Full Throttle, a Presidio Podcast
The Presidio Group’s Director of Multimedia and Events, Jason Stein, hosts Full Throttle, a podcast that brings together industry leaders to discuss retail trends, innovation and thought-provoking business models. Jason interviews some of the industry’s key personalities and insiders. Full Throttle will be available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Pandora. Tune in to stay ahead of industry news and learn how some companies are thriving in the new automotive landscape.
Full Throttle, a Presidio Podcast
Episode 63: Bill Berman, CEO of Pinewood.AI
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For 25 years, dealership technology has barely changed.
Layered apps. Fragmented systems. Limited productivity gains.
Now Bill Berman — CEO of Pinewood.AI — says that era is over.
In this episode of The Presidio Group’s Podcast “Full Throttle”, host Jason Stein sits down with Berman at NADA in Las Vegas to discuss:
• Why Pinewood isn’t “just another DMS”
• What an embedded AI operating system actually looks like
• The rise of the “digital worker” inside dealerships
• Why most AI in automotive is just another layer — not a solution
• How Pinewood scaled to 4,000+ rooftops globally
• And what it means to launch in North America with Lithia as a strategic partner
Berman shares his journey from leading major retail operations in the U.S. to running a publicly traded automotive tech company on the London Stock Exchange — including signing his CEO contract just weeks before the global shutdown of 2020.
This isn’t about chatbots.
It’s about replacing fragmented systems with a unified automotive intelligence platform built by car people, for car people.
If you’re a dealer principal, operator, or automotive tech executive — this conversation matters.
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