RoadDealer.com, an online platform that gives dealerships the ability to buy, sell and trade aged and wholesale vehicles between stores, recently named former TrueCar and AutoNation exec Ben Shamsizadeh as executive vice president of dealer services.

And after focusing its efforts in the Midwest, RoadDealer.com highlighted the addition of Shamsizadeh is propelling the company to expand nationally.

Through its members-only community, RoadDealer.com’s inventory database holds more than 20,000 vehicles ready for dealerships to buy from fellow dealers, creating an online network of dealers seeking an alternative to auctions. RoadDealer.com's exclusive platform eliminates auction fees and replaces them with one low monthly fee.

“We’re very excited to welcome Shamsizadeh and his talented team to Road Dealer,” president and founder Jim Battista said.

Road Dealer has been in business for more than five years and has plans to broaden itself from its Midwest roots to a national level now with Shamsizadeh as part of the company.

“We helped dealers save millions of dollars in auction fees since we started, and through our Buy Figure feature, dealers can get top dollar for their unwanted trades. Now, since we hired Ben and his team, we'll be doing that across the country,” Battista said.

Battista and Shamsizadeh share a passion for helping dealers save money.

Shamsizadeh has been a professional in the automotive industry for more than 11 years. Before his role as director of sales with TrueCar, he was the national manager at AutoNation. Shamsizadeh says his retail experience has led him to Road Dealer’s solution.

“I’m so passionate about Road Dealer because I believe the auctions have forgotten who their true customers are,” Shamsizadeh said. “They have too much control over car values and are collecting an undue amount of money that belongs to the dealers.

“With the right dealers working together, we can take back the control. Road Dealer will put dealers back in the driver’s seat,” he went on to say.

For more information about RoadDealer.com and how it can streamline buying and selling used vehicles, visit www.roaddealer.com.