Telematics Update: C.J Driscoll & Associates to Deliver Key Note Speech at Telematics for Fleet Management Conference USA on the Needs and Requirements of Fleets

October 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Raleigh, NC – October 14, 2013: The ever increasing presence of V2V/V2I technology autonomous vehicles, green transportation and increased interest in freight management is resulting in changes for the requirements of fleet telematics systems; and will be discussed at The Telematics for Fleet Management Conference USA (Nov 20 -21, Atlanta, GA). Telematics Update, an M2MV media partner, teamed up with C. J Driscoll & Associates, Donlen, Gateway Cities, Penske, Ryder, Volvo and Daimler to organize the Telematics for Fleet Management USA Conference (Nov 20 -21, Atlanta, GA) to provide a platform for the key players to strategize on how to update fleet management systems to stay relevant as the evolution of the industry continues. It has been predicted that by 2015, 9 million units » Continue reading

Telematics Update: The Changing Face of FMS – Engage Cross Industry Partners as Consolidation and Autonomous Freight Becomes a Reality

October 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Raleigh, NC – October 3, 2013: The ever increasing presence of V2V/V2I technology autonomous vehicles, green transportation and increased interest in freight management is resulting in changes for the requirements of fleet telematics systems. Telematics Update, an M2MV media partner, teamed up with Donlen, Gateway Cities, Penske, Ryder, Volvo and Daimler to organize the Telematics for Fleet Management USA Conference (Nov 20 -21, Atlanta, GA) to provide a platform for the key players to strategize how to update fleet management systems to stay relevant as the evolution of the industry continues. It has been predicted that by 2015, 9 million units will be in circulation cross North America. Ruthana Foulkes, director at Telematics Update said ‘whilst there is huge potential in the fleet » Continue reading

Telematics Update: Record Numbers Set to Attend Insurance Telematics 2013

August 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Raleigh, NC – August 28, 2013: Telematics Update and M2MV have announced that next week’s Insurance Telematics USA 2013 Conference & Exhibition (Sept 4-5, Chicago, IL) is set to see a record number of delegates, speakers and exhibitors converge at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago to shape the future of usage based insurance. (http://www.telematicsupdate.com/insurance-telematics/) Mirroring the growth in the industry, Insurance Telematics USA has seen a surge in growth in the last few years and has firmly established itself as the most influential forum to serve North America’s insurance telematics industry. Coming together next week, all under the same roof, will be 700 senior executives to » Continue reading

Ticket Demand Soars at the Insurance Telematics USA Conference as Progressive Make Their Keynote Debut Discussing Snapshot, IP and the Future of UBI

August 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Raleigh, NC – August 15, 2013: Telematics Update & M2MV announce the addition of Progressive to the keynote speaker line-up at Insurance Telematics USA 2013 Conference & Exhibition (4-5 September, Chicago, IL) has caused a spike in demand for tickets for the conference as the telematics community gathers to hear from industry leaders at this crucial time in the industry’s development. Over the past 13 years, Telematics Update has built an in-depth knowledge on all things telematics, focusing on how these technologies can be utilized by the insurance space. The insurance sector has been a key focus for the last four years which has firmly positioned the Insurance Telematics USA 2013 event as the most comprehensive and well attended insurance telematics event in » Continue reading

Roger Dewey

Roger Dewey

Founder

Sr. Consultant, M2M/IoT Strategy

An internationally recognized industry leader in the emerging growth areas of wireless Internet and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, Roger Dewey is the founder and a Sr. M2M/IoT Consultant for M2MV. From 2009 to 2011, Dewey served as Managing Member of M2MV and was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Device Cloud Networks (DCN) in February of 2012 where he was charged with building DCN and establishing it as the world’s leading M2M services platform company. Currently, Dewey is the CEO and founder of Able Device, a software company that enables SIM based M2M applications. Previous to founding M2MV, from May 2006 to September 2008, Dewey held the position of President and CEO of Telit » Continue reading

Leigh Ann Ryals

Leigh Ann Ryals

Co-founder

Sr. Consultant, Market Analysis

Throughout her career, Leigh Ann Ryals has been applauded for her unique ability to create innovative and highly successful business, product, and marketing strategies that revolutionize new and existing companies and enables them to compete in highly competitive global industries. Ryals is the co-founder of M2MV, a leading international M2M/IoT business and strategy consulting firm. Currently, she serves as the firm’s Managing Member and a senior consultant where she leads a wide array of investigatory projects, extracts key data to identify optimal market opportunities, designs powerful penetration tactics, and compiles market development metrics. Leveraging her extensive experience and advanced » Continue reading

Telematics Update & M2MV: Free Webinar – Pinpoint the ROI of UBI in Order to Accelerate Mass Market Adoption

May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Raleigh, NC – May 8, 2013: Telematics Update & M2MV have announced that free registration is now open for the exclusive webinar: ‘Pinpoint the ROI of UBI in Order to Accelerate Mass Market Adoption’. Telematics Update has brought together UBI experts from Progressive, Plymouth Rock, and Towers Watson for a webinar to explore the financial and service benefits for insurers and consumers that UBI can yield. The free interactive event will be held on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 11am (EST) and is open to the entire insurance community! » Register here Top auto insurers Progressive, Allstate, and Liberty Mutual are already using telematics data to set lower premiums for their » Continue reading

M2MV and Leadmark Group Announce a Strategic Partnership to Provide Professional Placement Services for the Highly Specialized Machine-to-Machine Industry

November 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Raleigh, NC – November 9, 2010 -- M2MV, a machine-to-machine (M2M) business strategy consulting firm, and Leadmark Group, a national recruiting organization, today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to offer M2MVocation, a professional placement service for the highly specialized M2M industry. Under this agreement, M2MV will serve as the M2M recruiting arm of Leadmark Group thus creating a unique M2M focused practice that leverages Leadmark’s expertise in full-service recruiting and M2MV’s deep understanding and relationships in M2M.

“As Leadmark’s core recruiting practice began seeing an increased demand for placement opportunities from companies pursuing the vision of a smarter » Continue reading

Telematics: could the Toyota sticky accelerator bring the mainstream media and consumers on-board?

March 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Today’s New York Times has an Op-ed piece by Robin Chase, the founder and former chief executive of Zipcar. Mr. Chase puts forth the proposition that a simple solution to getting out ahead of potential safety issues such as the current Toyota accelerator problem is real-time access to vehicles’ “black boxes” via wireless applications. In the Op-ed piece, he states: “Aberrant engine and driving behavior would leap out of the carmakers’ now-large data set, allowing them, if necessary, to conduct recalls much earlier. And, in exchange for your contribution of anonymous data, carmakers could send you driving benchmarks aggregated from your peers…”. As I and others have presented multiple times at various » Continue reading

Rising Truck Heists an Opportunity?

February 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article entitled “Heists Targeting Truckers On Rise”. The story outlines the increase in trucking freight theft since the current recession started. Being that most decisions to implement telematics systems are driven by ROI models I have been pondering the concept of reduced insurance rates for transporting freight if security and tracking technology is implemented on the trailer. At the Telematics Update Fleet & Asset Management conference this past November in Atlanta I asked some of the insurance industry participants if they had been looking into this sort of offering. All of them responded that they were currently focused on » Continue reading

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