Dave Cantin Group Launches Board of Advisors with Tekion Exec George Kang
Leading automotive experts to drive the company’s next phase of growth
NEW YORK – January 09, 2025 – The Dave Cantin Group (DCG), a leading mergers and acquisitions advisory company to retail automotive groups and their owners, has named Tekion executive George Kang as the first member of its newly launched advisory board of automotive experts. DCG is assembling an advisory board of leading industry experts to drive the company’s next phase of growth and support new company initiatives.
Kang is executive vice president of partner and OEM Solutions for Tekion, a cloud-based dealer management system (DMS). He will provide DCG with strategic support across the company’s data and intelligence portfolio, including the commercialization strategy for its AI-powered dealership analysis tool Jump IQ and well as supporting critical relationship development with automotive manufacturers.
“DCG’s commitment to leveraging strategic advisors began with our partnership with Kaltroco, the private investment company backed by the family of Steve Koltes, a co-founder of CVC Capital Partners. and now continues with the creation of our own advisory board,” said DCG President and CEO Dave Cantin. “The board of advisors will help DCG advance and capitalize on key strategic initiatives, like Jump IQ, by bringing in experts such as George Kang who offer experience and relationships that complement our team’s expertise.”
With nearly 30 years of experience in the automotive industry, Kang is an innovator of the first cloud-native platform for the automotive retail ecosystem. He leverages his exceptional talent for relationship-building to ensure Tekion’s enterprise solutions are seamlessly integrated and consistently exceed automaker expectations.
Prior to joining Tekion, Kang held the position of Chief Revenue Officer at both Edmunds and The RealReal, where he successfully managed high-growth, large-scale sales and operations teams. A seasoned senior executive, Kang has a proven track record in leading sales, strategy, and operations teams, with deep expertise in the automotive sector. His career also includes significant roles at Ford, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz, where he gained extensive experience in corporate finance and product management.
About Dave Cantin Group
Dave Cantin Group is a leading automotive M&A advisory firm specializing in acquisitions, divestitures, platform management, business evaluations, and other corporate development services. The new retail reality requires automotive dealers to seek DCG’s collective best thinking, deep experience and extensive industry relationships to effectively leverage M&A as a core business strategy.
Clients choose DCG because we are a trusted advisor focusing on long-term relationships, investing in data and research, and engaging our entire team on every client project. Clients benefit from our industry-leading market intelligence – our Market Outlook Report – and JumpIQ, our proprietary AI-enabled platform delivering unprecedented visibility into automotive retail.
Our nonprofit initiative, DCG Giving, funds child and adolescent cancer research and treatment across the United States and supports other charitable causes important to the automotive retail community. To learn more, visit davecantingroup.com.