Chris Miller
  • Danville, CA
  • United States
  • Recall Masters
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Which best describes you?
Vendor Partner
What company do you work for (or own)?
Recall Masters
What is your current position within your organization?
Co-Founder & CEO
What is your company website?
http://WWW.RECALLMASTERS.COM
How did you specifically hear about DealerELITE? If referred, who?
Sara Callahan
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Chris is a seasoned software designer and marketing professional. A longtime proponent of using technology to streamline marketing communications, Chris has over 15 years experience in advertising and software development. Chris has worked on campaigns and built automation platforms for some of the world’s largest brands including HSBC/Household Automotive, Washington Mutual, Residential Pacific Mortgage, ServiceMagic, Monumental Life Insurance, Mercedes Benz USA, BMW/Mini North America, Volvo North America, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Moxy Solutions, and Costco Automotive Group.

Chris previously worked as VP of Marketing and Product Management at MyCustomerData where he helped evolve its Savings Card program. He developed its groundbreaking Card Center website lead conversion utility available to over 1,000 automotive dealerships nationwide. Chris helped MyCustomerData achieve its Inc. 500|5000 ranking and win a 2011 award from the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) as one of the Top 5 Marketing Programs of the year against one thousand competing campaigns nationwide.

Having programmed software since age 10, Chris expanded his skillet with a degree in international business and a minor in social psychology from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Chris graduated in three years and was on the Orfalea College of Business Dean’s List in 2004. He sat on the University’s Business Council and served as a member of the SLO Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). Chris also helped develop the University’s student entrepreneurship program as head of Cal Poly’s Entrepreneurship Club. And came back as a first-year alumni to compete and win first place in the University’s business plan competition sponsored by Ray Scherr, founder of Guitar Center. Chris worked his way through high school and college as principal of Criterion Networks, an aimless custom software development shop that he built to manage over 30 clients including a major project for HSBC Automotive.

Outside of work, Chris actively supports two major humanitarian organizations fighting global poverty:
Unicef (www.unicef.org) to provide emergency aide and ongoing food, shelter, healthcare, and education services to children in struggling or disaster-torn countries
CARE (www.care.org) providing care and education to women as their empowerment continues to be the #1 single greatest factor leading to increased quality of life for an entire population.

Through AdSoft Direct, Chris and his team promote corporate responsibility and negative carbon footprint sustainability in partnership with American Forests’ as they plant over two trees for every one that is cut down or negated as a result of the carbon emissions created by the company’s existence.

Chris also serves as a Mentor on Staff for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society‘s Team-In-Training (TNT) with it’s San Francisco Bay Area Triathlon Team. In 2013, Chris competed in twelve races and six major (What do we do for fun?) swim/bike/run events as part of teams that raised nearly $600,000 toward blood cancer research and patient care (Go TEAM!). This year, Chris is also an advocacy volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association as he helps to gather grassroot support in numerous cities during their Walk to End Alzhemier‘s events.

Chris Miller's Blog

The Sales-to-Service Handoff Can Translate to Serious Revenue & Loyal Customers

Posted on April 1, 2019 at 10:28am 0 Comments

Hidden profit opportunities exist throughout most dealerships. Whether those opportunities present themselves through service customers migrating to sales or sales customers that become service customers, all can lead to increased revenue and building relationships with your customers. Many dealers, however, don't incentivize those handoffs, so these episodes…

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Takata Strikes Back with a Vengeance

Posted on March 21, 2019 at 10:23am 0 Comments

I realize that we’re all probably sick of hearing about the Takata airbag recalls. Take a deep breath because it’s not over yet! As faulty Takata airbags have caused one of the largest recalls in history, endangering millions of lives, most of us assumed that all the makes and models affected by the Takata recall had been identified and that their owners were…

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When it Comes to Technicians, Dealerships May Need a Bigger Boat

Posted on March 7, 2019 at 10:31am 0 Comments

In my last blog, Technicians are the Key to Dealerships’ Future, I discussed how the race to acquire technicians may just be outweighed by the difficult task of retaining the ones dealerships already employ.

 

Of course, as consumers keep…

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Technicians are the Key to Dealerships’ Future

Posted on February 12, 2019 at 10:36am 0 Comments

Service departments account for and absorb most of a dealership’s losses in sales and fixed expenses. That is not going away anytime soon. With new car front-end grosses declining, most dealerships will increasingly rely on service business to, well, stay in business.

 

The problem isn’t a lack of service business, but a shortage of qualified…

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