Study Group: Navteq Digital Map Data Purchasers(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 15
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Co-Founder
Flovector
Vivek Nasta is a Co-Founder of floVector, a wireless startup focused on selling smartphone devices and services to handset OEMs and carriers and is Managing Director of Nasta Consulting. He was most recently a Senior Product and Portfolio Manager at Nokia. He was responsible for the design of handsets...
Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Luna & Goodman Advisors
Elias Luna is Partner & CEO of Luna & Goodman, where he advises international financial institutions (Private Equity, Funds, Capital and Risk, Distressed Management, Investment Banks) and has independently advised the Board of Directors at Daimler AG, formerly DaimlerChrysler until the US Chrysler arm...
Continuous Improvement Manager
BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC
Mark Fendley is the Continuous Improvement Manager for BMW AG, in South Carolina. Mr. Fendley has 10 years of executive experience with BMW and more than 20yrs of experience in Asian and European OEM manufacturing, supplier development, and engineering. He has expertise in Tier One supplier technology...
David MontgomeryPresident
GPS-Buddy-Americas Inc.
David Montgomery is the President of GPS-Buddy-Americas, Inc., a developer of tracking and tracing products for Garmin PND devices. Mr. Montgomery runs and oversees all operations and activity in the US. Prior, he was V.P. of Sales at Amcor, Inc., a large manufacturer of portable in-car GPS solutions....
Eric GakstatterPrincipal
Discovery Management Group, Llc
Eric Gakstatter is a Principal at Discovery Management Group LLC. He has spent 10 years leading teams in the design, marketing, and distribution of GPS hardware and software used for mapping and GIS. He currently consults with private companies, fed / state / local government as well as public / investor-owned...
David McNamaraPresident
Mcnamara Technology Solutions
David McNamara is the President of McNamara Technology Solutions, a consulting firm focusing on active safety & wireless/Telematics techn., new business development, patent portfolio assessment and mentoring of auto. suppliers. Mr. McNamara was a Manager of Infotainment Systems at Ford Motor, from 2002...
Tim JacksonPresident
Wuh-sup? LLC
Tim Jackson is the President of Wuh-sup? LLC, a company specializing in location-based service technology. Previously, Mr. Jackson was the Vice President of Marketing at u-Nav Microelectronics, where he specialized in market analysis and product definition for Global Positioning System semiconductors....
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Most Common Company Types:
- Individual/Small Consultancy
- OEM Automotive Manufacturer
- Application Service Provider (ASP)
- Consulting Firm
- Mobile Application Software
- Supply Chain Management Software
- Tier 1 Automotive Supplier
- Wireless Carrier
Most Common Job Types:
- President
- Chief Executive Officer
- Managing Director
- Principal
- Mechanical Engineer
- Operations Executive
- Product Development Director