CHICAGO, April 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Crash Champions, one of the
largest founder-led operators of high-quality automotive collision
repair centers in the U.S., today announced the appointment of
automotive industry veteran Barrett
Callaghan to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Callaghan brings two decades of industry experience to Crash
Champions from his current role as the Global Head of Markets and
Customer Success for Shift Technology and his previous work as
Executive Vice President of Markets and Customer Success at CCC
Intelligent Solutions ("CCC").
"The Crash Champions leadership team is proud to welcome Mr.
Callaghan to the Board," said Matt
Ebert, Founder and CEO of Crash Champions. "We believe
Barrett Callaghan is a proven
industry thought-leader who has spent his career developing and
delivering data-driven insights at the intersection of the
automotive and insurance markets."
In his current role with Shift Technology, Callaghan is helping
lead AI-powered decision-making solutions that benefit global
insurance clients and their customers. At CCC, he led the strategic
growth for insurance, automotive and OEM markets.
"The evolution of the Crash Champions brand is a remarkable
testament to Matt and his team," said Mr. Callaghan. "I am proud to
join the Board and look forward to partnering with the experienced
leadership team."
"We are excited to welcome Barrett and look forward to
partnering with him as we continue to scale Crash Champions to
build a national collision repair platform," said José E.
Feliciano, Chairman of Crash Champions' Board of Directors and
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clearlake, and Colin Leonard, Partner and Managing Director at
Clearlake.
Crash Champions operates more than 630 high-quality collision
repair centers in 37 states and Washington D.C., and is the only national
founder-led multi-shop operator (MSO) in the industry.
Independent collision repair operators interested in joining the
Crash Champions team through the acquisition process are encouraged
to visit www.crashchampions.com/sell-your-shop.
About Crash Champions
Crash Champions is one of the largest founder led multi-shop
operators (MSO) of high-quality collision repair service in the
U.S., serving customers and business partners at more than 630
state-of-the-art repair centers in 37 states across the U.S. The
company was founded in 1999 as a single Chicago repair center by industry veteran
Matt Ebert, a 2023 Winner of the EY
Entrepreneur of the Year Midwest Award. For more information, and
to locate a local repair center, visit www.crashchampions.com.
ABOUT CLEARLAKE
Founded in 2006, Clearlake is an investment firm
operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit, and
other related strategies. With a sector-focused approach, the firm
seeks to partner with experienced management teams by providing
patient, long term capital to dynamic businesses that can benefit
from Clearlake's operational improvement
approach, O.P.S.® The firm's core target
sectors are technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake
currently has over $75 billion of assets under
management, and its senior investment principals have led or co-led
over 400 investments. The firm is headquartered in Santa
Monica, CA with affiliates in Dallas, TX, London,
UK, Dublin, Ireland,
and Singapore.
Media Contact Crash Champions
Gaffney Bennett PR
crash@gbpr.com
Media Contact Clearlake
Jennifer Hurson
Jhurson@lambert.com
View original content to download
multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/crash-champions-appoints-automotive-industry-veteran-barrett-callaghan-to-its-board-of-directors-302120200.html
SOURCE Crash Champions