Geotab
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Telematics |
Founded | 2000 |
Headquarters | Oakville, Ontario |
Area served | North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa |
Key people | Neil Cawse (CEO) |
Website | www |
Geotab Inc. is a privately held company that provides telematics hardware solutions (In-Vehicle Monitoring Systems aka IVMS) which it presents as Internet of Things (IoT) devices. These devices feed their software as a service analytics platform.[1] Headquartered in Oakville, Ontario it specializes in connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics for fleet management solutions.[2] Geotab’s telematics solution allows businesses of all sizes to automate operations by integrating vehicle data and their other data assets.[3] Geotab’s products are represented and sold worldwide through Authorized Geotab Resellers.[4]
History[]
The company was founded in North America in 2000 by Neil Cawse, the current CEO.
- 2000: CEO Neil Cawse established Geotab Canada in Oakville, Ontario.[5]
- 2002: The GO2 fleet management device was introduced to the market.
- 2010: Launched GO4 version 3 with more memory and accelerometer data, supported all protocols in one hardware, Geotab was officially named Garmin’s Fleet Management Partner,[6] Geotab launched their fleet management software, MyGeotab.[7]
- 2011: The GO5 hardware plug-and-play device was launched.[8]
- 2012: Sprint signs as partner.[9]
- 2013: Geotab launched the first telematic NFC Driver ID Key Solution,[10] Geotab launched their partnership with Navistar Inc. for Remote diagnostics,[11] Geotab launched their partnership with PassTime.[12]
- 2014: Geotab announced GO7 new commercial telematics solution. Geotab announced their J1939 integration with the Mobileye 560 (Mobileye’s Advanced Driver Assistance System),[13] Enterprise Fleet Management announces partnership with Geotab,[14] Geotab and Telefonica announce a working partnership.[15]
- 2015: O2 (United Kingdom) signs as partner,[16] Geotab launched their Marketplace, which complements their pre-existing MyGeotab platform.[17]
- 2016: Geotab defeats two IP trolls: Rothschild Location Technologies[18] and Orthosie.[19]
- 2017: T-Mobile partners to sell SyncUP FLEET,[20] Registered "Geotab Cloud ELD" (Electronic Logging Device) that works on Android and iOS and connects the GO device with the app via cloud-based servers, The US Department of Homeland Security issues a blanket purchase agreement to Geotab.[21]
- 2018: Registers 1 million subscribers,[22] Geotab launched the GO8 device, data.geotab.com and the MyGeotab app, AT&T signs as a partner.[23]
- 2019: Geotab launched the GO9 device,[24] Geotab was awarded the world’s largest telematics contract by General Services Administration (GSA),[25] Geotab locations expanded with new offices in China, Australia, Italy and France.
- 2020: Registers 2 million subscribers,[26] Geotab launched its Public Works Solution in North America,[27] Geotab achieved FedRAMP authorization for its cloud-based telematics platform,[28] Geotab achieved ISO 27001 certification for its Information Security Management System,[29] Geotab unveiled Geotab Keyless, one of the world’s first platform solutions that integrates a secured digital key function with a comprehensive and data-driven fleet management product.[30]
- 2021: Geotab launched their advanced electricity demand management solutions, Geotab Energy,[31] Geotab releases an upgraded GO9+ device, including Wi-Fi connectivity,[32] Geotab surpassed 2,000 government customers, connecting over 250,000 government vehicles,[33] Geotab expanded its business operations into Southeast Asia by opening an office in Singapore.
Corporate Structure[]
In 2009, Geotab USA, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware and is owned by Geotab Inc, headquartered in Oakville, Ontario. Geotab USA has offices in Las Vegas, NV. Another subsidiary, Geotab GmbH, has a presence in Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, the UK and France. In 2015, Geotab acquired Strategic Telecom Solutions.[34] In 2018, Geotab acquired Time-of-use (TOU) EV charging software FleetCarma.[35][36] The following year, Geotab acquired BSM Technologies[37][38] and Intendia.[39]
Awards and recognition[]
Geotab has been included in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list in North America, eight times in the last 10 years (2010-2014, 2017, 2018, 2019).[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47] Geotab has been included in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 in Canada four times (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014). In 2014 and 2017, Geotab was a recipient of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ Leadership Award.[48] In 2020, Geotab was named one of Canada’s Enterprise Fast 15 in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ awards.[49]
Geotab’s CEO, Neil Cawse, was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015. Geotab was awarded Oakville’s Large Business of the Year in 2016.[50] GreenFleet awarded Geotab for IT Innovation in fleet technology in 2017.[51] In 2020, Geotab placed no. 210 on Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies list.[52]
In 2018, Geotab was recognized as Frost & Sullivan’s North American Company of the Year in the commercial fleet telematics industry.[53] In 2018 and 2020, Geotab ranked on Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies Growth 500.[54][55] Geotab was also recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.[56] [57][58][59] In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Geotab became a certified Great Place to Work in Canada[60] as well as a Great Place to Work in the USA in 2018, 2019 and 2020.[61]
Geotab was presented Oakville’s 2019 Business Icon Award.[62] Geotab was also ranked the number one Commercial Telematics vendor in the world in 2019 and 2020 by ABI Research.[63][64]
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