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Former Executives From Motorola, Trimble, DriveCam, and Covad Join GreenRoad
| Source: GreenRoad
REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - January 26, 2009) - GreenRoad Technologies, a world leader
in solutions to measure and improve driving behavior, today announced Eric
Weiss, Aviad Gefen, Marcus Cheeks and Mark Artis have joined the company's
executive team to support GreenRoad's ongoing business expansion worldwide.
GreenRoad provides a technology-based service for fleet vehicles that
results in cost savings through crash reduction and increased fuel economy.
"GreenRoad is pleased to welcome talented executives with experience in
rapidly growing and relevant enterprise-focused businesses, including
mobile resource management and communications," said Dan Steere, CEO,
GreenRoad Technologies. "In the past year, we've successfully deployed
Safety Center in the fleets of Ryder, T-Mobile, UK Ministry of Defence and
LeFleur Transportation, among many others, and have begun partnering with
insurance industry leaders such as Marsh. In 2009, we will continue
aggressively expanding our businesses to support the needs of other leaders
in the commercial fleet and insurance industries. Eric, Aviad, Marcus and
Mark are joining GreenRoad at an exciting time."
Weiss joins GreenRoad as senior vice president of marketing, bringing to
the company an 18-year track record of launching, marketing and rapidly
scaling multinational businesses, which have included software as a
service. Weiss was most recently CMO at Covad Communications. Previously he
was vice president of Macromedia's telecom solutions business unit, and
co-founder and COO of ITXC, where he helped grow revenues to over $300
million and bring the company to a successful IPO and secondary offering.
Weiss has also held marketing and management roles at Hewlett-Packard,
Dialogic (formerly Intel) and BCE Ventures. He recently served as
entrepreneur in residence for the California Chamber of Commerce, where he
founded and currently chairs the clean tech program for investors,
entrepreneurs and established companies in California and Israel.
Weiss holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Masters in Public
Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Gefen has joined the company as general manager of its Israeli operations.
Gefen brings over 15 years of experience in the communications market,
where he most recently held the position of director and general manager of
the M2M Wireless Modules Business Unit at Motorola, now a profitable
multi-million dollar business with prominent positioning in the M2M arena.
Gefen has also held a variety of development and marketing positions at
Orckit, a NASDAQ traded company and developer of xDSL communications
technologies, and at Xenotran LLC, an Opto-electronic communication systems
developer.
Gefen holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, a joint program
with Tel Aviv University, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Maryland.
Also new to GreenRoad are Mark Artis and Marcus Cheeks. Artis, the
company's new northeast sales manager, has spent the last 11 years in the
fleet safety field selling to Fortune 500 companies from around the globe.
Prior to GreenRoad, Artis was the national account manager for DriveCam
Inc. and the director of sales for SmartDrive Inc. While at DriveCam, Artis
was one of the top contributors securing some of the largest clients in
company history.
Cheeks joins as GreenRoad's new director of worldwide field services and US
enterprise account relationships. He will be leveraging more than 14 years
of experience to oversee the company's account management process and a
growing demand for GreenRoad Safety Center installations worldwide. Cheeks'
experience includes management positions in field service, account
management and operations at Sun Microsystems, 3Com, Cisco Systems and
Trimble Mobile Resource Management, formerly @Road. At Trimble, Cheeks was
responsible for installing more than 200,000 in-vehicle devices in North
America and growing an installation network of approximately 200
installation vendors.
About GreenRoad
GreenRoad develops technology-based solutions to driver safety that stop
risky driving before an accident occurs, and dramatically reduce crash
rates and fuel consumption for fleets and insurance companies. Its
solutions are designed to empower drivers to manage their own safety by
giving instantaneous in-vehicle feedback -- without invading privacy.
Feedback is also available to drivers and managers in real-time using SMS,
emails and Safety Center's password protected website. GreenRoad provides
immediate savings, resulting in fewer accidents, lower accident costs, and
reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. GreenRoad is backed by
Benchmark Capital, Virgin Green Fund, Balderton Capital and Amadeus Capital
Partners. For more information about GreenRoad, visit www.greenroad.com.