Why Some Win and Some Lose in F&I – Meet With Hoss Devine at Industry Summit
Learn how to increase your finance performance immediately with Automotive Innovation's founder and CEO.

Learn how to increase your finance performance immediately with Automotive Innovation's Founder and CEO.
NEW ORLEANS – Organizers of Bobit's Industry Summit announced Automotive Innovation's founder and CEO, Paul "Hoss" Devine, will present a keynote at the event scheduled for Oct. 2 to Oct. 5 at the New Orleans Hilton Riverside hotel.
During Devine's keynote – "Why Some Win and Some Lose in F&I" – attendees will learn tips and tricks to help increase performance in the finance department.
If your finance department isn’t performing up to the standards you expect, and you’re not getting the desired results, Hoss says there are only six reasons:
Psychological
Presentational
Deal Structure
Salespeople don’t love you
Can’t get your paper bought
Administratively Dysfunctional
Devine is founder and president of Automotive Innovations, Inc., or Ai. In 25 years in retail automotive, sales and the F&I training, technology and consulting industries, he has amassed extensive knowledge and experience helping dealers become better operators and stewards of their businesses. With a track record of helping dealers bullet-proof their operations over the past two decades, he expanded his consulting company in 2016 to create Ai to help his message and solutions reach a broader audience.
"Why Some Win and Some Lose in F&I" is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Click here to view the full agenda.
Industry Summit is designed to meet the needs of dealers, managers and front-end staff tasked with building compliant and technology-driven processes in the F&I, RV, reinsurance and technology arenas. Industry Summit is your opportunity to maximize sales and F&I production in a rapidly changing market. You have the power to control your own destiny today and in the years ahead.
For information regarding sponorship opportunities, contact David Gesualdo at Dgesualdo@mgigusa.com.
Originally posted on F&I and Showroom
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