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WEEK 2: Monday, April 4 | CONNEX | Sponsorship | Thank you to CIECA member company Solera for becoming a Gold Sponsor of the CIECA CONNEX conference! The event will be held September 13-14 in St. Louis, MO. The CIECA CONNEX conference is an exclusive opportunity to meet and network with leaders from some of the most influential companies in the industry. | Logo | |||||||
WEEK 2: Tuesday, April 5 | CIECA News | QA Virtual Meeting | Today, the CIECA Architecture Committee held a Quality Assurance (QA) meeting virtually to review the changes to the first CIECA Standards release of 2022—the 2022R1. Thank you to all of the volunteers who participated! Pictured clockwise from top left: Paulette Reed, CIECA's technical project manager; Paul Barry, CIECA's executive director; Mike Hastings, Car-Part.com; Dan Webster, Mitchell International; and Andy Bober, Entegral. CIECA will hold a CIECAST webinar highlighting the changes to the 2022R1 on Thursday, April 28th. | Screenshot | |||||||
WEEK 2: Thursday, April 7 | Member Bulletin | Architecture flattening the structure | COMMITTEE NEWS: The CIECA Architecture Committee is working to flatten the structure of the CIECA Open API Standards (CAPIS). This will reduce the hierarchy of the standards and make it simpler for developers to read and access the specific code needed. | Graphic | paulette@cieca.com | ||||||
WEEK 3: Monday, April 11 | Industry Event | CIC | Many CIECA members will be attending the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) this week in Oklahoma. We hope to see you there! | Shared post | https://ciclink.com/event/april-13-14-2022-oklahoma-city-ok/ | ||||||
WEEK 3: Tuesday, April 12 | Website | CIECA News | CAPIS Design Contest | Enter CIECA's design contest and help us create an avatar for the CIECA OPEN APIs Standards (CAPIS) initiative. The contest is open to those who are at least 18 and employed in the collision industry. The grand prize is a $250 Amazon gift card. All entries are due by May 15. The winner will be announced by the end of May. | Graphic | ||||||
WEEK 3: Wednesday, April 13 | Industry Event | SCRS Repairer Roundtable | Many CIECA members companies are attending the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) Repairer Roundtable in Oklahoma City, OK, today. During the roundtable, three collision repair facilities and three auto body associations addressed issues that are currently impacting collision repairers. L to R: Aaron Schulenburg, executive director of SCRS; Bruce Halcro, Capital Collision; Jordan Hendler, Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association; Kyle Bradshaw, Carolina's Collision Association; Jill Tuggle, AUTO BODY ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS; Andy Tylka, Tag Auto Group; and Ron Reichen, Precision Body & Paint. | Photo |
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WEEK 3: Wednesday, April 13 | Industry Event | SCRS Repairer Roundtable | Many CIECA member companies attended today's Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) open board meeting in Oklahoma City, OK. SCRS Executive Committee & National Directors L to R: Barry Dorn, Dorn's Body & Paint; Ron Reichen, Precision Body & Paint; Gary Wano, GW & SON AUTO BODY, INC; Tony Adams, AMAM, AkzoNobel; Director at Large Robert Grieve, Nylund's Collision Center; Aaron Schulenburg, executive director; Chair Bruce Halcro, Capital Collision Center; Vice-Chair Amber Alley, Barsotti's Body & Fender; Treasurer K. Michael Bradshaw, K & M Collision; Secretary Tim Ronak, AkzoNobel; John Mosley, Clinton Body Shop; and Dominic Martino, Gold Coast Auto Body. | Photo |
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WEEK 3: Thursday, April 14 | Industry Event | CIC | Darrell Amberson, an active CIECA member and the chairman of the Collision Industry Conference, welcomed everyone to the meeting, being held in Oklahoma City, OK. | Photo |
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WEEK 3: Thursday, April 14 | Industry Event | CIC | At today's Collision Industry Conference in OK, the Emerging Technologies Committee shared information about the tools and equipment a shop can invest in to become a fully operational "EV Battle Station." L to R: Moderator Mark Allen, Audi USA; Barry Dorn, Dorn's Body and Paint; Ron Reichen, Precision Body & Paint; Co-Chair Bob Augustine, Opus IVS - US, a CIECA member company; Jason "Buck" Zeise, LaMettry's Collision, Inc.; Jason Norman, Enterprise, a CIECA member company; and Dirk Fuchs, I-CAR. Not pictured: Co-Chair Chuck Olsen, AirPro Diagnostics, a CIECA member company | Photo |
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WEEK 4: Thursday, March 24 | Press Release | CONNEX Conference | Registration Opens | CIECA's 14th annual conference, CONNEX 2022, will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton St. Louis St. Charles in MO, September 13-14. 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 Council Recycled Rides® program. One of the event’s highlights will be a tour of Hunter Engineering Company Corporate's ADAS and calibration center. | Graphic | ||||||
WEEK 4: Friday, March 25 | CIECAST - March | Video | Thank you to Dean Fisher, Driven Brands, and Jim Keller, 1Collision, for sharing their insight about the collision industry during yesterday's CIECAST webinar. If you missed the presentation, the recording is below. | Link | |||||||
WEEK 5: Tuesday, March 29 | Press Release | Technical CIECAST - April | Announcement | CIECA's first standards release of the year, the 2022R1, will be available to CIECA members on April 20, 2022. Paulette Reed, CIECA's business analyst/technical project coordinator, will share information about the release during a CIECAST webinar on Thursday, April 28, at 11 am PST/1 pm CST/2 pm EST. Dan Webster, Mitchell International, will give an update about CIECA’s API Standards (CAPIS) initiative and Andrew Bober, Entegral, and Mike Hastings, Car-Part.com, will talk about the technical tools being utilized. In addition, Paul Barry, CIECA's executive director, will discuss CIECA's Simplified standards project. | Photos | ||||||
WEEK 5: Wednesday, March 30 | CONNEX | Sponsorship | Learn about Gold & Silver sponsorship of the CIECA CONNEX Conference, taking place in St. Louis, MO, September 13-14. What makes CONNEX unique from other industry conferences? The annual event is an excellent opportunity to meet and network with business and technical leaders from all segments of the collision industry. CIECA's mission is e-commerce. We are an IT organization with a strong business focus. | Graphic | |||||||
Week 3: Thursday, February 17 | Website | CIECA News | New member announcement | Welcome to new member 3M! “We are proud to partner with CIECA, which, like 3M, was founded by forward-thinking leaders that have a passion for delivering outcomes that simplify the adoption of digital across the collision repair industry,” said Andrew Boyd, Digital Platform Leader, 3M Automotive Aftermarket Division, Safety & Industrial Business Group, United States & Canada. “Helping the industry better understand technology and its capabilities is a critical element of transformation.” | Graphic | ||||||
Week 3: Friday, February 18 | CIECAST - Febuary | Video | Brandon Laur and Steve Driz from CCi Global Technologies shared their expertise about information privacy and security during the CIECAST webinar yesterday. If you missed their presentation, the recording is available below. | Video | |||||||
Week 4: Tuesday, February 22 | CIECAST - January | Repairer Driven News article | Thank you to Lurah Lowery and Repairer Driven News for sharing information about the recent CIECAST Webinar featuring Brandon Laur and Steve Driz from CCi Global Technologies. Read about some of the data privacy and security tips shared during their presentation. | Link | |||||||
Week 5: Monday, January 31 | CIECAST - January | Article written by RDN | Thank you to David LaChance and Repairer Driven News for sharing information about the recent CIECAST webinar featuring Susanna Gotsch, CCC Intelligent Solutions. | Link | |||||||
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