- @Road
Infobox Company
company_name = @Road
company_
company_type = Public (NASDAQ : [http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=ARDI&selected=ARDI ARDI] )
company_slogan = Leading Mobile Resource Management Solutions
foundation = 1996
location =Fremont, California
industry = Mobile Resource Management
key_people = Krish Panu,Chairman and CEO
J.D. Fay, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary
num_employees = 600
revenue = $100 million
homepage = [http://www.atroad.com/ www.atroad.com]@Road is an American company offering what it terms "Mobile Resource Management" (MRM) services to its customers, using GPS, wireless, voice and
Internet technologies to deliverSoftware as a Service (SaaS) to managefleet vehicle s,dispatcher s and mobile professionals. @Road is headquartered in Fremont,California . In 2005 @Road ranked 27th onDeloitte 'sSilicon Valley Technology Fast 50 [http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,sid%253D56074%2526cid%253D60323,00.html] and was on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for the fourth straight year. As of early 2006, @Road held 15 U.S.patents on their technologies.History
The company, originally incorporated as Vectorlink was founded in 1996 by Roderick "Rod" Fan, an industry expert in the development of
GPS technology. The initial business centered on the development of GPS chips. Company engineers combined early prototypes together with aCDPD radio to allow tracking of vehicles over the Internet. This service, called Vtrack, attracted the attention of high profile venture capitalist including Peter Thomas of IVP and Stuart Philips of USVP who invested a total of $10M in 1998. The new board brought in interim CEO Rick Rasmussen to oversee the transition from GPS chipsets to Mobile Resource Management services. He was replaced in June 1999 by Krish Panu fromAtmel , who renamed the company @Road and has been CEO since. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EKF/is_23_45/ai_54841049 Vectorlink Changes Name to @Road - Company Operations | Electronic News | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] . The company went public on NASDAQ under the symbol ARDI in September 2000, raising a total of $63M. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4962/is_200010/ai_n18152877 @Road IPO raises $63 million. | RCR Wireless News | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] . In February of 2007, @Road Inc, was purchased byTrimble Inc . Under the new ownership, @Road will still retain its name and operate in the same manner.Management
*Ken Colby,
President andGeneral Manager
*Thomas Blair,General Manager Global Enterprise Division
*Thomas Colby,General Manager Global Channels Division
*Prakash Iyer, Sr.Vice President Products
*Alan Park,General Manager Americas Division
*Ananth Siva,General Manager Asia Pacific Division
*Andy Yeoman,General Manager Europe ,Middle East andAfrica Division
*Krish Panu sold the company toTrimble Navigation .References
External links
* [http://www.atroad.com/ Official website]
Data
* [http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/edgar_conv_html%2f2005%2f03%2f15%2f0001047469-05-006453.html#FIS_BUSINESS SEC Filing on NASDAQ]
* [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=ARDI Yahoo! Finance Profile]
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