Our Mission
TO MAKE THE PROCESS OF BUYING CARS AND HOMES INHERENTLY SIMPLE AND BRIMMING WITH UNEXPECTED VALUE.Our Values
We help our customers and partners get it together because it's who we are.
Be Real
Be Curious
Be Bold
Be Transformational
Be Caring
Be Trusting
Our Team
We bring experts together across the insurance and automotive industries, to create solutions that better serve our growing ecosystem of carriers, partners, and customers.
Travis Fitzgerald
CEO/Founder
As Polly’s co-founder and CEO, Travis leads the strategy and vision for the company. He is an experienced automotive executive with an extensive track record of expanding market share and profitability for auto related companies. Travis excels in niche-driven, entrepreneurial business models and has a passion for innovation. As a dealership owner and insurance agency operator, ...
Travis Fitzgerald
CEO/Founder
As Polly’s co-founder and CEO, Travis leads the strategy and vision for the company. He is an experienced automotive executive with an extensive track record of expanding market share and profitability for auto related companies. Travis excels in niche-driven, entrepreneurial business models and has a passion for innovation. As a dealership owner and insurance agency operator, Travis has a deep knowledge of both the automotive and P&C insurance industry.
Tom Lyons
President/COO, Insurance
As Polly’s President & Chief Operating Officer of Insurance, Tom is responsible for Polly’s insurance platform, agency distribution, book performance, written premium, revenue, earning recognition, sales and service. He also oversees operations, underwriting, and analytics. Prior to joining Polly, Tom was with Plymouth Rock for 15-years, most recently as the COO responsible ...
Tom Lyons
President/COO, Insurance
As Polly’s President & Chief Operating Officer of Insurance, Tom is responsible for Polly’s insurance platform, agency distribution, book performance, written premium, revenue, earning recognition, sales and service. He also oversees operations, underwriting, and analytics. Prior to joining Polly, Tom was with Plymouth Rock for 15-years, most recently as the COO responsible for their Direct Response business, Prudential Financial Advisor (Captive) business, their motorcycle insurance (Rider) product line, and their affinity marketing programs and relationships, as well as their strategic partnerships with InsureTech agency distribution partners.
Wayne Pastore
President/COO, Distribution
As President and Chief Operating officer of Polly’s Distribution Operations, Wayne oversees all aspects of Dealer Acquisitions, Partner Success, Distribution Strategy and Solutions, and Business and Sales Operations Programs. He has over 30 years of experience in the technology and automotive sectors and has worked as Chief Financial Officer in multiple technology companies. ...
Wayne Pastore
President/COO, Distribution
As President and Chief Operating officer of Polly’s Distribution Operations, Wayne oversees all aspects of Dealer Acquisitions, Partner Success, Distribution Strategy and Solutions, and Business and Sales Operations Programs. He has over 30 years of experience in the technology and automotive sectors and has worked as Chief Financial Officer in multiple technology companies. Prior to joining Polly, Wayne served as General Manager and Vice President at Dealer.com and was responsible for leading the digital marketing solutions for dealers and OEM partners. Wayne has a degree in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a law degree from Suffolk University Law School.
Jeffrey Mongeon
CRO, Co-Founder
Jeff is Chief Revenue Officer, and Polly's co-founder. Jeff has well over a decade of experience in the insurance industry, beginning as a producer where he cultivated his own client base and developed a deep knowledge of the carriers’ underwriting processes, the independent agent technology stack and the regulatory landscape. Later, as Vice President at the agency, Jeff ...
Jeffrey Mongeon
CRO, Co-Founder
Jeff is Chief Revenue Officer, and Polly's co-founder. Jeff has well over a decade of experience in the insurance industry, beginning as a producer where he cultivated his own client base and developed a deep knowledge of the carriers’ underwriting processes, the independent agent technology stack and the regulatory landscape. Later, as Vice President at the agency, Jeff became interested in ways to move the industry forward, particularly by focusing on delivering unexpected value by embedding a world class insurance experience into the car and home buying processes. In addition to co-founding Polly, Jeff has led the underwriting and data science team, commercial division, and was integral in building out the customer success team. Jeff overseas all sales, partnerships and carrier relations for Polly. He also sits on several carrier advisory boards and has been a leading voice in the emerging category of tech-enabled marketplace distribution.
