10 Carvana operations leaders
Mike Rennie, VP, Carvana Inspection Centers, is one of ten Carvana operations leaders listed here, alongside people who hold senior director, director and regional director roles in operations at the company. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Carvana from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Andrés Hernández
LinkedInExperience: Director - Verification Strategy and Operations · Carvana
Andrés Hernández has been Director - Verification Strategy and Operations at Carvana since January 2025, a role the profile lists at the director level in the operations department. Andrés Hernández was Associate Director - Verification Strategy and Operations at Carvana from 2022 to 2025 and Director of US Customer Service Development at DHL Express from 2019 to 2022.
Chase Barth
LinkedInExperience: Director, Third Party Logistics Strategy & Operations · Carvana
Chase Barth has been Director, Third Party Logistics Strategy & Operations at Carvana since September 2022, based in the Greater Phoenix Area. Chase Barth was Associate Director, Third Party Logistics Strategy & Operations at Carvana from 2020 to 2022 and Sr. Manager, Logistics Planning there from 2019 to 2020.
Emily Knoll
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, New Car Operations · Carvana
Emily Knoll has been Senior Director, New Car Operations at Carvana since May 2025, based in Phoenix, Arizona. Emily Knoll was Senior Director, Inventory & Reconditioning at Carvana from 2023 to 2025, Director, Inventory & Reconditioning there from 2021 to 2022 and Associate Director, Inventory Strategy there from 2020 to 2021.
Jacqueline Hearns
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Market Operations · Carvana
Jacqueline Hearns has been Senior Director, Market Operations at Carvana since July 2023, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Jacqueline Hearns was Director, Market Operations at Carvana from 2022 to 2023, Director, Customer Experience there from 2021 to 2022 and Associate Director, Market Operations there from 2019 to 2020.
Jonathan Alonso
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director, Market Operations · Carvana
Jonathan Alonso has been Regional Director, Market Operations at Carvana since January 2024, based in Houston, Texas. Jonathan Alonso was Associate Director - Market Operations at Carvana from 2020 to 2024, Territory Manager - Market Operations there from 2019 to 2020 and Market Geek Squad Senior Manager at Best Buy from 2014 to 2018.
Jonathan Greer
LinkedInExperience: Director Fleet · Carvana
Jonathan Greer has been Director Fleet at Carvana since October 2024, a role the profile lists at the director level in the operations department in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jonathan Greer was Director Market Operations at Carvana from 2023 to 2024 and Director Regulatory Operations there from 2020 to 2022.
Michelle Carstens
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Risk Operations · Carvana
Michelle Carstens has been Sr. Director Risk Operations at Carvana since October 2018, and the profile headline reads Vice President Risk Operations at Carvana. Michelle Carstens was Vice President of Operations at Prosper Marketplace from 2017 to 2018 and Director Fraud Operations at American Express from 2014 to 2017.
Mike Rennie
LinkedInExperience: VP, Carvana Inspection Centers · Carvana
Mike Rennie has been VP, Carvana Inspection Centers since January 2022, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Mike Rennie was Sr. Director, Inspection Center Execution at Carvana from 2020 to 2022, Director - Inspection Center Execution there from 2017 to 2020 and Operations Manager at CarMax from 2005 to 2015.
Mudassir Muztar
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Operations Strategy & Analytics · Carvana
Mudassir Muztar has been Director, Product Operations Strategy & Analytics at Carvana since January 2025, based in Tempe, Arizona, and was Associate Director, Operations Product Strategy & Analytics there from 2022 to 2025. Mudassir Muztar was Head of Product - WW Head of Renewed by Amazon Warehouse at Amazon from 2020 to 2022.
Nemanja Samailovic
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Logistics · Carvana
Nemanja Samailovic has been Senior Director, Logistics at Carvana since July 2023, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and the profile also lists Director of Logistics there from January 2023. Nemanja Samailovic was Director, Inventory Optimization at Carvana from 2020 to 2023, and the profile describes a Six Sigma certified team leader.
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Pick the person whose operating area is closest to your question, since inspection centers, logistics, market operations, risk and verification, fleet and new car operations leaders each handle different problems. Check when each person started the role to judge how recent the experience is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your operations leadership role at Carvana?
- 02How do you plan capacity in your own area when demand changes?
- 03What has your own work taught you about scaling operations teams?
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