FORMER VOLVO EXEC NAMED VICE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AT UVEYE
Rick Bryant, formerly executive vice president of sales for Volvo Cars US, has joined UVeye as the company’s executive vice president for strategic partnerships.
Amir Hever, UVeye’s CEO and co-founder, said Bryant will be responsible for expanding UVeye’s existing partnerships while developing new relationships with major automotive dealership groups, fleet customers and used-car auctions in North America and elsewhere around the world.
The company’s recently completed Series D investment round was led by Hanaco VC, a venture-capital firm based in New York and Tel Aviv with $1.5 billion in assets under management. Existing investors that also participated in UVeye’s latest round included GM Ventures, CarMax, W.R. Berkley Corporation and F.I.T. Ventures L.P. as well as various Israeli institutional investors.
Bryant served as executive vice president of sales operations for Volvo Cars US from 2013 through December of 2022. He joined the company as an aftermarket sales manager in 1993 and went on to hold a series of senior management positions in commercial sales, regional operations and customer service. He previously had worked in sales with various other automotive brands, including Subaru, BMW, Buick and Honda.
UVeye currently has facilities in Israel, Japan, Germany and the United States. Since its founding in 2016, the company has raised $200 million in investment capital and formed strategic partnerships with numerous automakers, dealership groups and used-car auctions.
Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey and in Tel Aviv, Israel, UVeye offers industry-first vehicle-inspection systems based on advanced artificial intelligence, computer-vision and machine-learning technologies for both the automotive and homeland security industries. Bryant attended the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. A Boston native, he currently resides in the New York metropolitan area and will work out of UVeye’s offices in Teaneck.