Kristin Halpin Perry
Chief People Officer
As Polly’s Chief People Officer, Kristin leads the Human Resources team. She has over 25 years of experience as a human resources executive in a variety of different global business sectors. Kristin is the founder and Executive Coach of Veraz Consulting (“Veraz”), a human resources consulting firm. She is currently on the board of Fluency Inc., as well as Docebo Canada. She ...
Kristin Halpin Perry
Chief People Officer
As Polly’s Chief People Officer, Kristin leads the Human Resources team. She has over 25 years of experience as a human resources executive in a variety of different global business sectors. Kristin is the founder and Executive Coach of Veraz Consulting (“Veraz”), a human resources consulting firm. She is currently on the board of Fluency Inc., as well as Docebo Canada. She holds an International Coach Federation License, an Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration from Champlain College in Vermont, a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Saint Michael’s College and an Executive and Transitional Coaching Certification from the Hudson Institute of Coaching.
Kurt Liebegott
Chief Financial Officer
As Polly’s CFO, Kurt manages all aspects of the company’s finances. Kurt is a hands-on, data-driven executive with more than 25 years of experience in all facets of accounting, finance, and operations management within both entrepreneurial and multi-billion-dollar companies. Prior to joining Polly, he held CFO positions in several organizations, as well as a Division COO ...
Kurt Liebegott
Chief Financial Officer
As Polly’s CFO, Kurt manages all aspects of the company’s finances. Kurt is a hands-on, data-driven executive with more than 25 years of experience in all facets of accounting, finance, and operations management within both entrepreneurial and multi-billion-dollar companies. Prior to joining Polly, he held CFO positions in several organizations, as well as a Division COO position at Sharecare, Inc., where he managed the transition and the financial and operational integration of PKC Corporation into Sharecare after its acquisition. Kurt has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Saint Michael’s College, and an M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is licensed as a C.P.A. in the State of Vermont (inactive).
Mike Burgiss
Chief Marketing Officer
As Chief Marketing Officer, Mike leads the strategic direction and execution of the Polly brand. He has more than two decades of management and marketing experience in technology and automotive. Prior to Polly, he held executive positions at Cox Automotive, and Accenture. As a pioneer of Digital Retailing, Mike founded and led MakeMyDeal and went on to lead Cox Automotive's ...
Mike Burgiss
Chief Marketing Officer
As Chief Marketing Officer, Mike leads the strategic direction and execution of the Polly brand. He has more than two decades of management and marketing experience in technology and automotive. Prior to Polly, he held executive positions at Cox Automotive, and Accenture. As a pioneer of Digital Retailing, Mike founded and led MakeMyDeal and went on to lead Cox Automotive's Digital Retailing businesses across AutoTrader, Kelley Blue Book, DealerTrack, and Dealer.com.
Mike Commo
Chief Product Officer
As Polly's CPO, Mike is responsible for the development of Polly products, software engineering platform and infrastructure, information technology and information security. Prior to joining as Polly's first Software Architect, he built cloud-first software products for Galen Healthcare Solutions. He's consulted for healthcare IT software firms and hospitals assisting with ...
Mike Commo
Chief Product Officer
As Polly's CPO, Mike is responsible for the development of Polly products, software engineering platform and infrastructure, information technology and information security. Prior to joining as Polly's first Software Architect, he built cloud-first software products for Galen Healthcare Solutions. He's consulted for healthcare IT software firms and hospitals assisting with product rebuilds to support cloud infrastructure migrations, and managed software and data migration projects and stakeholders. Mike also has experience with large-scale data warehousing at IBM. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Saint Michael's College.