DealerFocus

Richard (Richie) Grosskreuz, with his long-term business partner Jamie Rellis, founded DealerFocus with one mission in mind - provide automobile dealerships the best telecommunications services and products available. Richie knows firsthand the challenges auto dealers and managers face, having been a General Manager and Operating Partner for Geis Auto Mall. Starting in an entry level position at Geis, he spent 18 years with the eight-dealership franchise before leaving in 1999 to market automotive technology products. Richie is also President of ME Technologies & Consulting, where he and Rellis provide consulting, software solutions, and marketing opportunities for U.S. automotive dealerships. ME Technologies is a distributor of Autoloop™ & ASR Pro, business technologies that automate digital marketing and is also a state of the art multi-point inspection process for automotive manufacturers in the United States. ME Technologies, founded in 2001 by Richie and Rellis, provides its customers a solid ROI through AutoLoop software and the company's consulting/training services. Prior to marketing Autoloop, ME Technologies distributed e-communications products from @utoRevenue, an automotive e-software company. In the role of distributor and National Account Representative, Richie helped @utoRevenue grow from a start-up to an industry leader in permission-based email. In 2005, he participated in the successful sale of the company to media giant Dominion Enterprises. Born and raised in Brooklyn N.Y., Richie attended St. Johns University. For ten years after college, he successfully pursued his dream of being a professional musician. As the music business faded, Richie began his career in the automotive industry. Married with three daughters, Richie currently makes his home in Hopewell Junction, N.Y.