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MICHAEL
WHEATLEY

Director · Recurrent  /  2025 Remarketing 40 Under 40

10+ Years Auto EV Data Pioneer ARA EV Committee Raleigh, NC
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By the Numbers

10+
Years in Auto Industry
3
Industry Segments Mastered
40
UNDER 40
Auto Remarketing · Class of 2025
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Pit Lane

2023 — Present

Director of Client Solutions

Recurrent  ·  Raleigh, NC

Building EV data partnerships with the industry's largest dealers and wholesale platforms. Enabling dealerships and auctions to tell their clients a story through data — at a moment when nobody else knows how to tell that story yet. Serving on the ARA EV Readiness Committee, shaping how an entire industry approaches electrification.

Current

2021 — 2022

Sr Commercial Client Solutions

Cox Automotive  ·  MD / DC / Northern VA

National accounts at enterprise scale — finance companies, rental fleets, credit unions, banks. Consultative deal-making that required equal parts data fluency and relationship intelligence.

Enterprise

2018 — 2021

Sr Client Solutions Executive

Cox Automotive  ·  Baltimore, MD

Drove auction services adoption across franchise and independent dealer networks. Built value through data storytelling before it was the industry norm. Learned what dealers actually care about.

Dealer Networks

2016 — 2018

Client Engagement Specialist

Manheim  ·  Elkridge, MD

Wholesale auction operations — where the real texture of the remarketing industry lives and breathes. Foundation built, contacts made, instincts sharpened.

Wholesale

2015 — 2016

Sales & Leasing Consultant

Porsche of Annapolis

Sold cool people, cool cars. The origin story. No notes — except that selling a Porsche is less about the machine and more about understanding exactly what someone wants from life.

Origin
PORSCHE

Where it
Started

"Sold cool people,
cool cars."

Every great career has an ignition point. Michael's was a Porsche showroom in Annapolis — learning that selling an exceptional machine is really about understanding what people want from life, and earning their trust in about twenty minutes.

That instinct — product conviction, rapid trust, consultative close — has powered every role in the decade since. From Manheim's wholesale lanes to Cox's national accounts to building EV data infrastructure at Recurrent.

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Growth Trajectory

● High Fit

VP / Head of Business Development

The natural next gear. Michael is doing VP-level work already — national partnerships, category strategy, industry committee leadership. The title is the formality. The capability is already there.

● Adjacent Move

OEM Remarketing / Fleet & Lease

Ford, GM, Stellantis — all sitting on growing off-lease EV inventory they don't fully know how to price or move. Michael knows both the data and the buyers. That's a rare combination right now.

● High Upside

EV Infrastructure / Charging Networks

ChargePoint, EVgo, Blink — all trying to crack dealer and fleet relationships. Michael has the rolodex and the credibility. He can open those doors on day one, which is exactly what early-stage infrastructure needs.

● Bold Move

Startup GTM Lead / BD Director

Early-stage auto-tech startups need one thing before product-market fit: someone who can get in the room with dealers and auction platforms and close. That skill set is rare. Michael has it.

Where it's
Going

The used EV market is the murkiest, most interesting problem in automotive right now. Range anxiety, battery degradation, residual uncertainty — and Michael sits at the exact intersection of data and trust that solves it.

Not many people can say they've sold a Porsche, moved iron at Manheim, built national dealer programs at Cox, and are now building the data layer for the EV transition. That combination doesn't happen twice.

Current Role
Recurrent
Committee
ARA EV
Market Focus
Used EV
Recognition
40 U40
94% BATTERY 94.2% RANGE EST. 291 mi MARKET VAL $28,900