Episode 516

Copart's CTO & SVP of Technology Rama Prasad

December 31, 2020

More Ways to Listen

LISTEN TO PODCAST

Subscribe on Your Favorite Platform

Other Platforms

About the Guest

Rama Prasad

CTO & SVP of Copart

Rama Prasad is the senior vice president of technology & chief technology officer of Copart, a business with revenues approaching $1.5 billion annually. Copart takes cars on consignment from sellers and markets them to its members, serving as a marketplace for buyers and sellers to come together. In this role, Rama oversees all technology, all the development and maintenance, and the support and the operations of technology. Prior to joining Copart, Rama was the SVP & CIO of Gogo LLC.

Episode Overview

516: Copart’s CTO & SVP of Technology Rama Prasad discusses:

The company’s transformation to modernize its technology
How the company has transitioned to a mobile workforce
The implications of switching to a gig economy
Why Copart keeps a closer eye on companies in other markets than those in its own industry
Copart’s partnership with Twilio
Some aspects of Copart’s strategic plan
Why WhatsApp is tremendously underutilized in Rama’s estimation

Among a variety of other topics.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More

“"The solutions you provide have to be integrated. You may have 10 technologies that you are bringing together, but the user should not care, they should not know that" "