Alan Ram, President and Founder of Proactive Training Solutions, is recognized as the best in the automotive industry at increasing individual, as well as dealership productivity through effective utilization of the telephone, Internet, and client base management. He is regarded as the expert trainer for automotive telephone training, automotive management training, and automotive Internet and BDC training. He has worked and continues to work with tens of thousands of salespeople, managers, business development, and Internet staff from coast to coast as well as internationally. Alan has worked with several manufacturers over the years and his training has been a staple for Chrysler’s certification program at over 2300 dealerships nationwide.

He is an original partner on NADA University and his “Management By Fire” event is endorsed and promoted by NADA and NCM Associates. His workshop, “Five Simple Strategies to Sell More Cars Now” was the number one attended session at the 2012 NADA convention. Alan combines his sharp sense of humor along with a real world approach to convey a strong tactical set of processes that are easy to implement.

Alan served proudly in the United States Marine Corps prior to beginning his career in the automotive industry. He currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona where he’s an experienced private pilot and an avid hiker. He is also a major sponsor of Children’s First Academy in Phoenix, a school with a student body below the poverty line or homeless. Alan says, in life as in business, “Sometimes all anyone needs is that one chance.”