George Chamoun

Chief Executive Officer

George Chamoun became CEO of ACV Auctions on September 16, 2016. As an early angel investor in ACV, George was drawn by the company’s long term potential. George brings a successful track record of accomplishment as an entrepreneur and senior executive. He co-founded Synacor (Nasdaq: SYNC) right out of college in 1998, and spent the next two decades building it into a trusted technology and revenue partner for some of the largest video and communication providers in the world. George was President of Sales and Marketing, growing the business for many years which enabled the company to go public in 2012.

George has been recognized for his accomplishments;

• In 2009 when Multichannel News named him one of the publication's "40-under-40" most influential innovators in the industry
• In 1999 recipient of the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award in NY

George has a passion for Entrepreneurship and serves as Chairman of Launch NY, a non-for-profit organization supporting the startup ecosystem for Upstate New York. George is a proud husband and father of two great kids.

Joseph Neiman

Chief Customer Success Officer

Joe started his automotive career at 15 years old and never looked back. He grew and developed a successful independent dealership that eclipsed annual retail sales of 500+ and month over month inventory turn exceeding 100%. His challenges associated with sourcing enough inventory drove him to reconsider his own business and join a large-scale franchise dealership operation. In this setting, he learned first-hand how the new car dealerships struggle at valuating trades and liquidating wholesale inventory. Being able to walk in both the new and used car dealer’s shoes provided Joe the unique perspective to create a solution that would bring both buyers and sellers together with a legitimate auction that removed all the time commitments, logistical challenges, high costs per transaction, and risk. From its first iteration, ACV Auctions has been founded on the fundamental believe that a business will only survive if it truly adds substantial value to all of its users. ACV has achieved the prestigious triple-crown by being a true Win-Win-Win. The buyers, sellers, and even the retail customer all benefit greatly when dealers transact on ACV.

Matthew George

Chief Financial Officer

Matthew brings over 20 years of financial leadership experience to ACV. As ACV's chief financial officer, Matthew executes the financial strategy to manage ACV’s hyper-growth and oversees the finance, accounting, and other operating functions. Matthew was drawn to ACV on multiple levels—its tremendous growth potential—and to join and contribute to the amazing culture the team has built.

Most recently, Matthew was vice president and CFO of the consumer division at Intuit after holding financial leadership positions in various business units since 2003. While at Intuit, Matthew held several leadership positions with increasing responsibility across the company. The positions included leadership roles with the small business division, corporate financial planning and analysis, financial services, and the consumer division. Matthew was recognized for several accomplishments, and during his tenure, the consumer division grew from $1.5 billion in revenue to $2.5 billion in revenue.

Matthew has roots in upstate New York and earned his bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Hamilton College. He then joined General Electric Power Systems in its Financial Management Program, starting in Schenectady, NY. He later earned an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University before joining Intuit. Outside of the office, Matthew enjoys a wide array of sporting activities, from attending live sporting events to skiing and golf.

Craig Anderson

Chief Corporate Development Officer

Craig brings over 15 years of financial, legal and operating experience to ACV. As chief corporate development officer, Craig leads the company’s innovation plan, strategic opportunities and business affairs. Craig was drawn to ACV because of the enormity of the market opportunity and to work with a team dedicated to their customers and each other.

Most recently, Craig was CFO at Compass, a real estate technology company. Previously he held executive leadership positions at other rapidly scaling businesses, including COO/CFO at Flywheel Sports and president/COO of an advertising exchange. Before that, he was a vice president in the investment banking division of The Blackstone Group. Craig began his career as an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers, where he worked on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity deals and complex litigation.

Craig has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Outside of the office, Craig enjoys hanging out in Brooklyn with his wife and kids.

Michael Waterman

Senior Vice President of Sales

A 20-plus year veteran of the auto industry, Michael Waterman brings deep experience in market development, hiring top sales talent and working with dealerships to enhance their wholesale process. Prior to his arrival at ACV, Michael most recently served in product and sales management roles at Dealersocket, Dealertrack and Adesa; after beginning his career managing dealerships.

Dan Magnuszewski

Chief Technology Officer

Questioning the status-quo is the driving factor behind Dan's entrepreneurial endeavors, and he is no stranger to solving problems through software. His path into the wholesale automotive industry began in Middle School when his father would sell used cars out of classified ads in the newspaper. This would lead to a small used vehicle lot (which he is still involved with today). While Dan grew up around a used car lot, his love of technology, engineering, and the internet lead him to down a different path. He became a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) out of high school and studied Computer Science at the University of Buffalo.

While studying, he worked for M&T Bank developing and designing network monitoring software. A few years out of school Dan began working at Synacor, first as a systems administrator, and then as a software engineer. Eventually leaving Synacor to start new companies and freelance as a "technical co-founder for hire" working with startups in NYC and California. During this time, he also cofounded a coworking space, CoworkBuffalo, in Downtown Buffalo, NY.

Working with startups lead him to his next endeavor as Managing Director at Z80 Labs, a technology incubator and seed fund. Over the next two and half years he would assist, mentor, and invest in early stage startups.

In 2014, Dan began talking to Joe Neiman about issues with his independent dealership in Albany, NY. The two began strategizing on how to leverage the ubiquity of mobile technology to help reshape the entire automotive industry.

Jill Ball

Director of Human Resources

Jill has 13+ years experience in Human Resources, with the majority of this experience in the Buffalo Technology startup space. As a Graduate from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a degree in Psychology, Jill’s first job out of college was as a Technical Recruiter for a large national staffing firm in Charlotte, NC. From there Jill returned to her hometown of Buffalo, NY to pursue her career in Recruitment. Jill grew up in the staffing and recruitment world, as both her parents had successful tenures in the industry. So it was a natural fit as she seamlessly followed in their footsteps. Her Recruitment career evolved into an HR Manager role and Strategic Business Partner role. In 2016, Jill joined ACV Auctions as the 35th employee.

Jill currently serves as the Director of Human Resources at ACV Auctions, where she is responsible for hiring, culture, benefits, compensation, training, development, organizational design, talent management, workforce planning and office administration.

Outside of the office, Jill serves as the president of the Western New York chapter for the National Human Resource Association, a chapter she co-founded in 2012.