Management Team

RepairPal is comprised of many talented and dedicated individuals. Our team of more than two dozen automotive professionals, all ASE certified and factory-trained technicians and parts specialists, has a combined 500 years of professional experience across all major car makes. Our team also includes talented software engineers, writers, designers, marketers, and analysts.

Leading the team is a group of experienced entrepreneurs:

Art Shaw

CEO and Board Member

With over 20 years of experience in building companies to become leaders in their industries, Art Shaw serves as the CEO at RepairPal guiding its strategy and operations. Art was most recently the CEO of Epic Media Group, a leading global advertising and marketing company that builds brands and drives customer acquisition across Display, Search, Mobile and Social. Prior, he served as President and CEO of myCFO growing that startup to its sale to Harris Bank after achieving the #1 rating from Bloomberg Wealth Manager for two consecutive years. Previously, Art was at Charles Schwab where he launched www.schwab.com and helped grow it to more than $1 billion in revenue. While at Schwab, Art also ran the mass-market business deploying technologies to improve service and lower costs, and created and ran Schwab’s Strategic Planning Group. He has also held positions domestically and internationally with McKinsey and Chase.

Art holds a BA, magna cum laude, in Mathematical Economics from Brown University where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Stanford University. He was also selected as a Henry R. Luce Scholar and spent a year in Thailand working on Public Policy.

Andrew Drake

Senior Vice President of Sales & Business Development

Andrew is responsible for the customer side of RepairPal’s business, including marketing, sales, business development and account management. Andrew has many years of experience in the automotive sector, including running business development for AutoTrader.com, leading product management for Manheim Auto Auctions, and serving on the Board of Directors of Edmunds.com. Andrew’s entrepreneurial experience includes being the founding CEO of TheStreet.com (Nasdaq: TSCM), the President of GreenSky and the VP of Product Management for Amulet. He has served on the Board of Digital Domain, FirstLook.com and ChangeAddress.com. Andrew was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, has an MBA from the University of Chicago and has a BA in Economics from Carleton College.

Aaron Tavistock

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

With over fifteen years of software development experience, Aaron leads the development team for RepairPal. Prior to RepairPal, Aaron spent seven years at ZipRealty (Nasdaq: ZIPR), most recently as Chief Architect. Aaron is an expert in several programming languages, network infrastructure, and systems security. He is the co-author of two noted books on Java development including Essential JSP for Web Developers and Core JSP.

Bret Bodas

Director Data & Content

Bret directs the team of automotive technicians, data analysts, writers, and editorial staff at RepairPal. Prior to RepairPal, he worked for over eighteen years as a professional automotive technician, lead technician, and shop foreman. Working for Volvo, Audi, Volkswagen, Saab, and Porsche dealerships, he has won awards for his customer service and technical expertise. He is both a Volvo Certified Master Technician and an ASE Certified Master Technician.

Rob Sturtz

Director of Product Management

Rob has deep experience with internet technologies ranging from voice recognition to IPTV and VoIP. Prior to RepairPal, Rob designed mobile voice recognition solutions for Nuance Communications (Formerly BeVocal). He also led development teams for the AT&T U-Verse product while consulting with Accenture. Rob holds a BS in Management Economics from the University of California at Davis.

Richard Ro

Director of Operations

Richard coordinates RepairPal's day-to-day operations, focused principally on customer service, account and partner management, sales support and financial reporting. He has extensive experience in technology consulting, financial auditing and real estate finance. He holds a BS in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.