Tony Aquila Retires From Solera; New CEO Named

Tony Aquila has retired from Solera Holdings, the company he founded in 2005. He has been Solera’s chairman and CEO.

Jeff Tarr is succeeding Aquila as CEO. Tarr has two decades of experience leading data and technology-enabled services companies spanning multiple sectors. Most recently, he was the president and CEO of DigitalGlobe Inc. Tarr’s background also includes time as the president and chief operating officer of IHS Inc. (now IHS Markit).

Solera is a provider of risk and asset management data and software as a service (SaaS) products to the automotive and insurance industries. It’s the parent company to such businesses as Identifix, DST, AutoPoint and Hollander.