Cormac Twomey

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Chief Technology Officer at Envoy

Menlo Park, California, United States

Overview

Cormac Twomey is the incoming Chief Technology Officer at Cars Commerce, starting in December 2025. With over 25 years of experience, he has led technology teams at Envoy, OpenTable, and eHarmony, specializing in SaaS platform transformation, AI, and data. Colleagues describe him as an empathetic, inspiring, and customer-focused technology leader.

He is passionate about solving complex, real-world technical challenges and has been programming since he was eight years old. Cormac is a graduate of Dublin City University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Applications.

Unique fact: He holds patents for online matching systems and methods for navigating information using metadata.

Personality Overview

Optimistic

Story Driven

Non-Confrontational

Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.  They agree with others often, so exercise caution when relying on their word. They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals.

Topics They Care About

Automotive Tech & AI
His new role as CTO of Cars Commerce focuses on accelerating innovation and advancing AI capabilities to power the automotive retail and wholesale industry.
SaaS Platform Transformation
He led OpenTable's successful migration from a reservation marketplace to a sophisticated SaaS-based solutions model, scaling the platform to over 60, 000 businesses.
Engineering Culture
He is credited with transforming the engineering culture at OpenTable by adopting a DevOps and continuous delivery model and is known for empowering his teams.

Media Appearances

Cormac has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2023
Chief Technology Officer at Envoy
1-2022 - 2-2023
Chief Technology Officer at OpenTable
7-2016 - 1-2022
SVP Engineering at OpenTable
10-2012 - 6-2016
VP, Engineering at OpenTable
2-2011 - 10-2012
Sr. Director of Engineering, Matching at eHarmony.com

Education

1990 - 1994
Bachelor of Science from Dublin City University
1979 - 1990
Education details unavailable from CUS

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Exp : 27 Location : Menlo Park, California, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Chief Technology Officer at Envoy
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Insights For Selling To Cormac

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Refer to interesting customer testimonials and stress on great customer experience
  • Compliment them about their personality if you get a chance
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee

DONT's

  • Don’t be too formal with them, they trust informality more
  • Don't be critical or challenge them openly, they can react defensively
  • Avoid overloading them with too much information

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Cormac is

  • Relationships and rapport matter to them, but so does the value of the product.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Cormac

  • They probably won't say no directly.


Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Cormac move?

  • They are not the ones to make fast decisions, even while they stay committed.
  • Can Cormac take some risk or not?

  • If it seems really necessary, they can take small risks.

You And Cormac

Personality Compatibility


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