CIECA NEWS & EVENTS

CIECA has announced its speakers for the annual CONNEX 2023 Conference. The event is being held in Bloomington, IL, September 12-13, 2023. In addition to a line-up of insightful thought leaders, there will be networking opportunities, a vehicle gifting ceremony by the National Auto Body Council® (NA...

05-31-2023 04:18 PM - Comment(s)

ComCept Solutions has joined CIECA as a Corporate Member. Founded in 1986 by Glenn Atwell, the company is based out of Seminole, Florida, and has built distribution management solutions for U.S. paint jobbers for almost 40 years. These include National Coatings & Supplies / Single Source, Painte...

05-19-2023 01:25 PM - Comment(s)

Andy Mohr Collision has become a CIECA Corporate Member. Established in 2015, the company is based in Bloomington, Indiana, and is a dealership collision center for Honda and Hyundai. Andy Mohr owns 14 dealerships and four collision centers in the state. 

 

Focused on repairing all vehi...

05-10-2023 10:18 AM - Comment(s)

Collision Dashboard joined CIECA as a Corporate Member. Founded in 2022, the company’s mission is to simplify key performance indicators (KPIs) for collision repair facilities to access and understand. 

 

“We give collision repair facilities the ability to measure what they are trying to man...

05-02-2023 10:59 AM - Comment(s)

The next CIECA webinar is scheduled for Thursday, May 18 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET: “The Future of Automotive Technologies.” The one-hour webinar will feature Chris Chesney, Vice President of Training & Organizational Development for Repairify.

 

During the live broadcast, Chesney will dis...
04-26-2023 11:56 AM - Comment(s)

CIECA announced that Propel Up, LLC has become a corporate member. Established in 2023, the company builds software to help auto body shops and other small companies obtain more reviews, showcase their reviews from the Internet, track website visitors, and grow their businesses. Its six employees fo...

04-20-2023 12:35 PM - Comment(s)

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...

03-31-2023 10:56 AM - Comment(s)

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...

03-31-2023 10:52 AM - Comment(s)

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,...

03-30-2023 05:17 PM - Comment(s)

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...

03-09-2023 03:18 PM - Comment(s)

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...

03-07-2023 12:02 PM - Comment(s)

Opus IVS (Intelligent Vehicle Support) has joined CIECA as a Corporate Member. Established in 2020, the company focuses on helping the vehicle maintenance and collision industry safely repair and maintain complex vehicles through OEM-approved diagnostic tools, remote services and live repair assista...

02-28-2023 11:17 AM - Comment(s)

CIECA announced that its 15th annual conference, CONNEX 2023, will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, in Bloomington, IL, September 12-13. The event will include a full lineup of business and technical speakers, networking opportunities and a vehicle gifting as part of the National Auto Body...

02-23-2023 02:57 PM - Comment(s)

CIECA has announced the formation of a new Standards Development Committee focused on Electric Vehicles (EVs) and electric batteries. The committee will be chaired by Frank Phillips, senior manager-Certified Collision North America for Rivian, Jake Rodenroth, North American Body Repair Program opera...

02-20-2023 12:19 PM - Comment(s)
CIECA's next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, February 23 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET: “Building a More Connected Body Shop for Today… and the Future.” The one-hour webinar will feature Andy Boyd, 3M’s Digital Solutions Commercialization Leader for the United States & Canada.
 
During the ...
02-02-2023 03:12 PM - Comment(s)

During the Collision Industry Electronic Commerce (CIECA) Board of Trustees meeting in Palm Springs, CA, on January 18, the organization’s Board of Trustees elected the following officers for 2023:

 

Chair: Greg Best, Senior Business Analyst, California Casualty

 

Vice Chair: Ashley Denison, C...

02-01-2023 11:24 AM - Comment(s)

Mountaineer Business Technology (MBT) has joined CIECA as a Corporate Member. The company was incorporated in 2021 by Peter Sheehan, a software engineer and technology consultant. Before forming MBT, Sheehan was the executive vice president of the Independent Automotive Damage Appraisers Association...

01-17-2023 02:45 PM - Comment(s)

CIECA has created an online Tech Forum for members to exchange information and learn from others. The support forum is open to all CIECA standards users.

 

“We often receive the same type of questions from members,” said Paul Barry, CIECA’s executive director. “This prompted the development of a ...

01-10-2023 12:38 PM - Comment(s)
CIECA's next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, January 26 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/2 pm ET: “The New, New Normal and the Impact on the Claims & Collision Industry.” The one-hour webinar will feature Sean Carey, president of SCG Management Consultants.
 
During the live broadcast, Carey will talk ...
01-04-2023 04:02 PM - Comment(s)

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 ...

12-20-2022 07:53 PM - Comment(s)