James B.

About James B.

Disruption is my passion. My ongoing mission has been the creation of industry shifting solutions that utilize the way products/services are bought, sold, and remarketed. The implementation of lifecycle tools that create efficiency for the consumer, retailer, and wholesale markets are my expertise. I love a challenge that stretches our industries current way of doing business that results in a better engagement. Currently I am taking the expertise garnered over the last two decades and applying that knowledge base to the Burton International platform. I’ve held senior roles in several public companies, investment as well as oversight in dealership groups, and the strategist behind several best in class technology solutions for automotive. Areas of Interest: • Generational engagement tools, finding ways to better connect the modern-day shopper• Paperless transactions, the virtual contracting process • Disruptive informative media, meeting buyers and sellers where they are through technology• People development, stabilizing the automotive workforce through better service strategies• Cradle to grave connectivity, holistic approaches to seamless automotive life-cycle management

Experience

1. Executive Chairman Founder

   9:24 Group

   Nov 2014 — Present · Tulsa, OK, US

   9:24 Group is a relationship based firm that focuses on engaged people, creative products, proprietary distribution channels, and revenue scalable companies. Our primary interest is in early stage solutions that are innovative, emerging trend centric, and currently operated by the founder-owners. We invest in organizations that we believe have leading competitive positions in defendable markets where we can add value via our operating skills, financial resources, and relationships. We seek to distinguish ourselves by demonstrating our ability to source and acquire scalable businesses through partnerships with founder-owners, management teams, and visionary entrepreneurs.

Education

• Babson College

  Executive Certification, Leadership Studies | Six Sigma

  1998 — 1999

• The University of Tulsa

  Business Administration, Finance

  1994 — 1998