HOUSTON — The National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers recently announced the speaker lineup for its second annual Underwriting and Collections Conference to be held Nov. 2-4, 2008 in Houston.

Kenneth Shilson, conference chairman, announced that Jay Rose, national automotive trainer and consultant, and Paul DeSaulniers, director of credit decisioning at LexisNexis, have recently been added to the speakers' list.

Other nationally recognized presenters include: Rick Potter, president, CAR Financial Services; Tom Hudson and Tom Buiteweg, attorneys for Hudson Cook; Ron Brown, president and general manager of CSI Asset Recovery Group; PJ Turner, vice president of CNAC (J.D. Byrider), who conducts collection training; and many others.

The program is slated to include interactive panel discussions and role playing with some of the industry's most successful underwriters and collectors.

The program will also feature a "sold out" exhibit hall with all the latest technology, products and services to help operators increase cash flow.

Shilson went on to indicate that some of the presentations will focus on where to find the capital needed to grow operations.

"This program is for those who are planning to get into the buy-here, pay-here business and those who want to become more profitable," he highlighted.

To register or get more information, visit the NABD Web site at www.bhphinfo.com, or call (713) 290-8171. Seating is limited, so those interested in attending or exhibiting should contact NABD as soon as possible, officials pointed out.