Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Jeffrey H. Coats |
President and CEO |
| Ariel Amir |
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer |
| Curtis Dewalt |
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
| Glenn Fuller |
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary |
| Ioannis Kritikopoulos |
Chief Architect |
| John Petrone |
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
| Mark Canon |
Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer |
| Mark Garms |
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer |
| Michael Hunsche |
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer |
| Monty Houdeshell |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
| Jan Thompson |
Veteran and Current Omnicom Group Executive Vice President |
| Jon Rosen |
Senior Vice President, Web Business Operations |
| Michael Rose |
Senior Vice President, Lead Management and Reporting, Autobytel Inc. |
| Rick Szatkowski |
Senior Vice President, Business Development and Advertising, Autobytel Inc. |
| Russ Bartlett |
Senior Vice President, Crm Solutions, Autobytel Inc. |
| Adrian Lee |
Vice President Business Development |
| David Frieder |
Vice President of Purchasing, Potamkin Automotive |
| Lenny McGinley |
Vice President Dealer Sales |
| Lorna Larson |
V.P., Human Resources, Autobytel Inc. |
| Melanie Webber |
Vice President, Corporate Communications, Autobytel Inc. |
| John Steerman |
Senior Director, Lead Operations, Autobytel Inc. |
| Scott Pechstein |
National Sales Director, Autobytel Inc. |
| Steve Williams |
Executive Internet Director, Luther Auto Group |
| Aaron Thul |
Technical Operations & Delivery Manager |
| Crystal Hartwell |
Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications |
| Joselyn Chamochumbi |
Human Resources Analyst, Autobytel Inc. |
| Craig Fitzgerald |
Senior Editor |
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
President and CEO |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
CEO |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
President |
Current |
| Southgate Alternative Investments |
Partner |
Current |
| Southgate Alternative Investments |
Principal of Southgate |
Current |
| Mikronite Technologies, Inc. |
Executive Chairman |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Congoleum Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Car.Com Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Autoweb.com |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mikronite Technologies, Inc. |
President & CEO, Board Member |
Former |
| GE Equity |
Managing Director |
Former |
| American Graduate School of International Management |
MBA In International Management |
Former |
| General Electric Capital Corporation |
|
Former |
| American Graduate School of International Management |
MBA In International Management |
Former |
| The University of Georgia |
Bba In Finance |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autogia Inc |
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal & Adm Off, Secretary |
Current |
| Car.Com Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary |
Current |
| Autoweb.com |
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer |
Current |
| Security Capital Group Incorporated |
Vice President |
Former |
| Autobytel Inc. |
General Counsel |
Former |
| Autogia Inc |
General Counsel |
Former |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
Masters of Science in Industrial Administration |
Former |
| Graduate School of Industrial Administration |
Masters of Science In Industrial Administration |
Former |
| Washington University |
A.B. In Economics |
Former |
| Georgetown University Law Center |
Degree |
Former |
Curtis E. DeWalt was named Autobytel's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on March 1, 2009. He assumed the duties of Chief Financial Officer after joining the company as its Controller in October 2007. DeWalt provides the company with significant experience and expertise in all aspects of finance, corporate governance, investor relations, operations management and business development. Prior to joining Autobytel, DeWalt held several senior financial roles at several companies including Roth Staffing Companies, Inc., RemedyTemp, Inc. and at a division of Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Inc. He also served as Director, Finance and Information Systems at Saint Gobain's - Corhart Refractories Inc. Prior to that, DeWalt held various financial positions with The Pittston Company's Brink's Inc. and Burlington Air Express (BAX Global) subsidiaries. DeWalt received a Masters of Business Administration, Finance from Scared Heart University in Connecticut and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, from Bryant University in Rhode Island.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Bryant University |
Masters of Business Administration |
Former |
| Bryant University |
Bachelor of Science In Business Administration |
Former |
Glenn Fuller joined Autobytel Inc. as Vice President of Legal Affairs in 2006 and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary in December 2008. Fuller brings to Autobytel extensive corporate legal experience for publicly-held and start-up companies, as well as specific expertise in both media and technology. As Chief Legal Officer, Fuller is responsible for Autobytel Inc.'s overall legal operations, including securities matters, intellectual property and the structuring and implementation of strategic acquisitions and alliances. Prior to joining Autobytel, Fuller served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for Freedom Communications, Inc., a diversified, multi-jurisdiction media business, where he created that company's first in-house legal department. Previously, he was associated with and was of counsel to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he started his legal career and was a member of the firm's Corporate Securities and Transactions Group. Fuller joined a group of 13 Gibson, Dunn lawyers who left the firm to form the law firm of Pettis, Tester, Kruse & Krinsky, where Fuller was a partner in the firm's Corporate and Securities Group. Fuller has also served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for startup technology company, Airline Computerized Ticketing, and maintained a private corporate and securities practice representing a diverse group of clients in various industries, including ticketing, marketing and fundraising software technology for venues and events and settlement services for residential real estate transactions. Fuller received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from California State University, Long Beach and went on to earn a law degree from the University of Southern California, where he served as Executive Managing Editor of the USC Law Review.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Secretary |
