OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -

DRAIVER made a major executive move on the first business day of 2021.

The software provider in the vehicle transportation industry announced on Tuesday that veteran technology executive Anthony Monteiro will transition from president of automotive retail to becoming the company’s chief operating officer.

The company highlighted Monteiro has years of experience in product innovation, sales management, operations and scaling young companies. Monteiro spent more than 25 years in a variety of leadership roles with the companies such as ELEAD CRM/CDK Global, Sonic Automotive, Prime Motor Group and Autoweb.com.

Prior to joining DRAIVER, Monteiro served as vice president of product at ELEAD CRM, a CDK Global company that provides software for automotive sales, servicing and marketing for more than 6,000 dealers in the U.S.

At DRAIVER, Monteiro will be responsible for strategic partnerships, sales, marketing, professional services, recruitment, and ensuring operational excellence. Having driven growth strategies with several of the nation’s top companies within several businesses, the company added that Monteiro will also focus on fueling DRAIVER’s continued accelerated growth and expansion into new verticals.

“Anthony has a strong and reputable track record of successfully implementing strategic visions that have catapulted several companies from start-ups to large industry leaders,” DRAIVER chief executive officer Zarif Haque said in a news release. “Throughout his career, he has overachieved in driving profitability and revenue growth. He holds a unique combination of intimate industry knowledge and a leadership style which has proven to be extremely successful in his past endeavors.

“Anthony has successfully maneuvered through numerous ventures demonstrating his ability to scale quickly and effectively while maintaining integrity and a positive culture,” Haque continued. “We now have the industry’s most advanced technology platform, numerous issued patents, and an extremely talented team.

“We are looking forward to further establishing our brand with Anthony’s expertise by introducing new strategies and initiatives that I believe will unlock the company’s full potential. We are extremely excited about this addition to the DRAIVER family,” Haque went on to say.

Monteiro described what it means to take on this new role with DRAIVER and what he hopes to accomplish.

“This is an industry need that many companies have been trying to solve for a very long time and what I find most compelling about what we are doing at DRAIVER is that we have solutions that not only solve the challenges around moving vehicles, it is an all-in-one solution for the execution of moving essentially anything including people and packages,” Monteiro said.

“We are truly delivering the best option for clients around the country that are struggling to facilitate this new culture of selling and servicing vehicles remotely, while at the same time providing a platform for thousands of people to make a great living through these trying times,” he continued.

“With our recent additions to the senior management team like Liam Kirby, Carmen Andreoli and Jason Fayling, we are bringing some of the most experienced leadership and result oriented team in the industry, DRAIVER is poised for even greater success,” Monteiro added. “I’m looking forward to helping take the company to the next level in 2021.”