Cars.com chief product and innovation officer Matthew Crawford has resigned effective Nov. 28 after nearly four years with the company, according to a securities filing.
Matthew Crawford
Crawford is leaving of his own accord “to pursue another opportunity outside of the company,” the filing states. He will support a transition plan while the company starts looking for a replacement.
Crawford joined Cars.com in January 2022 as chief product officer and had “innovation” tacked onto his title in June last year.
Before Cars.com, Crawford worked six years at Sysco Labs, the R&D branch of the global food services company, rising to the position of VP of commercial technology.
Before Sysco, he worked at SpareFoot, a storage-facility marketplace; Civitas Learning, a software vendor for higher education; SolarWinds, an IT and network management company; and Front Gate Tickets, an online ticketing provider.
Crawford has a masters of science in technology commercialization from Texas McCombs School of Business in Austin.
Revenue at Cars Commerce, owner of Cars.com — the No.2 autos site in the U.S. — stood at $179 million in Q2 2025, virtually unchanged year on year.
