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Gregori Faroux

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AVP of Software Engineering - Marketplaces & E-commerce at Cox Automotive Inc.
📍 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Gregori Faroux is the AVP of Software Engineering at Cox Automotive, leading a team of over 200 engineers for major platforms like Autotrader. With a background including a CTO role and an MBA from Georgia State University, he excels at aligning technology with business strategy. Colleagues describe him as humble, intelligent, and creative.

Originally from France, Gregori overcame a dyslexia diagnosis to build a successful career in technology. He emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence, which he developed by traveling and working abroad. He is passionate about mentoring emerging leaders and fostering collaborative, empowered team cultures.

Unique fact: He was an invited speaker at AWS re: Invent 2018, where he discussed leveraging AWS Fargate to accelerate data analysis in the life sciences sector.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
AVP of Software Engineering - Marketplaces & E-commerce
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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E-commerce Marketplaces
Leads engineering for Autotrader, Private Seller Exchange, and end-to-end digital retailing solutions, focusing on large-scale online transaction platforms.
AI in Life Sciences
As CTO for Catalytic Data Science, he harnessed AI and NLP to automate data-intensive workflows and improve operational efficiency in the life sciences sector.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
AVP of Software Engineering - Marketplaces & E-commerce
Cox Automotive Inc.
3-2022 - 9-2024
AVP of Software Engineering - Autotrader, Dealer.com, and KBB
Cox Automotive Inc.
11-2020 - 3-2022
Director of Software Engineering
Cox Automotive Inc.
2-2018 - 11-2020
CTO
Catalytic Data Science
11-2016 - 12-2017
AVP, Research Technology & Services
Georgia State University
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Education
2009 - 2011
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
1996 - 1998
Master's
Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)
1993 - 1996
BS
Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)
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