Andrew Eamer
AnneMarie Wheeler
Betsy Brookshire
Jeff Gonzales
Seamus Curley
As Chief Marketing Officer, Andrew leads AET Automotive’s marketing and communications functions and is responsible for driving AET Automotive’s brand momentum, adoption, demand creation and growth. Andrew views himself as a true problem solver. He was involved early on with the company helping to set up the company from day one, assisting with vision and leadership when needed. Andrew has more than 17 years of marketing experience in various verticals. Prior to AET Automotive, he made a career of introducing new technology and services to markets for companies at the start-ups phase, all the way up through Fortune 500. His responsibilities included go-to-market strategy and execution to achieve top-line user adoption. As a keywriter on 4 RFP proposals for Willdan Inc, Andrew helped the company win over $100 million in new contracts in 2 years. He brings an outside perspective that is unique & valuable to the changes happening in the automotive industry.
Director of Accounts
Since 2004, Annemarie has been a noteworthy leader in the digital marketing space. You may know her from her automotive work starting in 2009 with Moore & Scarry – where she developed the paid search arm, Haystak – key in the creation, development, and education of the platform, or CK – where she built upon those skills and added social media marketing to the mix.
We all know 2020 was a bit of a dumpster fire for everyone, but it wasn't all bad— that was the year Annemarie joined the AET Automotive team as Director of Accounts, using her skills to inspire and empower dealers to take their marketing into their own hands, create ads that stands out, that potential customers will love, and will ignite results for your business.
Betsy began in the agency setting working in paid social advertising in the days of Power Editor (if you know, you know) and then began to work in tier 3 auto paid social in 2015. Within the agency settings, she worked primarily on Facebook ads for a wide array of clients, with monthly budgets ranging from $500-$1MM+.
Eventually, Betsy got sick of the agency life and dove-in head-first to what would become AET Automotive in 2019. She has loved the journey of going from 0 clients to where we are today, and everything learned along the way. Currently Betsy runs day-to-day operations for the company, working closely with the accounts, engineering, sales, and marketing teams to deliver the AET mission of empowering dealers to take control of their own digital marketing. She loves hearing from AET customers and folks in the industry, feel free to reach out to her at betsy@aetautomotive.com with feedback, digital marketing questions, or dad jokes.
PS: Betsy would like to publicly apologize to the 100s of people she spammed on LinkedIn during 2019-2020 trying to get them to demo AET.
Jeff Gonzales is the original visionary and founder of AET Automotive. He brings 10+ years of digital advertising, automotive and leadership experience to the team. After deciding that being a ski bum in Breckenridge, CO wasn’t going to be a sustainable lifestyle in 2011, Jeff found his start in Automotive working at the dealership level for Stevinson Automotive, but was quickly recruited to CK Advertising (previously Moore & Scarry) to run their social product, Ember Social. Jeff grew his team, which included co-founder Betsy Brookshire, and Ember’s footprint in the auto space to around 350 dealerships before it was acquired by Affinitiv in 2018. From there Jeff, JC and Eamer founded what was the beginning of AET Automotive. Today, Jeff is the CEO at AET and works closely with sales, product creative, marketing, and is usually the one you will find at any industry event.
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Seamus is an experienced and passionate sales professional with a proven track record in B2B SaaS sales and marketing, and in managing business systems. His commitment to delivering exceptional customer service and fostering collaborative teamwork drives results.
His professional journey began in the dynamic world of New England stock car racing, where is family owned and operated several race tracks and sanctioning bodies. He subsequently relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, and joined the NASCAR scene as director of events at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
In 2010, he ventured into the automotive industry as a digital marketing sales executive at Gannett. There, he consistently exceeded sales quotas and earned recognition as a two-time award-winning sales leader. His thirst for industry knowledge led to holding positions such as General Manager, Digital Marketing Director, Account Executive at Edmunds.com (where he led the nation in sales), and Head of Customer Acquisition for a B2B SaaS agency. In 2021 he joined AET as Head of Sales bringing his passion for the automotive industry and a proficiency in B2B sales and marketing to the team.
