Founded in San Francisco in 2013 and taken public in 2020, Shift is a leading end-to-end auto ecommerce platform transforming the used car industry with a technology-driven, hassle-free customer experience. Shift’s mission is to make car purchase and ownership simple—to make buying or selling a used car fair and accessible to everyone. Shift provides comprehensive, digital solutions throughout the car ownership lifecycle: finding the right car, having a test drive brought to you before buying the car, a seamless digitally-driven purchase transaction including financing and vehicle protection products, an efficient, digital trade-in/sale transaction, and a vision to provide high-value support services during car ownership.
how we work with Shift.
cred works closely with the Co-Founder of Shift, Toby Russell, to create more opportunity for conversations about the future of mobility, how to make electric and hybrid vehicles more accessible, and how technology is transforming payments and retail. cred has developed speaking goals, platforms and defined Shift’s target audience and industries. Focusing on speaking opportunities in mobility & auto, general tech & entrepreneurship, fintech, retail & eCommerce, cred helps Toby grow his thought leadership presence and Shift’s visibility.
Shift speaker we represent.
Toby Russell, Co-Founder
Toby Russell is Co-Founder of Shift, the platform to make buying and selling cars simple and accessible to everyone. Previously, he was Managing Vice President of Digital at Capital One, where he led the bank’s consumer technology transformation, including building the mobile capabilities that drive the majority of Capital One’s new customers and interactions. In 2007 Toby co-founded Taxi Magic, the first on-demand mobile transportation booking technology. He also led a $12 billion renewable energy and efficiency investment program for the US Department of Energy and has been a Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group. He has a Doctorate from Oxford University.
“Working with cred on my thought leadership has been a great experience! They’ve secured great wins at big events that focused on making electric vehicles more accessible. I have enjoyed being able to demonstrate the importance of this to different audiences.”
Toby’s speaking goals.
Increase Shift.com's visibility with consumers.
Stand out amidst the noise by creating opportunities to connect with potential business development partnerships.
Boost thought leadership by showcasing how Shift is changing the way we think about personal mobility.
Toby’s speaking platform.
How to Make EVs for Everyone a Reality
Moving Forward: Personal Mobility Will Shift in the Next 10 years
How Mobile Tech and Machine Learning are Transforming Payments
Embedded Finance: Why Every Company Should be a Fintech Company
From Startup to Public Company—The Ins and Outs of Growing Your Company
Digital Transformation: Transforming the Retail Experience with Mobile Tech
opportunities we’ve secured for Toby.
SXSW
TNW Conference
TechCrunch Live
Mobile World Congress LA
Ecom World
Finovate Fall
MOVE America
Payments Summit
eTail Virtual Summit
WorldFestival
Payments Canada Summit
AutoTech: Electrification & Advanced Propulsion
Global Sustainable eCommerce Summit
Around the Coin Podcast
The Future Car Podcast
For Fintech Sake Podcast
Transform if Forward Podcast
Voice of Fintech Podcast