# Don Armstrong

> Don Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Vitu, an Agoura Hills company developing vehicle-title, registration and related government-transaction technology. His career includes founding SDR Technologies and serving as chief architect at NICUSA. A California Lutheran University alumnus and Dean’s Executive Council member, he completed doctoral studies at Grenoble Ecole de Management in 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Vitu
- **Organizations:** Vitu, SDR Technologies, NICUSA, California Lutheran University School of Management Dean’s Executive Council, TechNet
- **Education:** BA in Business Administration, California Lutheran University, Doctor of Business Administration, Grenoble Ecole de Management / GEM Alpine Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Vitu., Created an online vehicle and watercraft registration-renewal system for Michigan., California Lutheran School of Management Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, 2023.

## Career timeline

- **Before Vitu** — Founded SDR Technologies, served as COO and CTO, and developed campaign-finance disclosure systems; the company was sold to NICUSA.
- **1999** — Earned a BA in Business Administration at California Lutheran University.
- **Before Vitu** — Served as chief architect at NICUSA and created an online Michigan vehicle and watercraft registration-renewal system.
- **2003** — California Lutheran’s 2023 biography dates co-founding Motor Vehicle Software Corporation, later Vitu, to this year.
- **2005** — Vitu’s official timeline dates its founding by Don Armstrong and Kelly Kimball to this year.
- **2007** — Vitu entered the California title and registration market with DMVdesk.
- **2020** — Vitu launched its 50-state Interstate service.
- **2021** — Vitu enabled a California vehicle sale with digitally signed DMV paperwork on March 24.
- **2022** — Vitu launched National Title Exchange; Armstrong participated in a Cal Lutheran fireside chat.
- **2023** — Named California Lutheran School of Management Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.
- **2025** — Vitu acquired Dealertrack registration and titling businesses in January and DDI Technology in November; NTX passed one million E-Title transactions early in the year.
- **2026** — Completed doctoral studies at Grenoble Ecole de Management in France.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Vitu.
- Created an online vehicle and watercraft registration-renewal system for Michigan.
- California Lutheran School of Management Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, 2023.
- Completed doctoral studies while leading Vitu, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — California Lutheran announced that Armstrong completed doctoral studies at Grenoble Ecole de Management during summer 2026.
- **2025-11** — Vitu completed its acquisition of DDI Technology from IAA Holdings; announcement dated November 7.
- **2025-07** — Vitu announced NTX had surpassed one million electronic-title transactions earlier in 2025.
- **2025-01** — Vitu announced completion of the Dealertrack registration and titling businesses acquisition on January 7.

## Links

- Website: https://www.vitu.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donarmstrongdba

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Last updated: 2026-10-23