Chris is co-founder and CEO of Urgent.ly Roadside Assistance. Urgent.ly is a powerful, easy-to-use on demand roadside assistance service that helps consumers instantly see, connect and track the nearest tow truck in real-time from their smartphone, tablet or desktop to deliver fast, reliable, transparent service to get them back on the road quickly. As CEO, Chris is responsible for leading the company by spearheading strategic planning, development, marketing and execution of the company’s services.

Prior to launching Urgent.ly, Chris was a founder and former CEO of SeniorChecked, a local business network for seniors and their families, which was acquired in 2011 by NEWAsurion where he led the development and launch of Repair.com. Chris entered the Local Search space while serving as both General Manager of AOL Local and Vice President of Going.com, where he grew a historically underperforming and unprofitable business unit into a $20 million annual revenue portfolio of leading consumer destinations such as AOL Yellow Pages, City's Best and Going.com.

Before joining AOL in 2005, Chris worked in both consulting and corporate roles developing strategic plans and leading product/marketing teams across consumer, international and B2B markets for such companies as Prodigy, MCI, Starwood Hotels, DHL, RealNetworks and Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street.

Twitter: @chrisspanos | @urgntly