Leadership

Neil is an accomplished business leader, entrepreneur and engineer who has been founding and running his own businesses since 1992. In 2000, Neil founded Geotab Inc., which is now the largest telematics company in the world, as measured by new vehicle subscriptions being added on a yearly basis. Geotab has been voted one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies as well as one of the fastest growing tech companies in North America for several years. Neil is an engineer at heart and this passion keeps him involved in the day-to-day engineering and design of Geotab's systems. Neil believes that Geotab's success stems from the company's integrity, its forward thinking ideals and foremost the customer receiving the right solution. In 2015, Neil Cawse was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Ontario.

Colin has been part of Geotab's leadership team since its inception in North America and directs the company’s global sales growth. Prior to joining Geotab, Colin managed the Customer Support, Dealer Technical Support and Aftermarket Parts teams for Freightliner of Canada. Helping to implement the telematics strategy for two of the top five fleets in North America, Colin routinely participates in customer and partner consulting in the use of telematics for productivity, safety, fleet, compliance and data integration. Colin has also been a speaker at many telematics and related industry conferences worldwide, where his perspective and advice to his audiences focuses on sharing knowledge and best practices for companies who are developing a telematics strategy.

As Geotab’s Vice President of Human Resources, Lindy supports the acceleration of the company’s global growth through human resources leadership, recruitment and development of top industry talent, and in the building of a strong corporate culture centered on engagement, agility and innovation. Within the past 15 years, Lindy and Geotab’s human resources team have assisted in delivering end-to-end solutions in the key areas of skills, careers, succession planning, performance management, attraction and retention. Lindy has played an integral role in the establishment of corporate success worldwide through additional positions she’s held within the company, deeming her a strategic partner to all business departments.

Joining Geotab as CFO in 2013, Dario Murkovic leads the company’s development of financial strategy. Negotiating and structuring larger deals as well as mergers and acquisitions, Dario is focused on the development of software-as-a-service (SaaS) metrics, the development of operational and control systems and processes to manage a sophisticated, scalable SaaS system and on defining products and pricing. A chartered accountant by trade, Dario served as CFO/COO at a number of foreign banks and branches in Canada prior to Geotab. Enjoying programming in his spare time, he founded one of the first software-as-a-service companies which provided a great springboard into the SaaS-based telematics field.

Pieter is Geotab’s Vice President of Software Development and has been building large scale software solutions for over 20 years. He holds an honors degree in Computer Science as well as a B.Sc. in Information Technology, but his passion for programming goes back to the days of the Commodore 64. He was among the first to join the Geotab family in 2003 and has since assembled a team of 50+ software engineers developing state of the art software, driving the MyGeotab solution. Pieter understands the challenges that building great software poses and is dedicated to finding innovative and creative solutions that ultimately delight our customers. When not engaging with his team or writing code, you might find him practicing piano, tinkering with the latest gadgets or playing hockey.

Darren is the Vice President of Embedded Systems Development at Geotab and has been writing code for over 20 years. He has a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, which helped foster a love of software with an electronics bent. He has been working with Geotab since the inception of the first North American released GO device in 2002, and officially joined the business when he moved to Canada in 2009 as the sole firmware engineer. He has since grown the embedded development team to a cohesive group of over 30 embedded systems engineers and developers who consistently deliver exceptional products with a focus on functionality and reliability.

Combining her passion for learning and discovering solutions, Stephanie has led a team of over 12 highly-skilled sales team members to success, accelerating Geotab’s strategic growth from 27,000 total deployed devices to shipping more than that every month. Bringing over 18 years of advanced consulting, training, purchasing, and management experience, Stephanie understands customer needs, providing them with superior support to drive their profitability. Having assisted some of the largest businesses in North America including Coca-Cola, Chase Manhattan Bank and the Department of Energy, Stephanie’s dedication to research and understanding individual customer needs provides Geotab customers with an immersive, top-notch experience. In her personal time, you can find Stephanie on the sidelines of the football field, cheering on her sons. Connect with Stephanie on Twitter @StephVoelker or on LinkedIn.

Clive Cawse was the first official employee of Geotab South Africa, becoming a Board Director by the age of 26. Beginning his tenure in an R&D role, Clive then broadened his responsibilities, establishing direct sales, dealer networks and export accounts in Africa and Australia as well as setting up customer support. In 2008, Clive joined Geotab Canada’s leadership team. As sales have grown, Clive has been key to keeping production seamless at Geotab, coordinating the move of contract manufacturing from South Africa to local facilities in Canada, and more recently in Asia to keep up with growing demand. Recognizing his vast contributions, Clive was promoted to Chief Operations Officer in late 2016 and is now responsible for shaping the strategic direction and product development within Geotab.

Dirk has been a member of the Geotab Advisory Board since 2010 and has helped advance Geotab’s global strategy, corporate practices and risk management. He oversees data governance and data usage arrangements, European business development, and initiatives to preserve in-vehicle data access as a source of innovation, collaboration and value in connected mobility. Dirk previously was a member of the senior executive team at Husky Injection Molding Systems, a global technology leader in the plastics industry. Dirk holds a law degree from Bonn University, Germany, and a doctorate in comparative law (United States/Germany) from Konstanz University, Germany. Dirk also teaches boardroom effectiveness in the ICD/Rotman Directors Education Program across Canada and consults with corporations in various industries. Dirk is the author of Influencing Powerful People (McGraw Hill, New York and authorized Chinese translation).

Edward Kulperger is the Vice President of Geotab Europe, focusing on expanding Geotab's global footprint. With 18 years of experience in the telematics industry, he has successfully delivered end-to-end and platform applications to the international leasing, telematics, automotive, fleet management and wireless sectors. Edward has been a speaker at many telematics and technology conferences in Europe and North America, where he advocates the responsible use of technology and data for leading edge mobility solutions to enable the efficient flow of goods and people to provide environmental, as well as socio-economic benefits. Edward completed his ICD.D designate at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and studied International Finance at Concordia University in Montreal after attending New England College on an ice hockey athletic scholarship.

