Matthew Racho

Matthew Racho is Managing Director, Business Development and Configuration Solutions at JD Power. He leads two distinct operational areas covering different market segments.

Foundationally for Data and Analytics, he leads the team responsible for developing and executing PIN’s retail strategy and business performance. This team is focused on solutions that assist automotive retailers with insights that will drive decisions to improve sales and profitability, while also enabling PIN’s broader set of advanced analytic solutions for the industry.

Matthew also created the Helix concept and leads the team focused on building advanced vehicle configuration analytics capabilities. These capabilities include enabling OEMs to optimize content and trim strategies, retailers to identify the best configurations for turn and profitability, component suppliers to make capacity planning decisions, along with a number of other bespoke solutions across industry participants.

Matthew received an MBA from The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University and a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University.