Heavy Duty Trucking, April 2018
Verizon Connects executive leadership team includes L R Chief Marketing Officer Jay Jaffin Chief Technology Officer Peter Mitchell Chief Executive Officer Andrés Irlando and Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Jason Koch Hotlineextra P O I N T S Verizon Connect unifies three leading telematics providers on a single platform that offers a wide range of scalable and future proof solutions services and features to commercial fleet customers CONNECTION T he fleet industry stands at a crossroads of rapidly evolving technology and new demands for safer more efficient and more accountable operations Fleet managers and business owners are connecting with their vehicles drivers and customers in new and exciting ways uncovering new efficiencies and spurring innovation Enter Verizon Connect a new division that unites the brainpower and technological capacity of Verizon Networkfleet Fleetmatics and Telogis on a single platform HDT sister publication Automotive Fleet met with Verizons executive leadership team to learn more about Verizon Connect and ask how they plan to help commercial fleet managers meet new challenges and seize new opportunities today and in the near future Q Can you share some insight into your rebrand and how Verizon is positioning itself within the fleet industry A Verizon Connect marks the full integration of three best in class companies Networkfleet Telogis and Fleetmatics into a unified connected commercial vehicle software company The commercial telematics market in 2016 was very fragmented and we found that there were two companies that stood out Fleetmatics and its ability to provide a world class fleet management platform for the small to medium sized business SMB market and Telogis whose partnerships with HDT APRIL 2018 32 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM PHOTOS COURTESY VERIZON CONNECT
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