Mr. Murer brings over 30 years of experience in the automotive industry, specifically in the sale and marketing of products directly to consumers. In 1995, Mr. Murer founded the Service Contract Follow-Up Program concept, which ultimately led to founding Automotive Product Consultants, Inc. (APC) in July 2000. Today, APC has grown into APC Integrated Services Group (APCISG) with a whole suite of companies all working together for 19 years.
Prior to the founding of APC, Mr. Murer was the president of an internet/classified advertisement private-party finance start-up company called C.A.R.E., LLC, which was built on the premise of providing auto loan financing and after-market product sales like service contracts in consumer-to-consumer automobile transactions.
Mr. Murer worked for Pat Ryan and Associates (at that time a subsidiary of AON Corporation; now a subsidiary of the Warranty Group) from 1987 through 1995. As an appointed consultant at Pat Ryan and Associates, Mr. Murer was placed in 17 different dealership assignments in various states during a one-year training campaign where he learned the real world approach to financing vehicles and selling ancillary products to consumers.
This real-world experience provided Mr. Murer with his knowledge of the inner workings of a modem dealership. Mr. Murer was provided with advanced guided-discovery training by AON, and this led to many years of hands-on development, training & management of dealership Finance personnel and responsibility for departmental profitability. He was advanced to National acquisition manager, responsible for large national dealership clientele, prior to his resignation to start the direct to consumer industry. Mr. Murer holds a BA in business administration from Westminster College.
Mr. Diem brings more than 30 years of executive management experience, including more than 20 years in the automobile and related insurance industries. Mr. Diem’s leadership has produced a proven track record of revenue and profit growth through expansion and diversification using core as well as mergers and acquisition initiatives.
Prior to becoming a partner in APCISG in 2006, from 1997 to 2005, Mr. Diem was a stockholder and chief operating officer of ExpressLink, Inc. where he led the growth of a small regional company into the nation’s largest POS auto insurance provider under the name of InsureExpress, serving many of the top 100 dealership groups and automobile dealers across the country.
As part of his position, he was responsible for Cartel Marketing, Inc., a large regional agency in California that provided F&I products and training to dealerships throughout California. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive products, where he grew the company to 250 employees and completed the successful turnaround and sale of the company in 1996. Mr. Diem has served on numerous boards of directors for both private and nonprofit organizations.
Mr. McEvoy was a co-founder of Automotive Consultant Products, Inc., and he brings more than 15 years of finance, accounting, and technology management to the company. Prior to the founding of APC, Mr. McEvoy worked in a financial/technological capacity for an industry consolidator that used debt to finance the acquisition of several collection companies, including the tender offer purchase of two public companies. Mr. McEvoy was heavily involved in the corporate finance activities related to the acquisitions and the consolidation of their related accounting systems.
Mr. McEvoy also was employed by the accounting firm Ernst & Young.
Mr. McEvoy’s role with APC ISG has been primarily focused on developing and managing the intricate technology, systems, and processes that are the operational foundation for APC ISG’s business units. Mr. McEvoy earned a BS in accounting from the University of Missouri and is a certified public accountant.
Mr. Johansen became a partner in APC ISG in 2003 and brings with him over 25 years of banking and automotive experience. Mr. Johansen’s role with APC ISG is to develop the internal sales and marketing efforts in conjunction with our partners’ marketing teams. Duties include data analysis, response model development, creative development, and internal sales management.
While working with some of the larger Fortune 100 companies, he was responsible for cross-marketing opportunities across product lines and affiliated companies. Multichannel responsibilities include eCommerce, inbound call center, mail, inserts, internet marketing, and affiliate marketing. Past banking responsibilities include indirect auto loan sales and marketing and remarketing and loss mitigation.
Prior to working in banking, Mr. Johansen was a business development manager for Pat Ryan and Associates (now a subsidiary of the Warranty Group), where his responsibilities included training recruiting and profitability for partner dealership clients. Mr. Johansen earned a BA in business/commerce from Carleton University and an MS in advanced economic research from North Texas State University, and he has done postgraduate work toward a PhD in econometrics at Southern Methodist University.
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