Leadership Team

• Langley Steinert Founder/Executive Chairman

  Langley Steinert founded CarGurus in 2006 with a vision for helping automotive shoppers better navigate their car search. Since then, the company has grown to become a leading global automotive marketplace, helping millions of shoppers find great car deals and connect with top-rated dealers. Prior to founding CarGurus, Langley was co-founder and Chairman of TripAdvisor, Inc. an online travel marketplace. He also held management roles at Viaweb (sold to Yahoo! Inc.), Papyrus, and Lotus Development Corp. In addition to serving as Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board at CarGurus, he also is a Board member at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and he is co-founder and Chairman of the Board at ApartmentAdvisor, an apartment rental marketplace. Langley holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA from Georgetown University.

• Jason Trevisan CEO

  Jason joined CarGurus in 2015 as Chief Financial Officer, and he was appointed to CEO in 2021. Prior to joining CarGurus, Jason was with Polaris Partners for twelve years, serving as General Partner since 2010. Prior to Polaris, he held various management roles in Analytics and Client Services at aQuantive (acquired by Microsoft) and was a consultant with Bain & Company. Jason received his MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA from Duke University.

• Sam Zales President & Chief Operating Officer

  Sam, who joined CarGurus in 2014, serves as President and COO of CarGurus, leading the company’s revenue and go-to-market functions as well as CarGurus’ International. He also leads the company’s digital wholesale business, including oversight of CarOffer, an instant trade wholesale platform in which the company acquired a majority stake in January 2021. Prior to joining CarGurus, Sam held executive management roles at several technology companies including ZoomInfo, Clicksquared and Buyerzone.com. He has an MBA from Kellogg (Northwestern University) and a BA from Dartmouth College.

• Elisa Palazzo Chief Financial Officer

  Elisa joined CarGurus as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in December 2023 with deep experience in the technology sector, particularly focused on online marketplaces. Prior to joining CarGurus, she was Deputy CFO and Senior Vice President of Finance at Talkspace. Prior to that, Elisa was a Managing Director at Hudson Executive Capital, overseeing investments in consumer, online and digital media companies. Earlier in her career she held senior technology investment roles at several asset management institutions, and served as an investment banker at Credit Suisse. Elisa holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a Degree in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University.

• Javier Zamora General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

  Javier joined CarGurus in August 2022 as General Counsel & Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining CarGurus, Javier was VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Converse, Inc. based in Boston. In his role at Converse, Javier was a member of Converse’s Senior Leadership Team and was responsible for global enterprise legal, regulatory, compliance, and corporate secretarial functions. He managed a global legal team responsible for enterprise risk management, commercial transactions, global retail and digital marketplace, consumer engagement, brand marketing, e-commerce, regulatory compliance, enterprise contract management, product compliance and safety, global licensing, litigation, global security, and global brand protection among other areas. Javier also served as an executive sponsor of the Converse Mosaic Employee Network and was Co-Chair of the Converse Military Veterans Network. Prior to Converse, Javier was a member of the NIKE Legal Department serving as Assistant General Counsel and working on matters related to: supply chain, manufacturing, sourcing, IT, IP, brand marketing, compliance & ethics, operations, logistics, corporate aviation, and social & community impact. Prior to NIKE, Javier practiced corporate and securities law at a national law firm based in Chicago and was an officer in the military who served a tour of duty in Iraq.

• Matt Quinn Chief Technology Officer

  After working in the Boston technology scene for over 25 years, Matt joined CarGurus in 2022 as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining CarGurus, he was the Vice President of Engineering at the small business referral network, Alignable. He has also led large development teams at technology companies such as Vistaprint, Amazon and Audible. Matt pioneered Vistaprint’s promotional products business, built and led their digital services Engineering team, managed teams on Amazon’s Fire Phone launch, served as the site lead for Audible’s Boston office and led teams that launched Audible on Alexa, FireTV and Kindle. He holds a Master’s of Science in Management from Emmanuel College and a B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the College of the Holy Cross.

• Ismail Elshareef Chief Product Officer

  Ismail joined CarGurus in February 2024 as Chief Product Officer (CPO), with over 20 years of experience building, scaling, and re-imagining platforms to answer customer and business needs. Prior to CarGurus, he was CPO for OneFootball, where he helped refine strategy to support growth objectives. Before that he led product, engineering, and infrastructure as CPO at UpKeep. He also held leadership positions at Ticketmaster and Edmunds.com. Ismail has completed the executive management program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He also holds an M.S. in electrical engineering from California State University, Los Angeles and a B.S. in computer engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

• Dafna Sarnoff Chief Marketing Officer

  Dafna joined CarGurus in 2021 as Chief Marketing Officer. Previously, Dafna led Marketing for several technology and growth companies, including Aura, a digital security innovator; Intersection, an experience-driven media and technology company; and Yodle (acquired by Web.com), a digital marketing SaaS business. She also held various leadership roles over 10 years at American Express in both consumer and B2B Marketing after starting her career at Bain & Company. Dafna holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Mathematics from Dartmouth College.

• Mike O'Hanlon Chief Revenue Officer

  Mike joined CarGurus in September 2024 as Chief Revenue Officer. He brings nearly 20 years of experience driving customer sales, service, and partnership strategy for rapidly growing online marketplace businesses, most recently as Chief Partnership Officer at ezCater. Before that, he led supplier relationships, international business expansion, and strategic partnerships at Wayfair. Earlier in his career, Mike was in investment banking and he spent six years as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. He earned an M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Virginia.

• Jennifer Hanson Chief People Officer

  Jennifer joined CarGurus in September 2024 as Chief People Officer, bringing more than 20 years of experience in human resources, employee benefits, and law. Known as an innovator with a passion for human-centered design, her experience spans technology, healthcare, and financial services. Before CarGurus, she was a Senior Corporate Advisor and Chief Human Resources Officer at Accolade and spent over 15 years with Fidelity Investments. Jennifer started her career as an in-house healthcare attorney, receiving her Juris Doctor degree from Northeastern University’s School of Law.

• Zach Hallowell Chief Executive Officer, CarOffer

  Zach was appointed Chief Executive Officer of CarOffer in December 2023, bringing over 20 years of digital wholesale industry experience to the role. He joined CarGurus in October 2023 as Head of Industry Transformation before transitioning to his role with CarOffer. Prior to joining CarGurus, Zach led the development and subsequent scaling of digital solutions for some of the largest players in the wholesale space, from guiding Product Management at OPENLANE in the early 2000s, to most recently leading Manheim Auctions’ digital wholesale marketplace at Cox Automotive. He has a B.A. in Political Science from Middlebury College and is a patent holder on several solutions related to wholesale remarketing systems.