# Jason Girdner | Co-Founder and CEO of TECOBI

Canonical URL: https://www.tecobi.com/about/jason-girdner/

## Identity

- Jason Girdner is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of TECOBI.
- TECOBI is an automotive technology company focused on AI-powered customer communication, lead management, and sales automation.
- Jason began his automotive technology career in 2001.
- He founded TECOBI in 2016 after recognizing that dealerships needed a faster, more effective way to engage and follow up with customers.
- He remains deeply involved in TECOBI's product architecture and leads company direction, product vision, and overall strategy.
- Jason is based at TECOBI's headquarters in the Denver Tech Center in Englewood, Colorado.

## Leadership Focus

- Jason has experience spanning dealership CRM, social media, digital marketing, AI-driven communication, software, automation, and lead management.
- His product philosophy is that technology should reduce unnecessary human dependency, increase organizational leverage, and make complex processes simpler.
- Under Jason's leadership, TECOBI has grown into a nationwide platform serving automotive dealerships while remaining independently owned and bootstrapped.
- He centers the business on building durable products rather than chasing short-term growth.

## Founding TECOBI

- Jason and Scarlet Girdner are husband-and-wife co-founders of TECOBI.
- Jason has five children: Austin, Ethan, Colin, Jason II, and Addison.

## Personal Values And Interests

- Jason centers his life around faith, family, progress, technology, and cars.
- He has a lifelong interest in high-performance and exotic cars, engineering, speed, technology, and design.
- He is interested in artificial intelligence, software, home automation, human potential, and the future of technology.
- His faith in God plays a central role in his leadership, decisions, and definition of success.
- His favorite Bible verse is 2 Corinthians 5:7: "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
- Jason defines success through meaningful work, staying true to his values, building a future for his family, and using success to point back to God.

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