Executive Management

Jonathan Fitzpatrick serves as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Director. Mr. Fitzpatrick has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since July 2012, has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2018 and previously served as a member of the board of managers of Driven Investor LLC.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Fitzpatrick served in various capacities with Burger King Corporation both prior to and after its acquisition by 3G Capital.

Between February 2011 and June 2012, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Brand and Operations Officer for Burger King. He led a whirlwind of activity, including the biggest equipment and menu overhaul in the brand’s history, the development of new operational tools, and notable unit expansion that impacted operating and financial performance at the fast-food franchising giant.

From October 2010 to February 2011, he was Executive Vice President of Global Operations and between August 2009 and October 2010, Senior Vice President of Operations, Europe Middle East and Africa. Prior to this role, he was Senior Vice President, Development and Franchising from July 2007 through August 2009.

Before Burger King, Fitzpatrick was President and Chief Operations Officer of Texas Digital Systems; he began his career in Dublin and London, working for Diageo Plc – the world’s largest premium drinks business. Fitzpatrick was born and raised in Dublin Ireland and holds both his Bachelor's and Graduate degrees from the University College Dublin, Ireland.

Gary is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer where he is responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting, tax, treasury, internal audit, and investor relations.

Ferrera brings nearly 30 years of global financial leadership including almost two decades as a Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Driven Brands, Ferrera served as Chief Financial Officer at Skillsoft Corporation where he built out the public company infrastructure and helped integrate three acquisitions while divesting a business segment. Ferrera served as the Chief Financial Officer of Cardtronics from 2017 until its acquisition by NCR Corporation in 2021. He also held Chief Financial Officer roles at DigitalGlobe, Intrawest Resort Holdings, Great Wolf Resorts, National CineMedia and Unity Media. He began his financial career as an international tax consultant and following graduate school he worked as an investment banker for almost ten years at Citigroup/Solomon Brothers and BearStearns in both London and New York.

Ferrera holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bentley University and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to college, Ferrera served in U.S. Army Special Operations and Intelligence.

Scott O’Melia joined Driven Brands in May of 2020, as Executive Vice President, General Counsel. O’Melia oversees all aspects of the legal function for the company. Prior to joining the Driven Brands, O’Melia was General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate Development for Caraustar Industries. There he led the legal, corporate development, risk, safety, environmental, and real estate functions.

From 2009 to 2012, O’Melia was Vice President, Corporate Counsel at Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, where he was primarily responsible for all mergers and acquisitions, international franchising, and other transactions. From 2005 to 2009, O’Melia was a partner at Alston & Bird, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and other transactions, securities, private equity, and general corporate matters. He is a ’96 graduate of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and a ’91 graduate of Ohio University.

Daniel Rivera is the Chief Operating Officer of Driven Brands. He joined Driven Brands in November 2012 as Chief Information Officer. In 2014, Rivera was named Meineke Brand President. In 2020, Rivera was named Group President of the Maintenance segment, in addition to President of Take 5 Oil Change.

Prior to his current roles, Rivera was the Senior Director of Application Development, Business Intelligence, Infrastructure, and Security at AutoNation. Prior to his role at AutoNation, he worked at some of the largest corporations in the world, including GE, Motorola, and Burger King Corporate.

Rivera holds two degrees from Florida International University. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering, where he graduated Cum Laude and also holds a Juris Doctorate.

Dennis Elliott joined Driven Brands in 2013 and serves as the company’s Executive Vice President of Development and M&A.  Since 2015, Elliott has led M&A efforts across the company’s maintenance, PC&G, platform services, and carwash divisions.  In his time leading M&A, Driven Brands added over 2,700 franchised and company-owned units through more than 40 acquisitions. 

Elliott graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BS in Business Administration and started his career in investment banking with Brookwood Associates.  He currently lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife and his son.

Tracy Gehlan joined Driven Brands in July 2020 as President of ICWG International.

Gehlan is responsible for all ICWG regions outside the United States and is based in the United Kingdom. Prior to joining Driven Brands, Gehlan was Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Hertz International, a combination of franchise and corporate locations across 89 markets spanning the Hertz, Dollar Thrifty and Firefly brands. She was responsible for the overall performance of the region and was a member of the global senior management team.

