CEO & Co-Founder
As CEO, Jonathan Ord sets vision and drives overall strategy for DealerSocket.
Jonathan co-founded DealerSocket in 2001 to create a revolutionary model for industry niche CRM applications. Both DealerSocket and Jonathan have received many accolades including being named Best Overall Company globally in the 2008 Stevie International Business Awards, Best Management Team in the 2009 American Business Awards, one of the Red Herring North American 100 in 2009. Additionally, Jonathan has been honored as one of the most successful young Entrepreneurs and Executives in Southern California, being honored with the 2010 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award from the Orange County Business Journal.
A recognized leader in the automotive industry, Jonathan is a regular contributor to numerous business and auto industry publications. He is also an in-demand speaker, speaking regularly at the elite 20 Group meetings for top dealers groups including Larry H. Miller, Van Tuyl, Penske and Galpin. Additionally, Jonathan has been a guest speaker at events including JD Power Round Table, Red Herring North American 100, and a top rated speaker each year at Digital Dealer.
Jonathan is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Spanish, and a Master's Degree in Accounting and Information Systems.
CTO & Co-Founder
Brad has been the driving force behind multiple efforts to design, architect and implement solutions that improve business process through the use of technology. His focus has been on delivering financial management/ERP systems, customer relationship management, and eCommerce systems in a hosted model.
Brad began his career as Director of Accounting and Information Systems for Marketing Ally, an inbound/outbound call center in Provo, Utah, that consistently ranked in the nation's Top 50 call center solutions. At Marketing Ally, Brad designed and implemented financial management tools to track and gauge financial growth.
Brad went on to join Deloitte & Touche LLP where he performed financial audits and process consulting for Fortune 1000 companies. In early 1998, Brad left Deloitte & Touche to join Jonathan in building Foreshock, a new breed of consulting application service company. During his time at Foreshock, Brad contributed to the development and implementation of its sales and implementation methodologies and received national recognition from Microsoft Great Plains as the #1 account executive in the nation. Brad left Foreshock to co-found FireSocket with Jonathan Ord in 2001.
Brad is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he earned a Master's Degree in Accounting and Information Systems. Brad is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
COO
Cameron began his career as an attorney at the California litigation firm, Ure, Campbell & Associates, where he served from 1995 to 1998. In 1998 he joined Viking Components, a $250 million computer memory design, manufacturing and sales organization with 240 employees located in offices around the globe.
At Viking, Cameron oversaw Legal, HR and Corporate Development, leading a complete overhaul of the senior management team. He was instrumental in growing the company’s business to $400 million in annual sales and enlarging the workforce to more than 700 employees. Cameron implemented processes to ensure the use of hiring quality metrics, create retention programs to address its fast pace growth, and manage outsourced manufacturing strategies. At the end of his tenure at Viking Components, Cameron collaborated with the CEO to structure, negotiate and eventually sell the business successfully to Sanmina-SCI in 2002.
Prior to joining DealerSocket in 2004, Cameron was General Counsel and vice President of HR at New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Inc. as. Using his previous experience in restructuring, Cameron was responsible for putting into place a new set of business processes and procedures in order to organize the company.
Cameron is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English. He is also a graduate of Brigham Young University J. Rueben Clark Law School.
VP of Sales
Matt drives sales through a unified approach that incorporates marketing, sales and customer support.
Over the last 14 years, Matt has built his career around strategic marketing and driving sales in multiple markets through an innovative and focused approach. He began his career in the pharmaceutical industry where he worked for Parke-Davis (Pfizer), Merck and Sanofi-Aventis.
During his time in the pharmaceutical industry he held the following positions:
Matt is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Physiology.