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Azuga Names Fleet Division President

Azuga has hired seasoned fleet telematics veterans Thomas Erdman and Keith Halasy, the telematics provider has announced.

by Staff
September 12, 2016
Azuga Names Fleet Division President

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Azuga has hired seasoned fleet telematics veterans Thomas Erdman and Keith Halasy, the telematics provider has announced.

Erdman has joined Azuga as president of the company's fleet division. With more than 30 years of experience in the wireless and fleet telematics industries, Erdman will oversee Azuga's global sales, marketing, customer satisfaction and operations.

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Halasy joins the company as a senior director of marketing to guide the brand's messaging and marketing strategy. Halasy has 20 years of experience as a marketing leader and strategist in the industry, helping telematics companies strengthen brands, communicate impact to customers and prospects and build profitable marketing programs.

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Azuga is on track to double revenue for a third consecutive year, the company announced.

With Erdman's hire, Azuga aims to continue its international expansion and growth.

At the beginning of the summer, Azuga was named a "Best of 2016" in the 15th Annual Mobile Star Awards, winning a Superstar Award in the 2016 Mobile Star awards "Mobile Asset Tracking Success Story" category, and Shining Star award in the "Mobile Fleet Management" category.

Since 2001, the Mobile Star awards program has showcased the best products in categories covering consumer mobile apps, mobile devices, enterprise mobile services, technology visionaries, and success stories. The winners are chosen by readers and followers of MobileVillage.com.

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Azuga has also recently hired Jeff Smith as chief officer of business and customer success to lead Azuga's business development and enterprise client success organizations. Smith has more than 30 years of experience building and scaling enterprise sales and business development teams in fleet technology companies.

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