Gehlan began her career in the Restaurant industry, beginning her career at the Restaurant Group, the largest independent, U.K.-based restaurant company. She moved on to Burger King, where, after holding many roles across the organization, rose to Chief Operating Officer of Burger King EMEA.

Gehlan has extensive experience in the International market, with over 20 years of experience in customer-facing and franchise management roles, managing all aspects of the business from operations, marketing, revenue and finance. She brings a passion for excellence, innovation and understanding the customer journey and a focus on developing and growing her teams.

Mo Khalid is the Executive Vice President and Group President of Maintenance.

Mo joined Driven Brands from Great Wolf Lodge, where he was SVP of Field Operations. In this role, Mo had operational oversight of all three regional Vice Presidents and all resorts, as well as the rooms division, engineering, capital investment and management, guest experience, labor management, and aquatics lines of business. Previously, Mo was the Vice President and COO for Meineke at Driven Brands. Prior to that, Mo worked in Operations at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Burger King Corporation. He also held financial positions at Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan Chase. Mo has an MBA from Columbia Business School and B.S. in Finance from Rutgers Business School.

Michael Macaluso joined Driven Brands as part of the CARSTAR Canada acquisition in December of 2015. He had been with CARSTAR since 2008, serving in numerous leadership roles including President, Chief Operating Officer and as head of Insurance Sales. In January of 2016, he was appointed President of CARSTAR North America and has taken on increasingly expanded roles within Driven Brands since 2015. In addition to overseeing CARSTAR, Macaluso now leads the Paint, Collision & Glass business segment, comprising of CARSTAR, Maaco, Uniban, Abra and Fix Auto USA.

Macaluso was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, and attended school at Western University in London, Ontario studying Economics. He sits on a variety of boards in the community and is involved in numerous collision industry councils and initiatives. Macaluso continues to live in Hamilton with his wife and their three sons.

Kyle Marshall joined Driven Brands in 2015 as part of the 1-800 Radiator acquisition and, in 2017, was named President of 1-800 Radiator & A/C.  1-800 Radiator & A/C is an automotive aftermarket parts distribution company with over 200 franchise locations specializing in the on-demand delivery of repl acement parts to service and repair centers, and collision shops throughout the United States and Canada. Over his 17-year career with 1-800 Radiator & A/C, Kyle held numerous management roles, including Vice President of Sales and Marketing, where he led the development and implementation of key strategies to advance organic sales growth and franchisee profitability.

In 2020, Marshall was named President of Driven Brands’ Platform Services Division. Platform Services includes companies such as 1-800 Radiator & A/C and P.H. Vitres d’Autos that distribute select automotive aftermarket parts to parts stores, repair facilities, and service stations throughout North America.

Marshall was born and raised in Westfield, Massachusetts and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2001.  Kyle now lives in Concord, California, with his wife Marga and their two children.

John Teddy joined Driven Brands in October 2021 as Executive Vice President & President, Car Wash North America. Immediately prior to taking on this role he served as Head of Strategy & Corporate Development at Lowe’s, where he led development & execution of the company’s enterprise strategy and oversaw all M&A activity.

John previously served at Driven Brands from 2017 to 2020. First as a Vice President within our Take 5 Oil Change business, helping grow that business from less than 100 locations to over 500 locations during his tenure. Then as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, overseeing our global fleet, procurement and ATI platforms. Prior to that he spent a number of years at The Home Depot in strategy & finance roles, and early in his career held roles in both investment banking and strategy consulting organizations.

John is a graduate of Vanderbilt University.

Matt Meier joined Driven Brands in October 2021 as EVP and Chief Digital and Data Officer. Meier oversees the company’s digital and data strategies, working closely with IT and marketing to transform data into actionable business insights and lead the digital customer experience.

Meier brings more than 25 years of experience across a variety of industries and disciplines within the IT, digital, and data domains. Meier most recently spent five years with Whirlpool Corporation, expanding their offerings to include industry-leading IoT “connected” appliance experiences, expanding direct-to-consumer digital platforms, and leading Whirlpool’s global data and advanced analytics competency. Meier previously served as Chief Information Officer for Whirlpool North America, a $12B business and Whirlpool’s largest business segment.  Prior to Whirpool, Meier served as Global Chief Information Officer at the Crosby Group and held technology leadership roles of increasing responsibility for Dana Corporation, Rolls Royce, General Motors, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Meier has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Purdue, an MS in Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.