W. RODMAN RYAN
PRESIDENT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Currently the President and CEO of Ryan Automotive, LLC Rod Ryan first entered the automotive industry in 1972. He opened his first dealership in a converted 2 bay garage at 50 U.S. Highway 1 in Edison, New Jersey, selling Open Road brand recreational vehicles, used cars, and Honda Motorcycles. This dealership took its name from the recreational vehicles he sold and became Open Road Honda. In order to allow for the expansion of the Honda automobile operation and the addition of BMW, Honda Motorcycles was discontinued. Over the next 30 years, Rod focused on customer satisfaction, grew his dealership and acquired new ones. The success of the Ryan Automotive family of dealerships is the result of many years of hard work, exceptional quality products, state-of-the-art facilities, professional and award-winning sales teams, and first-class attention to customer service. Rod’s prestigious corporation has been voted “Top 50 Places to Work in NJ” by NJBIZ and the NJ Chamber of Commerce, and was also recognized in the March 2004 issue of Dealer Magazine. Ryan Automotive, LLC now employs over one-thousand people and is one of the largest, most successful dealer groups in the northeast.

MICHAEL MORAIS
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
EMAIL: MICHAEL.MORAIS@OPENROAD.COM

Michael began his career at Open Road in August of 1999 at Open Road Honda as a sales associate. He became a sales manager in 2000 at Open Road Acura of East Brunswick. In January of 2001 Michael became the General Manager for Open Road Acura of Wayne, a new acquisition then for Open Road Auto Group. In his time as GM, Mike led the dealership to #3 in the Nation in new vehicle sales delivering over 1,500 new Acura's in 2003. The dealership was awarded the Precision Team Dealership of Distinction Award in both 2002 and 2003 under Michael's direction. In December 2003, Michael became our company's first Vice President of Operations. His dealerships included Open Road Honda, Mazda Acura of East Brunswick and Acura of Wayne. After completing the facility upgrade project at Open Road Honda in June of 2005, Michael led the dealership to the first ever #1 in the Nation in sales. Since then, Open Road Honda has claimed this distinct honor over seven times, and finished 2009 ranking #2 in the Nation for YTD new Honda sales. In 2006 he opened Open Road Nissan of Morristown and most recently in June of 2009 Open Road Mazda of Morristown. In 2008 Michael was nominated to the Mazda National Dealer Advisory Council and in 2009 he was named National Chairman of the Council.

MARTIN GROSS
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
EMAIL: MARTIN.GROSS@OPENROAD.COM

Before becoming a certified public accountant, Marty earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Accounting in 1974 from Baruch College of the City University of New York, New York City. Marty worked for several large New York CPA firms in the 1970’s eventually moving to New Jersey to work for Mironov.

He met Rod Ryan in 1982 and joined his company as an outside consultant. Serving the company through his private practice, Automotive Consultants, he moved into the Controller position. In 2004, Marty gave up his private practice to join the Open Road Auto Group as their full time Chief Financial Officer.

ROBERT FORCINI
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
EMAIL: ROBERT.FORCINI@OPENROAD.COM

Open Road Stores of Responsibility: Open Road Audi of Brooklyn, Open Road Audi of Manhattan, Open Road BMW of Edison, Open Road Honda of Edison, and Open Road Volkswagen of Brooklyn

Robert Forcini, a graduate of Rutgers University, took an interest in auto retail sales immediately following his college education. A consistent top performer throughout his sales career, Robert quickly began his climb up the corporate ladder. He was promoted to Sales Manager of the largest and most profitable BMW store of the group, and shortly thereafter excelled to become General Manager. During this time, Open Road BMW of Edison was winner of the 2003 Center of Excellence Award which is presented each year to those who have achieved the highest level of customer satisfaction of all BMW centers. Under his direction as Center Operator, this location continuously remained on top as one of the biggest volume producing BMW retailers in the region, and its stand alone Certified Pre-Owned BMW showroom was the #1 Certified Pre-Owned sales volume store in the country. Currently, as Vice President of Operations, Robert oversees three BMW centers (Open Road BMW of Edison, Open Road BMW of Denville, and Open Road BMW of Morristown), one MINI dealer (Open Road MINI of Morristown). Mr. Forcini has been with Ryan Automotive, LLC for twenty-six years and continues to add great success to the organization.

NEIL KOTECHA
VICE PRESIDENT
EMAIL: NEIL.KOTECHA@OPENROAD.COM

Open Road Stores of Responsibility: Open Road Acura of East Brunswick, Open Road Acura of Wayne, Open Road Mazda of East Brunswick, Open Road Mercedes-Benz of Bridgewater, Open Road Volkswagen of Staten Island

Neil began his career with the Open Road Auto Group in 1993 as a salesperson for Open Road Honda. He completed high school in London, England and earned his bachelor’s degree in Business at The University of Houston, Texas in 1988. He has always loved cars and has made his passion a career. During his career at Open Road, Neil has been a General Manager at Open Road Acura of East Brunswick and Denville BMW (now Roxbury BMW). As a General Manager, Neil and his teams have won numerous awards including prestigious Precision Team award from Acura three times. More recently he has overseen operations as an Assistant Vice President at Acura, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, and Volkswagen.

DAVID BRANCH
VICE PRESIDENT
EMAIL: DAVID.BRANCH@OPENROAD.COM

Open Road Stores of Responsibility: BMW of Morristown, BMW of Roxbury, MINI of Morristown, Open Road Mazda of Morristown, Open Road Nissan of Morristown.

David is a lifetime resident of New Jersey. He was born and raised in Livingston, and pursued a degree in Finance at Farleigh Dickinson University. David began his automobile career in 1988 as a Sales Representative for Toyota land in Springfield, New Jersey and continued his career progressing into management, with Finance and Sales Management responsibilities within Toyota. David was introduced to the Open Road Auto Group in March 2004, when he started as General Sales Manager of Open Road BMW in Edison. He was promoted to General Manager of Open Road BMW in November of 2004. In August of 2009, he received his first executive promotion to Assistant Vice President. During his career, David has been a recipient of numerous awards such as the BMW Profiles in Achievement “Honors” award. David has just been promoted to the position of Divisional Vice President of the Open Road Auto Group where he will assume responsibility for Open Road Nissan, Open Road Mazda of Morristown, MINI of Morristown, BMW of Morristown, and BMW of Roxbury.