Curt McDowell of NA Williams has been appointed to CAWA’s board of directors. The appointment was made by Mike Mohler, chair of the board, who commented, “Curt comes to CAWA leadership with a diverse background in technology, sales, process engineering and management. We will look forward to his participation and contributions, as a member of the board, in assisting CAWA to achieve its goals as an effective automotive aftermarket industry organization.”

McDowell has more than 30 years of business development, sales, account management, process engineering, IT and management experience. He has worked with global partners and cross functional teams to design and deploy supply chain processes that significantly reduced both delivery times and capital expenditures in both the automotive and consumer electronics. With more than 25 years of B2B and B2C e-commerce experience, he has led programs that deployed global enterprise e-commerce solutions for Hughes Aircraft, General Motors and Royal Dutch Shell which involved many suppliers and Global ERP solutions.

At ChannelAdvisor Inc. he applied his business development, sales, and supply chain experience to build a network of strategic global partners to facilitate the listing, selling, and fulfillment of automotive parts and accessories making automotive one of ChannelAdvisor’s largest categories. He also managed the global partner and category management team at ChannelAdvisor to optimize strategic partnerships at the category level to optimize the Company’s ability to help retailers sell online.

Currently, McDowell serves NA Williams as the vice president of e-Commerce solutions. He holds a B.S. degree in Economics from George Mason University and an MBA with an Emphasis in eCommerce from National University.