FleetRisk Advisors Names Wagner President and COO
WAUKESHA, WI - FleetRisk Advisors, a provider of predictive analytics and loss control services to the fleet transportation industry, has appointed of David C. Wagner to the position of president and chief operating officer.
WAUKESHA, WI - FleetRisk Advisors, a provider of predictive analytics and loss control services to the fleet transportation industry, has appointed of David C. Wagner to the position of president and chief operating officer. Wagner previously worked at FleetRisk Advisors from 2004 to 2005 as senior vice president, field operations. Wagner has more than 22 years of experience in the technology industry with extensive experience in advanced analytical systems for both the fleet transportation market and commercial insurance. He has held a variety of leadership positions in complex systems product development and technology sales and marketing as well as serving as president and CEO of a provider of insurance software. Prior to joining FleetRisk Advisors, Wagner held a variety of leadership positions in the insurance and technology industry, including serving as president and CEO of AQS Inc., a provider of commercial lines policy administration software and services. At AQS, Wagner was responsible for doubling the company's revenue and helped increase recurring revenue by 60 percent over a three-year period from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 to 2004, Wagner served as vice president of sales, marketing, and client services at Valen Technologies, a provider of pattern recognition and predictive modeling technology to insurance companies. Wagner began his first stint at FleetRisk Advisors in 2004, where he guided the company's sales and marketing efforts. Most recently, he served as vice president of IT business solutions at West Bend Mutual Insurance and headed the software applications development and support team.
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