Pentana Solutions has announced the next step in its strategic appointments for its operations in the UK.

Mike Gadd has taken the helm as Vice President of Retail DMS. He has a twenty year pedigree in the industry, most recently with ADP Dealers Services; formerly with Kerridge and Kalamazoo-Reynolds.

Mike is passionate about a viable, alternative DMS supplier succeeding in the UK automotive arena and will utilise his experience & understanding of the market to fast track the availability of DealerPRO, Pentana Solutions’ DMS, to the British dealer network.

DealerPRO has already achieved respect and is established in over 400 groups in Continental Europe.

In 2013, Pentana Solutions and one of Europe’s most prominent multi-franchise, multi-location Groups which operates on the DMS and attributes its ongoing success and growth to DealerPRO’s Business Intelligence, won the ‘Prize for Management Innovation’ at the European Automotive Dealer Day. Business Intelligence comes as standard with DealerPRO – it is core to its success.

Mike knows that there is vast opportunity amongst the UK’s franchised dealers, many of whom have a real business requirement for an innovative and credible DMS.

“We recognise that there is need in the UK for a supplier which communicates, listens and reacts to the requirements of dealers and OEMs alike. Our focus is to build committed and responsive partnerships with all of our customers.” Pentana Solutions supports this by providing flexible, scalable solutions that are built on modern platforms which are open to real time integration with the systems of other specialist providers.

This appointment is another addition to a strong European team of over 100.