Joe Kyriakoza

Vice President and General Manager, Polk Automotive Solutions, IHS Markit

Joe Kyriakoza serves as vice president and general manager of the Polk Automotive Solutions business unit at IHS Markit, responsible for the strategy, sales and product functions.

Mr. Kyriakoza team leads efforts to aid automotive OEMs, dealers, and affiliates to make better decisions and drive stronger results for their various marketing initiatives by making Polk Automotive Solutions available through all tech and media channels and platforms.

Prior to joining IHS Markit, Mr. Kyriakoza served as Oracle Data Cloud's group vice president, North American Brand Sales. He joined Oracle Data Cloud via the Datalogix acquisition, where he spent 4 years as vice president and general manager of Automotive. Prior to Datalogix, Mr. Kyriakoza spent more than five years at Jumpstart Automotive Group and Hearst (acquired Jumpstart in 2007) in various roles leading product strategy, marketing and national sales. Earlier in his career, He was a partner and manager of all national digital media initiatives for Ford Motor Media, the media-buying arm for Ford Motor Company.

Mr. Kyriakoza graduated from University of Detroit Mercy with a B.A. in Communications and resides in the Detroit area. He was a co-founder and president of 313 Digital, the digital community organization for the Detroit area, and former president of the Detroit Advertising Association.