Jay Vijayan, Founder, CEO Tekion Corp visits the Canadian auto dealer offices for a sit-down interview with Senior Editor Todd Phillips. The former CIO of Tesla has launched a powerful and disruptive cloud-native tech platform for dealers that is catching on with dealers and OEMs. Vijayan talks about the platform, why he quit Tesla to build it, and the company’s expansion plans for Canada.
Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
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