As Chief Marketing Officer, Andrew leads AET Automotive’s marketing and communications functions and is responsible for driving AET Automotive’s brand momentum, adoption, demand creation and growth. Andrew views himself as a true problem solver. He was involved early on with the company helping to set up the company from day one, assisting with vision and leadership when needed. Andrew has more than 17 years of marketing experience in various verticals. Prior to AET Automotive, he made a career of introducing new technology and services to markets for companies at the start-ups phase, all the way up through Fortune 500. His responsibilities included go-to-market strategy and execution to achieve top-line user adoption. As a keywriter on 4 RFP proposals for Willdan Inc, Andrew helped the company win over $100 million in new contracts in 2 years. He brings an outside perspective that is unique & valuable to the changes happening in the automotive industry.
Director of Accounts
Since 2004, Annemarie has been a noteworthy leader in the digital marketing space. You may know her from her automotive work starting in 2009 with Moore & Scarry – where she developed the paid search arm, Haystak – key in the creation, development, and education of the platform, or CK – where she built upon those skills and added social media marketing to the mix.
We all know 2020 was a bit of a dumpster fire for everyone, but it wasn't all bad— that was the year Annemarie joined the AET Automotive team as Director of Accounts, using her skills to inspire and empower dealers to take their marketing into their own hands, create ads that stands out, that potential customers will love, and will ignite results for your business.
Betsy began in the agency setting working in paid social advertising in the days of Power Editor (if you know, you know) and then began to work in tier 3 auto paid social in 2015. Within the agency settings, she worked primarily on Facebook ads for a wide array of clients, with monthly budgets ranging from $500-$1MM+.
Eventually, Betsy got sick of the agency life and dove-in head-first to what would become AET Automotive in 2019. She has loved the journey of going from 0 clients to where we are today, and everything learned along the way. Currently Betsy runs day-to-day operations for the company, working closely with the accounts, engineering, sales, and marketing teams to deliver the AET mission of empowering dealers to take control of their own digital marketing. She loves hearing from AET customers and folks in the industry, feel free to reach out to her at betsy@aetautomotive.com with feedback, digital marketing questions, or dad jokes.
PS: Betsy would like to publicly apologize to the 100s of people she spammed on LinkedIn during 2019-2020 trying to get them to demo AET.
Jeff Gonzales is the original visionary and founder of AET Automotive. He brings 10+ years of digital advertising, automotive and leadership experience to the team. After deciding that being a ski bum in Breckenridge, CO wasn’t going to be a sustainable lifestyle in 2011, Jeff found his start in Automotive working at the dealership level for Stevinson Automotive, but was quickly recruited to CK Advertising (previously Moore & Scarry) to run their social product, Ember Social. Jeff grew his team, which included co-founder Betsy Brookshire, and Ember’s footprint in the auto space to around 350 dealerships before it was acquired by Affinitiv in 2018. From there Jeff, JC and Eamer founded what was the beginning of AET Automotive. Today, Jeff is the CEO at AET and works closely with sales, product creative, marketing, and is usually the one you will find at any industry event.
Let's connect!
Seamus is an experienced and passionate sales professional with a proven track record in B2B SaaS sales and marketing, and in managing business systems. His commitment to delivering exceptional customer service and fostering collaborative teamwork drives results.
His professional journey began in the dynamic world of New England stock car racing, where is family owned and operated several race tracks and sanctioning bodies. He subsequently relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, and joined the NASCAR scene as director of events at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
In 2010, he ventured into the automotive industry as a digital marketing sales executive at Gannett. There, he consistently exceeded sales quotas and earned recognition as a two-time award-winning sales leader. His thirst for industry knowledge led to holding positions such as General Manager, Digital Marketing Director, Account Executive at Edmunds.com (where he led the nation in sales), and Head of Customer Acquisition for a B2B SaaS agency. In 2021 he joined AET as Head of Sales bringing his passion for the automotive industry and a proficiency in B2B sales and marketing to the team.
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