During the CIECA Board of Trustees meeting in Palm Springs, CA, on January 18, the organization’s Board of Trustees named the following officers for 2024:
Chair: Ashley Denison, Chief Information Officer, Caliber Collision
Vice Chair: Brady Bonner, Vice President of Client Sales and Suppor...
Two years ago, CIECA announced it would embark on the next generation of collision industry standards—JSON-based Open API Standards. Since then, CIECA has established committees to determine what electronic communication standards need to be created. Each quarter, we’ll feature one of these committe...
In 2020, Opus IVS (Intelligent Vehicle Support) was established to help the vehicle maintenance and collision industry safely repair and maintain complex vehicles through OEM-approved diagnostic tools, remote services and live repair assistance. It was formed from various companies, including Drew T...
The next CIECA Technical Webinar will feature special guest speaker Darrel Miller, API Architect at Microsoft. The presentation, “Open API Development Best Practices & Lessons Learned,” will take place on Thursday, April 20 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/2 pm ET. During the one-hour webinar,...
CIECA's next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, March 30 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET: “How to Adapt to the Speed of Change in the Collision Industry… Without Getting Crushed.” The one-hour webinar will feature Ryan Taylor, founder of the CRM software BodyShop Booster and president of The AMP Bureau...
Classic Collision has joined CIECA as a Corporate Member. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company was established in 1983 with a single goal: to offer quality service to its customers with integrity and honesty.
Kayla Clark, Classic Collision’s VP of Business Development, said the com...
Over the past year, CIECA’s Architecture Committee has been creating new standards for the collision industry—CIECA API Standards (CAPIS). In October, the committee completed the first version of CAPIS. During the October CIECAST webinar, Dan Webster, CIECA’s Architecture Chair and a ...
CIECA has announced that its Calibration Committee is going to be reactivated to work on new projects brought forth by collision industry stakeholders. Darrell Amberson, president of operations for LaMettry’s Collision in Minnesota, is the committee chair.
The first meeting is scheduled f...
Insightful speakers, networking opportunities, a car gifting ceremony by the National Auto Body Council (NABC)® and a tour of Hunter Engineering were all part of the CIECA CONNEX Conference this year. Representatives from all industry segments gathered in St. Louis/St. Charles, Missouri, the week of...
CIECA's second standards release of the year, the 2022R2, will be available to members on Wednesday, October 19, 2022.
A CIECAST Technical Series webinar will be held on Thursday, October 20 to discuss the updates made to the 2022R2. The Architecture Committee will also provide an in-depth anal...
CIECA has announced the formation of a committee to create a new workflow for the referral process in the collision industry. The committee will be chaired by Kim DeVallance Caron, Product Portfolio Director for Enterprise Holdings. All industry stakeholders, including CIECA and non-CIECA membe...
The next CIECAST webinar is scheduled for Thursday, August 25 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET: “Autonomous Vehicles: Fact vs. Fiction.” The one-hour webinar will feature Tara Andringa, executive director of the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education.
During the live broadcast, Andringa will talk...
CIECA has announced the formation of a new Standards Development Committee focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI). All industry stakeholders, including CIECA and non-CIECA members, are invited to join.
“The CIECA Emerging Technologies has been looking into the impacts of emerging technologies ...
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced that its next CIECAST webinar is scheduled for Thursday, June 23 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET: “Charged for Success: Understanding EV Trends and Their Impact.” The one-hour webinar will feature Ryan Mandell, director of Claims ...
CIECA announced today that Tim Ronak, senior services consultant for AkzoNobel, joined CIECA’s Board of Trustees, effective immediately. He will be representing the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS), a national organization dedicated to educating, informing and representing collision re...
CIECA announced that its next CIECAST webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, May 24 at 11 am PDT/1 pm CDT/2 pm EDT: “Data Sharing in the Collision Industry and Its Unintended Consequences.” The one-hour webinar will feature Pete Tagliapietra, managing director at DATATOUCH, LLC.
During the live broa...
CIECA has formed a new Standards Development Committee focused on OEM repair procedures and build sheet data. All industry stakeholders, including CIECA and non-CIECA members, are invited to join.
“CIECA’s Emerging Technologies Committee was reviewing pain points in the collision industry and d...
CIECA is holding a contest to create an avatar graphic for the
CIECA Open APIs (CAPIS) initiative. The contest is open to those who are at least 18 and employed in the collision industry.
Grand Prize: $250 Amazon gift card
All entries are due by May 15.
The winner will be announced...
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