DMS provider Ebbon-Dacs has announced a number of key appointments as it launches several new products.

Joining Ebbon-Dacs from rival DMS supplier, ADP, is marketing executive Ian Tallent whose main remit is to grow awareness of the Ebbon-Dacs brand and its DMS product offering in automotive retail.

Khurram Iqbal has joined the company as project manager, working in the new product development team, reporting into senior business consultant, Matt Jackson.

Iqbal is currently working on the development of the 'enquiry builder' and the new vehicle appraisal app called 'appraisal builder' that Ebbon-Dacs has in development and due for launch before the end of the year. Prior to joining the company he worked for financial advisors, Infinity Consultants.

Mike Nicholls has also joined the company as business consultant in the new product development team, looking at the development of new products and solutions from inception to release into the market.

Nicholls is currently working on the next generation of Ebbon-Dacs’ showroom solution for retailers, and joined the business from Oxfordshire County Council where he worked as a business project manager in the chief executive‘s office.

In another move, Rob Belcher has been promoted to operations manager, responsible for account management, customer implementations and for co-ordinating consultancy and project management within the business.

The appointments are part of a planned investment in the Ebbon-Dacs DMS offering.