PACCAR is a global automotive company, focused on the design and manufacture, of medium and heavy duty trucks and engines, under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF brands. In addition, PACCAR also provides financial services, parts distribution and retail in support of it's primary automotive business. PACCAR was founded in 1905, has surpassed 75 consecutive years of profitability and achieved over $19 Billion in revenues in 2017.PACCAR operates in multiple vertical industries across the globe, they are, Manufacturing, Automotive, Logistics - Distribution & Retail, Financial Services and Information Technology. As the Chief Digital Officer, I work across these vertical industries at PACCAR to enhance operations, products and services with data and digital strategies, technologies and models.Current areas of interest include, Autonomous Vehicles (ADAS L3,L4), Connected Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Neural Networks (DNN), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Digital Manufacturing - Industry 4.0, Data Strategy & Platform, Cloud Strategy & Platform and Machine Learning.

Zonar is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business focused on Asset Management, Fleet Management and Mobile Resource Management with over 1,200 customers and over 400,000 field assets.Recent Updates:June 2015: Daimler Trucks North America Invests in Zonar Systems, Changes the Future of Telematics. Zonar subscription base crosses 400,000 active subscribers.http://goo.gl/2ms1uINovember 2014: Zonar Systems recognized recognized as the second largest big data company in the Greater Seattle (also known as Puget Sound) area, a hotbed for big data companies.

After successfully executing the sale of Omnitracs Inc. to Vista Equity Partners, assisted with the carve out and transition of Omnitracs Inc. from Qualcomm Inc. to a stand alone company under the management of Vista Equity Partners.Press release announcing the sale: https://goo.gl/041qnR

Successfully turned around the business and executed sale to Vista Equity Partners for $800M. (Press Release: https://goo.gl/041qnR)

Sierra Wireless is the largest supplier of embedded cellular modems for automotive and industrial applications. As the Director of Sales for the Automotive business in North America, I was responsible for sales and revenues from the automotive market segment in North America.In a product category approaching commoditization with intense pricing pressures during a severe industry recession in 2008, we achieved significant revenue growth at record margins. Following is a snapshot of the breadth and size of the opportunities we won:Consumer Automotive OEM: Leading Japanese OEM, American OEM.Heavy Equipment: Leading Agriculture & Construction Vehicle OEMAuto Insurance: Largest US Auto Insurance CompanyOthers: Leading Electric Vehicle OEM & Leading Truck OEMShipped over a million automotive wireless modules. See press release announcing the successful shipment of over 1 million automotive modules: http://goo.gl/LRNuVz.

PeopleNet offers complete fleet management solutions to transportation fleets across North America. At the time I joined PeopleNet it was still a start-up with less than $10MM in revenues and the industry viewed fleet management as basically a tracking and short messaging solution. Through innovation we raised the bar, redefining fleet management as essentially a software solution business to automate processes, manage assets and optimize utilization of all assets. We redefined the industry from a simple tracking and messaging solution to one focused on sophisticated embedded and web based applications driving operational efficiencies and asset utilization, resulting in rapid growth quickly establishing PeopleNet as one of the leaders in the industry and growing revenues by over 47% CAGR.

Conceived and designed the very first smartphones and tablets in the world introducing innovative concepts like a new user interface design for touchscreen devices and web-enabled applications that are now mainstream solutions.