Author

Darren Beams | Vice President, Embedded Systems Development at Geotab | Canada

Darren Beams is the Vice President of Embedded Systems Development at Geotab and has been writing code for over 20 years.

About

Darren Beams has been working with Geotab since the first North American GO device was released in 2002. He officially joined the business in 2009 as the sole firmware engineer. He has since grown the embedded systems development team to over 30 engineers and developers who consistently deliver exceptional products focused on functionality and reliability.

Expertise

Embedded Systems Development
Fleet Management
Software Development
Coding

Education

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1990‒1993

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Productivity

The need for speed!

How accurate is GPS speed? What about my vehicle's speedometer? Surely, a speedometer is more accurate than a GPS, isn’t it?

October 29, 2015

2 minute read

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Fleet Optimization

Dude, where’s my fuel?

The fuel used statistics found within the Fuel Usage Report on MyGeotab - a fleet management software, are crucial information for most fleet managers.

August 5, 2014

1 minute read