September 24, 2024
Written and published by Collision Repair Magazine
This year’s CONNEX theme is The Intersectio...
CIECA announced that the next CIECA Webinar will be held on Thursday, August 29 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/2 pm ET: “Curiosity Lab: Where Emerging Technology is Tested and Demonstrated.”
The one-hour live broadcast will feature Seth Yurman, the assistant city manager for the City of Peachtree Corners ...
With automobiles and the collision repair process continually evolving, perhaps at a faster pace than ever before, Paul Barry, CIECA’s executive director, said the estimate needs to be able to accurately capture and convey all aspects of the repair process.
“As CIECA’s Architecture Committee de...
In 2021, Trueclaim.ai was founded by Elie Lloyd, a software engineer specializing in artificial intelligence (AI). The Montreal, Canada-based company focuses on creating solutions for body shops that allow them to save time, reduce overhead and create transparency in their claims using artificial in...
The next CIECA Webinar will be held on Thursday, July 25 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/2 pm ET: “Why the Collision Industry Should Be Interested in V2X.” The one-hour live broadcast will feature Arif K. Rafiq, Transportation Industry Manager for Esri Canada.
All collision industry stakeholders, including...
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced that its 15th annual conference, CONNEX 2024, will be held at the This year’s theme is "The Intersection of Data & Mobility" and will be emceed by industry veteran Bill Garoutte.
During the two-day event, tho...
The next CIECA Webinar will be held on Thursday, June 27 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/2 pm ET: “What the Collision Industry Needs to Know About the Unauthorized Use of Its Information & Data.”
The one-hour live broadcast will feature Pete Tagliapietra, managing director of DataTouch, who will be dis...
The next CIECA Webinar will be held on Thursday, May 30 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/2 pm ET: “The Fundamentals of Generative AI, Large Language Models and Implications for the Collision Industry.” The one-hour live broadcast will feature Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta, CEO of SocioSquares, an AI software developme...
As a founding CIECA member company, Mitchell, an Enlyte company, has used CIECA standards since the mid-1990s when the initial EMS standard was published. Phil Martinez, Mitchell’s senior technical consultant, said the company has always supported CIECA and its mission.
“We feel that CIECA stand...
CIECA’s primary mission is to develop and publish data standards for the collision industry. For the data standards to be effective, they must be meaningful to all collision industry segments and provide a common vocabulary for digital communication. To ensure that goal is achieved, CIECA’s Com...
CIECA welcomes new Corporate member ADAS Solutions USA, LLC. COO Jerry Cathcart started his first calibration center in Loveland, CO, in July 2021 to perform ADAS static calibrations. He partnered with Daryl Bennett, the company’s current CEO, and Cliff Mayer, VP of Business Development, and th...
The collision repair industry should embrace new technology to improve collaboration between repairers, insurers, parts distributors and customers, according to Mike Anderson, who presented “Embracing Technology to ...
CIECA announced that its 15th annual conference, CONNEX 2024: “The Intersection of Data & Mobility,” will be held at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel in Detroit, MI, September 24-25.
During the two-day event, insightful speakers will discuss where technology and businesses are headed and what th...
Trueclaim.ai has joined CIECA as a new Corporate Member. Established in 2021 and based in Montreal, Canada, the company was founded by Elie Lloyd, a software engineer and certified architect.
Lloyd’s parents owned a body shop for more than 25 years before the family began supplying collision re...
CIECA welcomes ADAS Find as a new CIECA corporate member. Founded in 2023 by Owen VanEck and Aiden Foley, the Michigan-based company was established to provide the auto repair industry with a simple and affordable platform for identifying necessary ADAS calibrations and initializations.
VanEck and Fo...
Written by Abby Andrews
February 13, 2023
Originally published in Autobody News
The collision repair industry is poised for another year of change in 2024, according to Ryan Mandell, director of claims performance for Mitchell International.
Mandell was the featured guest for CIECA’s firs...
CIECA announced that its next CIECA Webinar is scheduled for Thursday, February 22 at 11 am PST/1 pm CST/2 pm EST: “Embracing Technology to be Successful in the Collision Industry.” The one-hour webinar will feature Mike Anderson, owner of Collision Advice.
“People tend to be skeptical about ne...
As the collision industry begins using the new CIECA API Standards (CAPIS), created by the Architecture Committee, we will talk to member companies about their experience. We recently asked Jeff Schroder, founding CEO of Car-...
CIECA welcomes ShopLoaner as a new corporate member. The Cincinnati, OH-based company traces its roots back to the 1990s when one of the company founders wrote a DOS software program to help car dealerships fill out rental agreements for their loaner vehicles. Over time, the software evolved into a ...
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