Dealer.com, the leading provider of online marketing solutions for the automotive industry, announced that industry veteran Tom O'Leary will join the Dealer.com team as vice president of sales. In the new role, O'Leary will lead the company's sales operations for North America's leading dealerships, dealer groups and OEMs. With almost two decades of demonstrated professional success in automotive, IT and online marketing best practices, O'Leary brings a wealth of knowledge and direct insight to Dealer.com's clients, staff members and management.
O'Leary's most recent career highlights have been as a managing partner of eBizAutos and as director of retail sales operations for Tesla Motors. While at Tesla, he managed all aspects of development of the first two retail installations in southern California, serving as interim general manager at both stores. He has also served as the senior manager for eBay Motors' Dealer Marketplace where he was responsible for the entire passenger vehicle dealer vertical. As vice president for Jumpstart Digital Marketing, O'Leary managed strategic marketing programs for OEMs, Vehix.com and NADAguides.com. In addition, he served as the director of the SoftAd Group's Ford Dealer Connection.
O'Leary's depth of experience includes work with dealer ad networks, direct sales and marketing, OEM dealer website programs, third party lead providers, OEM retail sales and national consumer automotive portal retail sales. His unique experience includes work directly with OEMs, dealerships and online marketing companies, giving him a comprehensive understanding of the automotive industry and the world of online retail sales and marketing. In his new role, he will head up the sales operations for Dealer.com and report directly to CMO Dean Evans.
Founded in Burlington, VT in 1997, Dealer.com is the leading provider of online marketing solutions to the automotive industry. Dealer.com offers NADA award-winning SmartSites™ website design incorporating dynamic video; user-friendly lead management tools; the best in search engine advertising and unparalleled metrics and web analytics. Excellent customer service, innovative training and proven results are just a few of the reasons why more of the top 125 dealer groups use Dealer.com than any other vendor. Dealer.com was also the 2008 top rated web provider on Drivingsales.com, the industry’s largest online dealer community.
Dealer.com’s suite of online marketing solutions is the only set of tools that effectively creates a 360° view of auto dealers’ online and traditional marketing investments and results. Dealers are easily able to track spending and determine which activities are leading to the highest return on investment, allowing them to streamline advertising and marketing efforts into targeted activities that increase sales and improve the bottom line.
