Powerfleet’s Partner Conference
November 12-14, 2024 | Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town
Powerfleet’s Partner Conference
November 12-14, 2024 | Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town
Meet Your Harmony 2024 Speakers
Check back soon as we announce additional speakers!
Charles Tasker
Chief Revenue Officer at Powerfleet
Charles joins Powerfleet as Chief Revenue Officer, after serving 10 years as MiX’s Chief Operating Office and serving as a member on MiX’s Board of Directors since August 2007. Prior to MiX, Charles founded an Internet service provider and software development company called DataPro in 1986, which was acquired by Control Instruments Group Limited in 1996. As part of that acquisition, Charles joined Control Instruments to lead its fleet management business, which became OmniBridge. Charles began his long and distinguished career at MiX as the Executive responsible for Fleet Solutions worldwide, following our acquisition of OmniBridge in 2007. Charles has more than 25 years of entrepreneurial and management experience working with companies in the technology sector.
Catherine Lewis
Chief Customer Officer at Powerfleet
Catherine Lewis joins Powerfleet as Chief Customer Officer, after serving 10 years as the Executive Vice President of Technology and Managing Director of central services at MiX Telematics. During her 20+ years at MiX, Catherine held various roles, and was the executive leader responsible for a number of business functions, including software and hardware engineering, SaaS operations and support, manufacturing & supply chain, marketing, product management, business systems and IT. She has always filled global roles and is passionate about technology and people, having majored in Information Systems at the University of Cape Town. Prior to joining MiX, Catherine worked for Dimension Data and Procter & Gamble.
Jim Zeitunian
Chief Technology Officer at Powerfleet
Jim Zeitunian brings a wealth of experience in delivering best in class solutions in the supply chain industry, most recently at Coupa Software, the global leader in Business Spend Management technology. He has a reputation for building world class R&D teams on a global scale and has demonstrated high levels of effective execution of product strategies and roadmaps with premium quality.
At Coupa, Zeitunian led the engineering and applied research teams focusing on the continued development of the global Supply Chain and Design SaaS platform that delivers dynamic AI and Machine Learning solutions and mission critical data insights for some of the largest supply chains in the world as they embark on their digital transformations. Mr. Zeitunian has also held leadership positions at LLamasoft and Thomson Reuters driving various SaaS products and platform.
He received Bachelor of Science degrees in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Western Michigan University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from Oakland University.
Zoe Jenkins
SVP Customer Operations and Technical Support at Powerfleet
Zoe joins Powerfleet as the Senior Vice President of Customer Operations and Technical Support, after serving 10 years as the Head of Programme Management and Advanced Technical Support of central services at MiX Telematics. During her +17 years at MiX, Zoe has held various roles starting in Product Management and moved into the management and delivery of all development projects following her delivery of the MiX Fleet Manager platform in 2014. Zoe has a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Liverpool and is passionate about apply her problem solving and research skills to build effective and efficient teams and processes.
Chris Bertish
Keynote Speaker
Professional speaker, big wave surfing Mavericks champion, stand up paddle board Guinness World Record holder, best-selling author, award-winning film director, philanthropist, conservationist, ocean pioneer and entrepreneur.
Chris Bertish was recently recognized as one of the Top 5 Motivational Speakers in South Africa and Top 10 in the World. Chris was selected as one of the Genius 100-Global Visionaries for the future, by the Einstein Institute, both for excellence in his disciplines and universal global positive influence, along with other fellow visionaries like, Deepak Chopra, Sir Ken Robinson and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sir Richard Branson and Dr. Silvia Earle.
His incredible Mavericks big wave story was developed into a globally inspiring and award-winning film, Ocean Driven, and then was launched into the #1 best-selling book- Stoked!
Glen Mitchell
SVP Product Management at Powerfleet
Glen is Powerfleet‘s SVP of Product Management and previously served as MiX’s Head of Product Management. Glen began his career at MiX as a Product Manager in November 2014. Before joining MiX, Glen held technology, managerial and executive positions from 1997, most recently as Chief Information Officer at NZBus, New Zealand’s leading public transport provider. Glen started his career as a professional Electrical Engineer and from there broadened his technology and business leadership experience across Australasia, North America, Europe and Africa.
Scott Walker
VP of Supply Chain Product Management at Powerfleet
Mr. Walker serves as Vice President of Supply Chain Product Management for Powerfleet, leading Powerfleet’s supply chain product teams to drive innovative products and solutions. Mr. Walker has over 25 years of experience leading product strategy, technological innovation, and product development execution. For the last 15 years, Scott has led various roles within Powefleet’s product, implementation, and sales teams. Prior to joining Powerfleet, Mr. Walker held various leadership positions at Emerson Electric as part of the Industrial Automation group. Mr. Walker attended the University of Rhode Island, holding a BS in Chemical Engineering.
