This membership meeting will cover ASSOCIATION UPDATES and plans for the new year, plus recent LEGAL ISSUES affecting dealership operations, new and pending REGULATORY CHANGES impacting Michigan vehicle dealers, and current LEGISLATIVE UPDATES and advocacy efforts specific to our industry.
Mark Your Calendar! Register today!
MADA Spring Meeting | Tuesday, May 19, 2026
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Todd Smith
The Intelligent Dealership: A New Operating System for the Modern Dealer
Todd Smith is a pioneer in automotive technology, transforming how dealerships harness data and AI to drive profitability. As CEO of QoreAI, he’s building the industry’s first AI-powered system of intelligence – turning dealership data into actionable insights that optimize sales, marketing, and operations. Previously, he founded ActivEngage, scaling it to become the largest managed chat provider in the automotive industry. He also advises and invests in emerging auto tech as Managing Director of Kyzor.
In this executive session, Todd Smith, Founder of QoreAI and author of “The Intelligent Dealership,” will walk you through what he calls The Intelligent Dealership: a new operating model built around Decision Intelligence, not dashboards.
Most stores are busy. Few are aligned. Managers are acting as the integration layer between disconnected systems. And while vendors are selling chatbots and automation features, the real opportunity is elsewhere:
- Surfacing profit leaks before month-end
- Identifying which customers are already lost, and why
- Prioritizing inventory and service decisions in real time
- Reclaiming 30%+ of management bandwidth lost to reporting and reconciliation
- Turning data decay into competitive advantage
This session is not about buying another AI tool. It is about moving from rearview-mirror reporting to real-time prediction, understanding the difference between “licensed intelligence” and owned intelligence, building an AI layer above your DMS and CRM without replacing them, and protecting control of your data before AI infrastructure locks it in elsewhere.
Thanks to support from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and other generous MADA partners, there is no cost for MADA dealers and executive leadership teams to attend this membership meeting. Register today!
Program agenda and speakers will be added as details are confirmed.
