Brennan Roth
Brennan graduated from Appalachian State University with a B.S. in Computer Science in December of 2000. He and Ryan met in High School and they were roommates in college. It was there that he saw the first seed of KGI Solutions being planted, as Ryan began work on the original DMV Wizard software in their dorm room. A few years after graduation, Ryan offered Brennan a full time position with KGI Solutions, which he accepted without hesitation, becoming the 3rd member of the KGI Solutions team. Brennan has helped to develop internal tools for managing our customers' accounts as well as the software-services side of the business over the years as we expanded from our original DMS product into websites, data import/export, and marketing solutions for Dealerships. Outside of work you'll fiend Brennan spending time with his wife and 3 children or likely listening to and/or playing Irish Traditional music.
Brooke Kelley
Brooke is a graduate of NC State University's School of Business Management with a concentration in marketing (#1 in her class but she won't tell you that). After a stint in sales at a Fortune 500 company, Brooke realized her passion is small business and joined the KGI team in 2008. As the resident website and internet marketing expert, she says, "Helping small business owners succeed in their dream of running their own business is really what drives me. I know for many of our customers, they have put literally everything on the line when opening their dealership and I want to assist them in turning their dream into a reality." You can call Brooke with any of your website and marketing questions, or even just to chat about her love of Wrightsville Beach and the NC State Wolfpack!
Landon Tallent
Landon graduated with a Bachelor of Science In Business Administration from NC State’s Poole College Of Management in 2009. He started his Sales career as an Account Manager selling IT, Business, and Leadership Training with Global Knowledge from 2010-2013. In 2014, he moved into the Fortune 500 SAS sector with Citrix Systems as a Senior Corporate Sales Executive selling cloud based data transfer, storage and electronic signature software. In 2017, Landon made the switch from the corporate hustle to the small business world and has never looked back. Landon heads up our Sales division as VP Of Sales bringing in new business, as well as maintaining our current customer base. He attends all of the North Carolina and South Carolina Dealer Pre-Licensing classes each month and is always available to aid with technical support needs. Landon is an avid BMW enthusiast with a passion for technology. When he is not working, you can find Landon spending time at Ocean Isle Beach, working on his cars, or on the links playing golf.
Matt Kelley
Matt joined the family business right out of college in 2005. He started off working remotely out of Raleigh doing software sales and installs all across eastern North Carolina. Then in 2007 when the dot com boom swept the independent dealer market he became self taught in HTML/CSS in order to meet the growing demand for car dealership websites. From there his passion grew and websites and marketing became his niche. To this day he has created over 500 custom dealership websites. When he's not working on websites or taking tech support calls he's probably traveling with Brooke and their two boys, attending a church function, or hanging with his F3 Nation guys in the gloom.
Ryan Kelley
Ryan is either too humble or too busy coding Dealer Solutions DMS to write his bio. But let's be honest, that's right where we want him to be! Ryan is the chief software architect of KGI Solutions. He's responsible for making Dealer Solutions such an easy to use DMS and high quality user experience. Fresh out of college in just three and a half years Ryan co-founded KGI Solutions along with Don Kelley. When he's not stuck behind his giant monitor(s) he's probably enjoying a home-brewed beer or coffee, listening to his extensive vinyl collection, or helping his wife Maud and their two kids tend the farm animals through their non-profit, hoofnc.org.
The Origin Story
After many years spent at franchise stores, Don Kelley decided to go out on his own and start up Southern Car Locators in 1996.
He quickly discovered that many of the tools dealers needed were sorely missing in the independent dealer market. The first and most glaring was dealer management software. After exhausting all of his options and finding inadequate solutions he turned to his oldest son.
Ryan Kelley was a senior at Appalachian State University studying Computer Science. Don gave him an outline of what was needed and over the course of the summer of 1998, he delivered the first working version of Dealer Solutions Software, named DMV Wizard!
In 2002 Don officially closed the dealership to focus solely on selling the software. Together he and Ryan formed KGI Solutions in 2003!
Our Principles
The way we work, the way we make decisions, and the way we treat our customers is rooted in our Christian faith. This means we strive for excellence in the way we serve you. It may not always be perfect (it's not) but it's the standard in which we aim. We want to treat you the way we would want to be treated and love others as ourselves.
Our Motivation
You can rest assured we do not put profit above the needs and well-being of our customers. When making a business decision that impacts our customers and their business, it's their wants and needs we prioritize. Making money is a necessity to run a business, sure, but we have confidence knowing that by being faithful to our customers and serving them first the blessings will follow!