Jennifer Rogers
VP of Partner Success at Powerfleet
Jennifer is Powerfleet’s VP of Partner Success and previously worked as a MiX’s Global Partnership Development Manager. And prior to that role, Jennifer was a Channel Manager for Europe and North Africa. Jennifer has also worked at Volvo Penta in Dealer Development and prior to joining MiX in 2016 held various positions in Sales & Marketing at PSA Peugeot Citroen (now Stellantis). Jennifer also has a Masters in Business Administration, a BA(Hons) degree in European Languages (French) and Management Studies and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
Bjorn Svinterud
Head of Global OEM Strategy at Powerfleet
Bjorn joins Powerfleet as Head of Global OEM Strategy, after serving 4 years as Head of Global OEM Strategy for MiX Telematics. Prior to joining MiX, Bjorn held various leadership positions in the technology, transportation, global supply chain and oil & gas industries.Bjorn has a master‘s degree in systems engineering from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Stavanger.
Ryan Colyn
GM – Africa Retail at Powerfleet
Ryan is the Retail Sales Director at Powerfleet, bringing nearly two decades of extensive sales experience and a robust background in management within the information technology and services sector. Prior to joining Powerfleet, Ryan spent 12 years at MiX Telematics, where he began his career as the Retentions and Development Manager. Throughout his tenure, he advanced through various leadership roles in the Consumer Sales team, significantly contributing to revenue growth and the establishment of high-performance teams. Ryan is committed to leveraging technology to enhance business success and excels in fast-paced environments that prioritize innovation and strategic thinking. His passion for driving growth and performance is invaluable.
Craig Fisk
Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing NA at Fleet Complete
Craig leads Fleet Complete’s North American direct and carrier channel sales teams, in addition to the marketing team. Craig works closely with sales leaders to plan, foster, and execute strategic business relationships with clients and industry partners.
Organizations align their key performance indicators to their Digital strategy. In doing so, we analyze the flow of information, optimize business processes, increase workflow efficiencies under a strict security process.
Craig brings over 20 years of sales leadership experience in the information technology and digital services space, as well as thought leadership in legal services.
Frank Friesacher
Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Fleet Complete
As Chief Product Officer at Fleet Complete, Frank leads the company’s global product strategy and innovation. He brings 30 years of experience in leading product development and market introduction of innovative software and hardware technologies predominantly in the areas of fleet telematics and wireless technologies, including nearly a decade as CEO of Troo, a SaaS telematics provider for ground, marine and aviation fleets.
Frank has a proven track record in product innovation, from pioneering UBI telematics-based insurance in North America and telematics-based road charging in the UK at IMS to launching IoT embedded blockchain for supply chain and developing AI-based predictive maintenance for aircraft and trucks.
Before joining Fleet Complete, he led a new AIoT division for digital transformation at Cummins, a Fortune 200 company, earning Frost and Sullivan recognition for its AI-based Predictive Maintenance system.
Margot Parsons
Director of Global Growth Marketing at Powerfleet
Margot is Powerfleet‘s Director of Global Growth Marketing. She leads the Regional Growth Marketing Manager’s as well as the Global Customer Marketing Manager and Global Partner Marketing Manager to meet growth revenue goals. Margot served for four years as the Global Marketing Manager for MiX Telematics. Margot previously led a sales team for 8 years as the Senior Business Development and Regional Manager in the retail industry and is passionate about aligning the marketing and sales teams. Margot has worked in the SaaS and tech industry in business development and loves working with developers to create leading software. Margot has a BCom in Marketing Management, a BA in Marketing Communications Cum Laude (Golden Key Member), and a BA Honours in Marketing Strategy.
Ronel Spies
Global Partner Operations Manager at Powerfleet
Ronel Spies joins Powerfleet as Global Partner Operations Manager, after serving 6 years as the Global Business Development Manager at MiX Telematics. During her 20+ years at MiX, Ronel held various roles, including (but not limited to) Product Support, Key Account Management and Channel Partner Development. She is output driven; speaks Afrikaans, English and German, and is passionate about people and good communication.
Camilo Martinez
CEO at SYSCAF
Camilo is the CEO of SYSCAF. He speaks Spanish, English, French and understands Portuguese. SYSCAF specialises in Fleet Management Digital Transformation with a focus on connecting data with opportunities of efficiency and savings.
Peter Sim
Managing Director at Tectra Telematics
Peter is the Managing Director of Tectra Telematics. Tectra has been specialising in Off-Highway Telematics for years, ranging from warehouses to mining/construction and agriculture. They operate in South Africa.
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