Current |
| Anped |
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
Current |
| Carsmart Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
Current |
| Myride.Com |
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Vice President of Legal Affairs |
Current |
| Freedom Communications Inc. |
Chief Legal Officer |
Former |
| Freedom Communications Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| The Securities Group, LLC |
Partner |
Former |
| Corporate Inc |
Partner |
Former |
| Freedom Communications Inc. |
General Counsel |
Former |
| California State University |
Bachelor of Arts Degree In Political Science |
Former |
Ioannis has over 10 years experience in IT, engineering and operations. At Caspio his main responsibility is to ensure security and optimum uptime and performance of Caspio's software-as-a-service operation. Prior to joining Caspio, Ioannis led engineering teams at Weathernews Americas, the world's largest publicly-traded full-service weather company. Prior to Weathernews Americas, Ioannis was the V.P. of Information Services at Autoweb.com. While serving as Autoweb.com's chief architect, he designed, implemented and managed Autoweb.com's database infrastructure and financial systems. Ioannis holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from California State University, Chico.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Cto |
Current |
| Myride.Com |
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Autoweb.com |
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Preview Travel, Inc. |
Cto |
Former |
| Preview Travel, Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| University of Maryland |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autogia Inc |
Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer |
Current |
| Myride.Com |
Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer |
Current |
| Autoweb.com |
Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer |
Current |
| Switchboard Incorporated |
Founder |
Current |
| Maps On US |
|
Current |
| Switchboard Incorporated |
Vice President, Business Development |
Former |
| Switchboard Incorporated |
principal architect |
Former |
| Banyan Corp |
|
Former |
| Banyan Systems |
|
Former |
Mark Garms was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Autobytel Inc. in December 2008. Prior to assuming this role, Garms was Senior Vice President of Dealer Operations and Strategy. In this role Garms was responsible for the ongoing development of Autobytel's nationwide dealer network, as well as initiatives that optimized Autobytel's service to dealers, including training, technology support, and innovative programs, tools and services designed to help dealers capitalize on a rapidly changing marketplace. Garms originally joined Autobytel in 2002 as director of consumer experience, in which capacity he created Autobytel's successful Dealer Management Report program, providing cost-free customer feedback to member dealerships to improve sales performance. He was also responsible for a range of pro-consumer programs on Autobytel's web sites, including the advent of Personal Vehicle Reports (cost-free downloadable PDF reports on popular makes/models that resulted in an average of 3,000 high quality dealer sales leads) as well as Autobytel's proprietary Estimated Market Price (EMP) data, streamlining the transaction process for dealers and consumers by providing the national average selling prices for new models. Based on these and other successes, Garms was promoted to director of consumer and dealer services in 2003, where he helped to significantly increase dealer satisfaction. Among his early accomplishments as vice president of dealer operations and strategy, he has implemented a cross-company sales referral system, tripling sales from intra-company referrals. Prior to joining Autobytel, Garms served as vice president of services for T. Rowe Price for 12 years, where he oversaw investor services, including mutual fund sales and service, retirement and brokerage operations and institutional servicing in Los Angeles. He also launched and managed offices in Tampa Bay and Colorado Springs, which provided similar services. Garms received a BA from Ambassador College.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer |
Current |
| Carsmart Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Dealer Operations and Strategy |
Current |
| Myride.Com |
Senior Vice President, Dealer Operations and Strategy |
Current |
| Anped |
Senior Vice President, Dealer Operations and Strategy |
Current |
| Car.Com Inc. |
Director, Project Management |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Dealer Operations & Strategy |
Former |
| Autoweb.com |
Director of Consumer Experience |
Former |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Director of Consumer Experience |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Carsmart Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Car.Com Inc. |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Anped |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Autogia Inc |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Autoweb.com |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Twentieth Century Fox Film Company Ltd |
Administrative |
Current |
| Oak Industries |
CFO |
Former |
| Furon Corporation |
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| RemedyTemp, Inc. |
Chief Administrative Officer |
Former |
| Autogia Inc |
Executive Vice President, Finance |
Former |
| RemedyTemp, Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| University of Southern California |
Mba |
Former |
| The Ohio State University |
Bachelor of Science |
Former |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Member |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Veteran and Current Omnicom Group Executive Vice President |
Current |
