In turn, Mr. Forness lauded Mr. Kane, saying his “proven success in leading sales teams combined with his impressive record of growing profit margins will continue to help position R.O. Writer as an industry leader.”
Prior to his time with CCC Information Services, Mr. Kane managed business development for the western region of PPG Automotive Refinish, part of PPG Industries Inc., and was a national account manager for Audatex, a Solera company, R.O. Writer said.
Progressive Automotive Systems is a business unit of TBC Corp. The R.O. Writer business provides services to help organizations optimize and streamline operations through its smart software solution, which it said is tailored to support accounting, customer management and scheduling functions while providing customers with reliable support and training.
The company recently launched R.O. Touch, its mobile shop management application, which R.O. said complements the company's capabilities with mobile-specific management features for wireless devices and is the only mobile application that will read and write directly to R.O. Writer.