@Road
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| @Road | |
|---|---|
| Type | Public (NASDAQ: ARDI) |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Fremont, California |
| Key people | Krish Panu, Chairman and CEO J.D. Fay, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary |
| Industry | Mobile Resource Management |
| Revenue | $100 million |
| Employees | 600 |
| Website | www.atroad.com |
@Road is an American company offering what it terms "Mobile Resource Management" (MRM) services to its customers, using GPS, wireless, voice and Internet technologies to deliver Software as a Service (SaaS) to manage fleet vehicles, dispatchers and mobile professionals. @Road is headquartered in Fremont, California. In 2005 @Road ranked 27th on Deloitte's Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 [1] and was on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for the fourth straight year. As of early 2006, @Road held 15 U.S. patents on their technologies.
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[edit] History
The company, originally incorporated as Vectorlink was founded in 1996 by Roderick "Rod" Fan, an industry expert in the development of GPS technology. The initial business centered on the development of GPS chips. Company engineers combined early prototypes together with a CDPD radio to allow tracking of vehicles over the Internet. This service, called Vtrack, attracted the attention of high profile venture capitalist including Peter Thomas of IVP and Stuart Philips of USVP who invested a total of $10M in 1998. The new board brought in interim CEO Rick Rasmussen to oversee the transition from GPS chipsets to Mobile Resource Management services. He was replaced in June 1999 by Krish Panu from Atmel, who renamed the company @Road and has been CEO since. [1]. The company went public on NASDAQ under the symbol ARDI in September 2000, raising a total of $63M. [2]. In February of 2007, @Road Inc, was purchased by Trimble Inc. Under the new ownership, @Road will still retain its name and operate in the same manner.
[edit] Management
- Ken Colby, President and General Manager
- Thomas Blair, General Manager Global Enterprise Division
- Thomas Colby, General Manager Global Channels Division
- Prakash Iyer, Sr. Vice President Products
- Alan Park, General Manager Americas Division
- Ananth Siva, General Manager Asia Pacific Division
- Andy Yeoman, General Manager Europe, Middle East and Africa Division
- Krish Panu sold the company to Trimble Navigation.
[edit] References
- ^ Vectorlink Changes Name to @Road - Company Operations | Electronic News | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ @Road IPO raises $63 million. | RCR Wireless News | Find Articles at BNET.com
