MISSION, Kan. -

Cox Automotive continued to adjust its leadership structure on Tuesday as the company promoted VinSolutions vice president and general manager Lori Wittman to become senior vice president and to lead the newly formed Cox Automotive Sales and F&I Solutions team.

The company added that Wittman will maintain her role as the general manager of VinSolutions.

Cox Automotive explained that it created the Sales and F&I Solutions team after the company named VinSolutions as its designated CRM solution. The team comprises the dealer-facing portions of Cox Automotive’s F&I holdings as well as VinSolutions.

As part of her new role, Wittman will lead Cox Automotive in addressing the automotive industry’s steady movement away from on-site software and toward online solutions for the F&I space.

Wittman joined VinSolutions in 2013 with 20 years of cross-industry technology and business operations experience. She was an associate partner with Accenture, and also held positions with Freightquote and H&R Block.

“Lori has been a driving force in the company’s continued growth from day one,” said Keith Jezek, president of Cox Automotive Software Group. “Her dedicated leadership is a huge benefit to both VinSolutions and Cox Automotive.

Now, in addition to shaping the future development of VinSolutions, Lori will lead this new team,” Jezek continued. “Forming the Sales and F&I Solutions team is another example of how Cox Automotive continues to align and integrate offerings to enable dealer clients to be more profitable and efficient.”