Steve leads Copart's real estate acquisition and facility development teams, as well as initiatives to drive growth across Copart's complementary lines of business, including Purple Wave and National Powersport Auctions (NPA).
Steve began his career with Copart over 40 years ago, most recently serving as the company's COO, a role in which he led major initiatives such as real estate acquisition and development, catastrophic event response and the development of our logistics fleet. Prior to his role as COO, Steve was VP of Operations for Copart's Eastern Division.
Dave leads Copart's marketing functions, including marketing analytics, brand, communications, digital, and global member development as well as leading our Cash for Cars business.
Dave has extensive experience in marketing and data analytics, serving most recently as SVP, Data Insights and CMO, Consumer Auto Finance at Capital One. Prior to Capital One he held various leadership positions at McKinsey & Co, supporting clients across the firms Travel,
Neel leads Copart's new product development initiatives, in close partnership with sales, marketing, operations and technology.
Neel has extensive product development experience, serving most recently as VP, Product at Chewy and previously in product development, marketing, strategy, and innovation roles at Boxed and Staples. Neel holds an MBA and an MS in Information Systems from the
Hessel leads Copart's operations across more than 200 locations, optimizing processes and technology to ensure excellent service for Copart's sellers and members.
Hessel brings extensive operational leadership experience to Copart. Most recently, he served as an executive at DB Schenker, where he led their global contract logistics operations. Hessel is a veteran of the
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He added: 'I'm also excited about appointing Dave, Neel and Hessel to their new roles. Dave brings extensive experience in marketing and auto finance; Neel brings relevant experience to develop our Product capabilities; and Hessel brings substantial operational leadership experience to our team. They and the exceptional people on their teams will help drive our company forward.'
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