In conjunction with the news, the company is announcing that it’s landed a new COO: Rudi Thun, who was previously the GM of AOL Autos, the fourth biggest online car site (Disclosure: TechCrunch is owned by AOL). This is a significant hire for the team, as the core team of founders didn’t actually have any experience with cars when they first started the company. They say that’s served them well up until now, but it was time to bring someone onboard with extensive experience in the space.
Congrats Rudi!
