Alert. Visit the History
of Dealer Alert Page for the story on how we got started. Curious about
our qualifications? Check out our biographies below.
In addition to Dealer Alert, DealerScope offers
dealership services such as custom programming,
dealership network consultation & design, and custom manufacturer
integration. Visit our products page and our services
page for more information.
Biographical Information
Dave Schneider, General Partner
Dave is one of
the founding partners of DealerScope. He began his career in the industry
as the janitor and lot boy at his father's GMC dealership in the mid 70's. He
spent summers and school vacations working in the dealership and worked at many
jobs within the various dealership departments.
When it came time for college, Dave chose
Northwood Institute, a school devoted to the auto dealer industry. He
graduated from Northwood University in 1983, and went to work for ADP as an
installer, trainer, and troubleshooter. Looking for opportunity, he left ADP for
the retail automotive world. He held various positions, from selling cars to
systems administrator and then became a general manager.
Later, Dave
returned to ADP in 1993, and spent nine years in sales where he consistently
achieved various sales level awards from ADP. In 2002, Dave left ADP to launch
DealerScope.
Jay Alosa,
General Partner
Jay is one of the two founding members of the
company. He, like Dave Schneider began by sweeping floors and sanding cars in
his fathers body shop. He worked in various capacities at his father's
dealerships throughout his pre-college years. He graduated near the top of his
high school class and entered the computer science bachelor degree program at
the University of New Hampshire in 1983. In 1987, he graduated from college and
went to work for his father, Joe, at his newly opened Kenworth dealership just
south of Boston, MA.
Jay started off in sales and soon after took over
the parts department. Later, opportunity knocked and he became general manager
and opened a second Kenworth dealership in the Boston area.
In 1990, the Alosa's sold their Massachusetts
operations and Jay moved to New Hampshire and became the controller for his
fathers dealerships. That same year he married Marci, and settled down in
Concord, NH.
In 1997, a strong competitor of the Alosa's
dealership group wondered whether Jay would be interested in buying his
Freightliner store, and the deal was done just three months later. Jay continues
to own and operate Freightliner of NH and now has two locations.
Even though he has a busy schedule as a Dealer
Principal, computers remain a passion for Jay. He continued to write programs to
help him run his business better, and believed that the management alert tool he
conceived and created for his own use had a market had a place in the software
market. Jay teamed up with Dave in 2002 to form DealerScope and take the product
to market. (Read the History of Dealer
Alert for complete details).
Richard W. (Dick) Schneider, Sales Representative
Dick Schneider is the senior citizen of the group and father of Dave. Educated at the University of Illinois, Dick's working career in the "wheels" business started as a cub salesman with Trailmobile Trailer Company in 1964, and finished as President and COO of WhiteGMC Trucks of Chicago, the holding company that owned all (16) of Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corporation's company owned dealerships. Dick had overall responsibility for the sales performance and profitability of the 16 Retail Dealerships. If Dealer Alerts would have been available when Dick was running Volvo's stores, his job would have been 200% easier. No more reams of paper. Just an e-mail and you know what is going on at 16 different locations.
With his many contacts in the industry Dick works with dealerships to tell the DealerScope Software story. He also works at the NADA and ATD trade shows to introduce dealers to the benefits of DealerScope Software.
Josh Locke,
Client Support Analyst
Josh first laid his hands on a computer at the ripe old age of 8. In a couple short years
he was doing remote data entry and maintenance for a small local chain of auto parts stores. Throughout
high school it was not uncommon for him to be pulled out of class to help troubleshoot the occasional growing pains experienced by the extensive school network.
When the district computer/technology coordinator
went on sabbatical during Josh's senior year, he and two colleagues sought, and were awarded, the position from the school board for the interim. Also at that time he began working for a nearby international amusement ride engineering firm before and after school in the IS
department.
After high School, Josh began pursuing a Computer Science degree at Clarkson University in upstate
New York. In 1999 he switched to the MIS program and graduated in May of 2002. During the summer of 2000 he was enlisted by Jay
Alosa to facilitate a massive company-wide network overhaul and for general maintenance and support purposes. The two kept in touch and when Josh heard about DealerScope he hopped on board for another summer tour, sharing his time between Jay's dealerships and the fledgling software company.
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