Jon Rosen, Autobytel's Senior Vice President, Web Business Operations is responsible for leading the web business operations for Autobytel's expanded media efforts, including advertising, search, and syndication. The former head of strategy and business development for AOL's Search Group, Rosen brings 25 years of senior business development experience and strong expertise in content syndication and forging partnerships to guide his mission of helping transform Autobytel into the industry's leading online automotive media company. At AOL, Rosen was responsible for launching the company's web audience Search Marketing initiative, and building the team charged with driving traffic when AOL moved its publishing assets to the open web through AOL.com. Rosen was also responsible for leading strategy, corporate development and new business initiatives for AOL's Search and Directional Media Group, and developing and overseeing a number of key advertising, content, and technology partnerships. His early responsibility in AOL's Messaging business group included the development of several large-scale partnerships, including Macromedia, Novell and Apple. Prior to AOL, Rosen served as President of iProspect, one of the industry's most highly respected search marketing firms. At iProspect, he navigated an ultra-competitive marketplace to take the company from early stage to recognized leading provider of SEO and SEM consulting services for Fortune 500 companies. Following his stewardship of the company during its fastest growth phase, iProspect was purchased by the Aegis Group in 2005. Prior to iProspect, Rosen served as COO for wholly-owned SunGard subsidiary, SunGard Technology, which provides enterprise workflow solutions for the Financial, Communications and Call Center markets. He produced SunGard subsidiary's first profitable year after numerous prior losses, a turnaround keyed by several major new client relationships, including Wachovia Bank, Wells Fargo and Verizon Group. Over the previous 15 years prior to joining Sungard, Rosen held senior positions at EMC, Data General and other enterprise software companies.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Senior Vice President, Web Business Operations |
Current |
| Autogia Inc |
Senior Vice President, Web Business Operations |
Current |
| Myride.Com |
Senior Vice President, Web Business Operations |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Web Business Operations |
Current |
| Anped |
Senior Vice President, Web Business Operations |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Guide |
Former |
| Wells Fargo & Company |
|
Former |
| Wachovia Bank |
|
Former |
| Data General Corporation |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Senior Vice President, Lead Management and Reporting, Autobytel Inc. |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Senior Vice President, Business Development and Advertising, Autobytel Inc. |
Current |
| Autoweb.com |
Vice President, Business Development, Autobytel Inc. |
Former |
Russell Bartlett, Senior Vice President of CRM Solutions for Autobytel Inc. has more than 15 years of management and leadership experience in the automotive industry. As the head of Autobytel's CRM divisions, Bartlett is tasked with overseeing general management of Retention Performance Marketing (RPM ) and AVV, including the Web Control system. A proven leader in management, product development and strategy, Bartlett is leading the development of the company's next generation of dealership sales automation tools. Prior to assuming this role, Bartlett was Vice President of Business Development at Autobytel. In this role, he managed all corporate business development and key initiatives for the company. Bartlett has also managed all new and used vehicle products offered by the company. He was also responsible for bringing to market Autobytel's early customer relationship management (CRM) tool, iManager. Earlier in his career, Bartlett cultivated his knowledge and experience in the retail and wholesale sides of the automotive equation, working with both American Honda and Nissan Motor Corporation. At these companies, Bartlett held a variety of field management positions involving sales, service and parts. As the liaison between manufacturers and dealers, Bartlett gained a unique perspective on the entire automotive lifecycle. Bartlett is a recognized industry thought leader who regularly offers perspective and content for publications such as AutoRemarketing and Used Car News and has contributed expertise to Forrester Research panel discussions. Bartlett received a bachelor of business administration in marketing from California State University at Fullerton.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Anped |
Senior Vice President of Crm Solutions |
Current |
| Autogia Inc |
Senior Vice President of Crm Solutions |
Current |
| Autoweb.com |
Senior Vice President, Crm Solutions, Autobytel Inc. |
Current |
| Car.Com Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Vehix |
Vice President of Products |
Current |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Autobytel Inc. |
Regional Internet Director |
Former |
| California State University |
B.A. In Marketing |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Vice President Business Development |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Vice President of Purchasing, Potamkin Automotive |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Vice President Dealer Sales |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
V.P., Human Resources, Autobytel Inc. |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Vice President, Corporate Communications, Autobytel Inc. |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Senior Director, Lead Operations, Autobytel Inc. |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
National Sales Director, Autobytel Inc. |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Executive Internet Director, Luther Auto Group |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Technical Operations & Delivery Manager |
Current |
| Chasing Nuts |
|
Current |
| Michigan Technological University |
Bachelor's Degree In Electrical Engineering Technology |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Manager, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Human Resources Analyst, Autobytel Inc. |
Current |
Array
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Yourwriters |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Autoweb.com |
Board of Directors |
Current |
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