AutoWeb, Inc. has appointed Jared Rowe as director, president and chief executive officer, succeeding Jeffrey Coats, with effect from April 12, 2018. Rowe brings more than two decades of key management experience across the automotive and marketing industries, holding senior positions at FordDirect, Cox Automotive, and Cerberus-backed YP Holdings. As president of YP Holdings, Jared was instrumental in the improvement of YellowPages.com's business operations and its eventual sale to Dex Media in 2017.

While at Cox Automotive, Rowe served as president of the Media Solutions Group, where he was responsible for leading the Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Dealer.com and Haystack businesses. This will be Rowe's second stint with AutoWeb, as he previously served as manager of strategic business development in 1998.