Lou Tilahun has 17 years experience as a General Manager, General Sales Manager and Sales Representative working for industry leading automotive organizations. He has a proven ability to develop and execute strategic sales, marketing and advertising programs that positively impact bottom line revenues and profit performance, and a consistent track record of meeting or exceeding all sales and profit objectives that produce annual revenue streams in excess of $20 million. He is experienced at managing multiple business locations, overseeing new dealership start-up activities and directing service and parts operations within multiple organizations. A graduate of the 2004 NADA Dealer Academy, Lou has proven successful at developing and implementing organizational structures that significantly improve internal department communications, employee morale, staff efficiencies and overall performance rates.