Vice President, Data & Analytics, Geotab Inc. Mike is the Vice President of Data & Analytics at Geotab and leads the charge for developing solutions that enable insight from over 1.4 million connected vehicles and 30 billion telematics records that Geotab processes on a daily basis. Mike joined the Geotab team in 2016, and prior to that was the CEO of Inovex Inc. which in 2013, spun off a brand new entity Maps BI -- a platform for geo-spatial data visualization. Maps BI was integrated within Geotab's telematics platform as a key partner and was later acquired by Geotab in 2016. Mike has received numerous honors including the University of Toronto Arbor Award and Early Career Award, Engineers Canada Young Engineer Award, Professional Engineers of Ontario Engineering Medal, and the Cloud Innovation World Cup.

Matt Stevens is Vice President of Electric Vehicles at Geotab. He has been working on hybrid and electric vehicles for 15 years, ranging from cars to lunar rovers to stealth snowmobile and now helps fleet managers successfully electrify their fleet and utilities integrate electric vehicles into the smart grid. He is a Board member and past Chair of Electric Mobility Canada, is a member of the CANC/IEC Council, and is Canada’s representative on the IEC ahG81 working group focused on electric vehicle and infrastructure standards. Matt was named to Waterloo’s Top 40 under 40 and in 2018 he received the Al Cormier Award for his contributions to electric mobility in Canada. Matt holds a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, with a focus on electric powertrain design and battery degradation.

As Geotab’s Vice President of Electric Vehicles, Chris Mendes leads EV technical solutions development for the company. Prior to its acquisition, Chris acted as the CTO of FleetCarma, a company he co-founded in 2008 to provide product development expertise to the hybrid and electric vehicle industry. With a background in automotive powertrain design, Chris has made significant contributions to a number of popular production electric vehicles in the area of hybrid, battery and motor control systems. Additionally, he led the development of FleetCarma’s electric vehicle IoT solution in 2012. Chris holds an BASc and MASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, with a focus on electric motor design and control system.

Maria Sotra is Vice President of Marketing at Geotab, and a Forbes content contributor. With over 10 years of experience driving business growth through impactful marketing and strategic communications, Maria leads the global marketing direction for Geotab, a fastest growing tech company in the Internet of Things (IoT) – telematics. Maria has been recognized as the IT Marketer of the Year in North America (2017) and a top 3 Marketing Executive of the Year in 2018. Maria has built a strong foundation in both theory and business practice holding an executive Masters in Communication Management (MCM) and, most recently, has completed a Harvard Business School program focused on driving digital strategy. Prior to Geotab, Maria co-founded a creative marketing agency largely focused on digital marketing and design. During this time, Maria provided consulting and marketing support to about 50 local and national businesses.

Leveraging a Masters of Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Jean uses a unique combination of technical expertise and business acumen to develop innovative connected-vehicle, IoT, and smart city strategies that maximize safety and operating efficiency. With over 10 years of business development and sales experience in technology-driven industries, Jean has become a subject matter expert in developing and deploying technology-driven strategies and digital transformations amongst private and public sector customers. As such, Jean has presented at a number of leading industry events, including: ITS World Congress, Enterprise IOT World Expo, Smart Cities Summit, Smart Cities Connect, and others.

Adrienne combines over 18 years' experience in engineering, product development, and technology leadership across several industries — aerospace, mobile devices, M2M/IoT, wireless telecommunications. As a part of the Geotab Operations team, Adrienne focuses on operational strategies to scale all areas of the business to support growth. Adrienne holds an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT and a B.S.E degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa.

Alan is the Chief Security Officer and Executive Vice President of Technical Services at Geotab. A member of the team since its inception, Alan has over 25 years of information technology experience. With a strong passion for information technology and software development, Alan oversees Geotab’s Security programs; technical support and its team of engineers; IT operations, including all internal, network, server, hosting services and security for Geotab; and all ERP and reseller portal systems. After spending a few years in the financial services industry as a credit manager, and then as a software engineer for a large software company, Alan then co-founded and ran a software consulting company that rapidly grew to be a successful, international company. Having both business and technical expertise and experience has allowed Alan to help Geotab grow to the great company it is today.

Joey Marlow joined Geotab in October 2015 and immediately focused on building one of the company's top differentiators: the Geotab Marketplace. Under his leadership, the Marketplace has grown to become one of the largest business ecosystems in the telematics industry with over 150 solutions available to customers around the world. Leveraging his strength in providing an unparalleled customer experience, Joey oversees Geotab’s U.S. Operations and the Geotab Learning Center, leading the team to continued growth and success. Prior to Geotab, Joey Marlow was President and CEO of Strategic Telecom Solutions (STS), a multi-million dollar company and one of Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Private Businesses. STS was acquired by Geotab in late 2015, which ultimately helped to enable the rapid growth and expansion of Geotab’s support services, channel partners and sales teams. Outside of work, Joey is an active member of Leadership Las Vegas, a passionate sponsor of many local and national charities and committed supporter of Nevada politics.

Laurence joined Geotab in March 2015 as Geotab’s first in-house legal counsel. Laurence oversees all legal matters for Geotab, bringing a practical, business-oriented approach to legal risk management. Laurence has been practising law for over 20 years with a focus on technology law, both in private practice and at major Canadian technology companies, including Research In Motion (Blackberry), IBM and Algorithmics Incorporated. Laurence has a Bachelor of Math degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, and a Law Degree, with distinction, from the University of Western Ontario.