With almost 25 years of automotive industry experience in a wide variety of roles in 3 countries, Maria Soklis is the President of Cox Automotive Canada & Brazil.
Since being named President of Cox Automotive Canada in 2015, Maria has successfully led the organization to become one of Cox Automotives leading international markets and has significantly grown the business through the development and execution of its national business strategy and operations. While the business began with only the Manheim operation, Maria has been guiding the integration of 12 more brands, including NextGear Capital, Dealertrack, Dealer.com, Kelley Blue Book, Ready Logistics and others to help support a connected automotive ecosystem building transparency, efficiency and digitization for customers looking to thrive during times of significant transformation in the industry. Maria has also recently overseen the introduction of the Dealertrack organization in Brazil and is now leading the team responsible for building the Cox Automotive brand in this market.