Mike Ohanlon

About Mike Ohanlon

Inspirational e-Commerce, Marketplace and SAAS executive with strong leadership, general management, go-to-market, product strategy, sales, partnership and revenue generation skills. Love to start, scale and grow!Who I am.As a leader: Inspire teams to perform at a high level while also enjoying the work. Natural developer with high EQ who knows their people well and puts them in positions to shine. Straightforward communicator. Great explainer of the why. Highly ethical. As a teammate: Trust builder who does what he says he will do. Get things done orientation. Understands that interdepartmental alignment is key. Enjoys the work and the team with an emphasis on performance and fun.As an executive: Enabler of strategic vision. Keen awareness of tradeoffs, able to make hard decisions to allocate resources. Understands how the company fits into the ecosystem and where the puck is going. Marketplace dynamics and flywheels are sources of joy. As a partner: Empathy first with a focus on listening and understanding. Customer-oriented, win-win solution builder. Advocate. Able sayer of “no” while saying “yes” - negotiation doesn\'t have to hurt. Enjoys a sticky problem that requires data, analytics and creativity to solve. Relationship building comes easy and is never done.

Experience

1. CarGurus

   Present

Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  MBA, FInance

  1993 — 1995

• Fairfax High School

  High School

  1981 — 1985

• University of Virginia

  BS, Nuclear Engineering

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Venture Capital
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Strategic Partnerships
• Corporate Law
• Finance
• Online Advertising
• Investment Banking
• Corporate Finance
• Product Marketing
• Business Valuation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Management
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Business Development
• SEO
• Corporate Development
• Investments
• Online Marketing
• Strategic Alliances
• Web Analytics
• Marketing
• Analytics
• Marketing Strategy
• Private Equity