Our Story

1996

Nowcom begins operating as an ISP

2002

DealerCenter initial release to market

2005

Nowcom releases Dealer Desktop DMS

2008

Nowcom hits 4,000 producing dealers

2010

DealerCenter DMS is launched and reached 10K producing dealer

2011

Nowcom starts Nowcom Global Services in the Philippines

2012

LA Business Journal recognizes Nowcom in the top 100 fastest growing companies

2015

Nowcom launches DealerCenter DMS 2.0

2016

Nowcom launches Carzing

2017

Nowcom starts Nowcom Global Services in India

2019

LA Business Journal recognizes Nowcom 2nd time in the top 100 fastest growing companies

2021

Nowcom crosses 15,000 producing dealers.

About Us

Nowcom is a technology company, developing technology solutions for the automotive and financial services verticals. Nowcom is one of seven companies within The Hankey Group ($19.7 billion in assets) , based in Los Angeles, CA. The Hankey Group enables Nowcom to produce industry-leading technology, ranging from its flagship product DealerCenter (Dealer Management System) to developing the first of its kind, fully automated finance decision engine to sites like Carzing.com. Nowcom has the resources and the right people to bring relevant technology solutions to life that enable our customers to scale and thrive beyond expectations.

Incorporated: 1996

Head Quarters: Los Angeles, CA

Employees: Over 1000+

Our Mission

Nowcom’s mission is to provide innovative technology and business solutions to our clients so they can achieve a sustainable competitive advantage within their market.

Our Core Values

Integrity

Integrity and honesty are at the core of our business.

We work to be a responsible partner to those who place their trust in us, conducting business in a way that is inclusive, transparent, and respectful.

Because we “do what we say and say what we do”, we have gained the trust of all our partners, employees and customers.

Our employees will conduct themselves ethically with professionalism, trustworthiness and sincerity.

Collaboration

We value and consider each employee an essential asset and embrace diversity, collaboration and teamwork.

We treat people with dignity and respect and help them grow personally and professionally.

We believe in always learning and challenging the status quo without disrespecting the values and opinions of individuals or groups.

We believe in having fun in what we do and are proud of our corporate community.

Execution

We are always striving to provide innovative industry-leading solutions and putting them into practice successfully.

We believe in being agile and moving quickly and decisively to meet our clients’ needs with a sense of urgency.

We are passionate about achieving the highest standard of quality in all our products and services we offer.

We maintain an intense focus and dedication on meeting customer needs.

Leadership Team

Don Hankey

Founder/CEO

hankey@nowcom.com

323 • 692 • 8888

Bret Hankey

President of Hankey Group

bret@nowcom.com

323 • 692 • 4053

Vimal Nair

Chief Technology Officer

vkumar@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6555

Matt Mee-Lee

COO & General Counsel

mmeelee@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6944

Ricky Li

Sr. VP of Software Development

rli@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6880

Jesse Martin

Sr. VP of Sales

jesse@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6806

Vaibhav Deshpande

VP of Software Development

vdeshpande@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6379

Andrew Gunawan

VP Infrastracture

agunawan@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6052

Don Borgmeyer

VP of Product Development

dborgmeyer@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6459

Brian Ward

VP of Dealer Operations

bward@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6506

Barry Lane

VP of Business Development

blane@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6087

David Lee

VP of Data Engineering

dlee1@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6048

Glen Suares

AVP of Software Development

gsuares@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6035

Rahul Sonthalia

AVP of Software Development

rsonthalia@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6905
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Arjun Jobanputra

AVP of Software Development

ajobanputra@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6595

Alex Resurreccion

AVP of Sales

aresurreccion@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6168

Simon Cho

Director of Developer Operations

scho@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6595

Phani Tammineni

Director of Software Development

pgowthami@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6479

Wayne Wong

Director of Software Development

wwong@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6027

Ricky Ma

Director of Software Development

rma@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6146
Sonal-Mandelecha

Sonal Mandelecha

Director of Software Development

smandelecha@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6064

Aditya Bannaravuri

Director of Project Management

abannaravuri@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6122

Florence Aquino

Director of QA

faquino@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6183
Kyle-Menger

Kyle Menger

Director of Operations

kmenger@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6207
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Joanne Oh

Director of Database Development

joh@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6802
Karthik-Prod

Karthik Kumar

Director of Database Development

kkumar@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6654
Priyanka-Deshmukh-Prod

Priyanka Deshmukh

Associate Director of QA

pdeshmukh@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6246
Bashar-Shaba

Bashar Shaba

Information Security Manager

bshaba@nowcom.com

323 • 746 • 6138
2019-award-winner

Nowcom recognized as one of the 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2019

The 2019 Awards Reception was held at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills where the selected Companies gathered to learn their actual ranking in the Top 100. This is the 2nd time Nowcom has been recognized in this category as Nowcom posted phenomenal growth in both revenue and profits.

– The Los Angeles Business Journal