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Automotive conferences are filled with vendors promoting AI-powered solutions, advanced call tracking, and tools that promise to transform dealership performance. With so many competing claims and fast-evolving technologies, it can be difficult to discern which solutions will truly make an impact for your Sales and Service teams.
Join Car Wars and Automotive News for an unbiased framework you can use to evaluate phone technology before you step onto the conference floor. Whether you’re considering call tracking platforms, AI phone assistants, or new routing and scheduling tools, you’ll learn exactly what to look for — and what questions to ask.
Reasons to watch or read the featured content:
- Clear criteria to help determine whether a phone solution can genuinely improve connection, booking, and customer experience
- Key questions to ask any vendor claiming AI or automation benefits
- Common red flags that signal a tool may not perform as promised
- Indicators that reveal if the technology can actually deliver measurable results
Matt Andrus
Car Wars’ Chief Technology Officer
As Chief Technology Officer at Car Wars, Matt Andrus brings over seven years of experience in consulting and product development to lead the charge in AI-powered phone solutions for dealerships. A champion of human-first automation, he focuses on building tools that enhance—not replace—the role of dealership staff. With a passion for process improvement and a strategic approach to innovation, Matt drives the development of intelligent, connected phone experiences that deliver real performance gains across thousands of dealerships.
Matt Bordenet
Director of Cari at Car Wars
Matt Bordenet is Director of Engineering at Car Wars. He has 26 years of engineering leadership experience, including roles at Amazon (helping scale fulfillment infrastructure processing 1B+ packages annually), Microsoft, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Most recently, he led engineering at a conversational AI company serving the automotive industry. At Car Wars, he focuses on operational excellence and building high-ownership engineering teams for Cari and its partners.
