Executive Search & Leadership Recruiting

Leadership Search Across the Industries We Know.

Coreline helps dealerships, dealer groups, OEMs, vendors, and emerging industry brands recruit General Managers, Fixed Operations leaders, department heads, and select succession-critical talent across Harley-Davidson, powersports, marine, and heavy equipment.

 Executive search consultation with dealership leadership
 Executive search consultation with dealership leadership
 Executive search consultation with dealership leadership

Industries served

The Leaders Who Move Your Business.

Coreline works exclusively within the industries it knows, serving dealerships, dealer groups, OEMs, and industry partners across North America. The economics, the people, and the leadership profiles are unlike those of any other sector — and we treat them that way.

Why Coreline

Built From the Inside. Trusted by the Industry.

Coreline was founded by an industry professional with firsthand operating experience and full responsibility for the outcome. That difference shapes every search we accept and every leader we recommend.

Founder-Led Executive Search

Every search is led directly by Kevin "Elvis" Vaughn, drawing on firsthand dealership operating experience, full operational responsibility, long-standing industry relationships, and direct accountability for the work.

Founder-Led Executive Search

Every search is led directly by Kevin "Elvis" Vaughn, drawing on firsthand dealership operating experience, full operational responsibility, long-standing industry relationships, and direct accountability for the work.

Founder-Led Executive Search

Every search is led directly by Kevin "Elvis" Vaughn, drawing on firsthand dealership operating experience, full operational responsibility, long-standing industry relationships, and direct accountability for the work.

Industry-Native Expertise

Coreline works across Harley-Davidson, powersports, marine, heavy equipment, OEMs, dealer groups, and industry partners throughout North America. The firm's approach is grounded in firsthand dealership operating experience and strengthened by long-standing relationships across the industries it serves.

Industry-Native Expertise

Coreline works across Harley-Davidson, powersports, marine, heavy equipment, OEMs, dealer groups, and industry partners throughout North America. The firm's approach is grounded in firsthand dealership operating experience and strengthened by long-standing relationships across the industries it serves.

Industry-Native Expertise

Coreline works across Harley-Davidson, powersports, marine, heavy equipment, OEMs, dealer groups, and industry partners throughout North America. The firm's approach is grounded in firsthand dealership operating experience and strengthened by long-standing relationships across the industries it serves.

Confidential

Confidential by default. Rather than relying on broad advertising, we operate in a focused lane: tapping a deep, industry-native network and proactively approaching the right leaders.

Confidential

Confidential by default. Rather than relying on broad advertising, we operate in a focused lane: tapping a deep, industry-native network and proactively approaching the right leaders.

Confidential

Confidential by default. Rather than relying on broad advertising, we operate in a focused lane: tapping a deep, industry-native network and proactively approaching the right leaders.

Selective

Coreline accepts a limited number of mandates each quarter. That discipline keeps every search a priority — clients receive full attention, not a slot in a queue.

Selective

Coreline accepts a limited number of mandates each quarter. That discipline keeps every search a priority — clients receive full attention, not a slot in a queue.

Selective

Coreline accepts a limited number of mandates each quarter. That discipline keeps every search a priority — clients receive full attention, not a slot in a queue.

Search disciplines

Managers. Directors. Successors.

Coreline supports high-impact hiring across dealer operations and adjacent industries, including select hard-to-fill technical and operational roles.

General Management & Senior Operations

General Management & Senior Operations

Fixed Operations Leadership

Fixed Operations Leadership

Department Leadership

Department Leadership

Succession-Critical & Leadership Continuity Roles

Succession-Critical & Leadership Continuity Roles

“Coreline operates from a simple principle: there is no neutral. Every hire, every process, and every leadership decision either adds value to the business or takes value away.”

Kevin “Elvis” Vaughn, Founder & Managing Partner

 Kevin "Elvis" Vaughn, Founder & Managing Partner of Coreline Search

About the Founder

Coreline was built from firsthand responsibility for people, performance, and the outcome. Elvis has made leadership decisions from inside the business—where the right hire can change the trajectory of a department and the wrong one can take months to unwind. That operating perspective informs every search.

Coreline was built from firsthand responsibility for people, performance, and the outcome. Elvis has made leadership decisions from inside the business—where the right hire can change the trajectory of a department and the wrong one can take months to unwind. That operating perspective informs every search.

Coreline was built from firsthand responsibility for people, performance, and the outcome. Elvis has made leadership decisions from inside the business—where the right hire can change the trajectory of a department and the wrong one can take months to unwind. That operating perspective informs every search.

Founder & Managing Partner.

Engage Coreline

The right leader is rarely on the market. We know where to find them.

Coreline accepts a limited number of search mandates each quarter. Every engagement begins with a confidential conversation.