This management announcement follows Shift’s
In this newly created role, McCollum will oversee all sales and marketing initiatives in order to drive accelerated growth, leveraging Shift’s differentiated model and technology platform. McCollum is an industry veteran with extensive automotive retail management and dealership operations experience who will support the technology and innovation effort towards rapid growth.
“Shift has built out a strong management team whose unparalleled technology expertise has provided us an edge in building a differentiated consumer offering. With the addition of Mark, we’re now adding to that mix veteran automotive retail expertise,” said
McCollum brings over 35 years of deep auto retail experience. He served as market president for AutoNation, the nation’s largest automotive retailer, where he oversaw 22 franchises under 18 rooftops with revenue in excess of
“As someone who has spent his entire career in this industry, I see a unique opportunity at hand for Shift to be transformative in the industry, and believe the company is positioned for tremendous growth,” said McCollum. “This is an exciting time to join Shift, and I look forward to helping the company fulfill its potential and achieve great success.”
About Shift
Shift is a leading end-to-end auto ecommerce platform transforming the used car industry with a technology-driven, hassle-free customer experience. Shift’s mission is to make car purchase and ownership simple — to make buying or selling a used car fun, fair, and accessible to everyone. Shift provides comprehensive, digital solutions throughout the car ownership lifecycle: finding the right car, having a test drive brought to you before buying the car, a seamless digitally-driven purchase transaction including financing and vehicle protection products, an efficient, digital trade-in/sale transaction, and a vision to provide high-value support services during car ownership. For more information please visit www.shift.com.
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