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Brian Halligan
Member of the Board of Directors
> Location:Greater Boston Area, MA
> Industry: SaaS
> Other Experience:CEO, HubSpot | Senior Lecturer, MIT
> Ownership:Public - NYSE: FLTX
DUBLIN and BOSTON /PRNewswire/ -- Fleetmatics Group PLC (NYSE: FLTX), a leading global provider of fleet management solutions for commercial fleet vehicles delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS), today announced that it has appointed HubSpot CEO and Co-Founder, Brian Halligan and Intuit Vice President and General Manager, Allison Mnookin, to its Board of Directors.
Halligan co-founded HubSpot, a leading inbound marketing software company based in Cambridge, MA, in 2006 to help businesses transform the way they market their products. Over 10,000 companies leverage HubSpot's software and services to drive marketing and sales efficiency, and under Halligan's leadership, the company has been widely recognized for its rapid growth, innovative culture, and transformative approach to marketing. He was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 New England award recipient, and co-authored Inbound Marketing. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Vermont and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, where he currently serves as a Senior Lecturer.
Jim Travers, Fleetmatics CEO and Chairman of the Board, said of the new appointments, "Both Brian and Allison have an undoubtedly strong track record in helping SMB customers drive increased productivity and marketing effectiveness through SaaS-based solutions. The strategic insights and experience they bring to the table will be a valuable addition to the Board, especially as we invest in growing the brand to drive the continued momentum of the business."
About Fleetmatics
Fleetmatics Group (NYSE: FLTX) is a leading global provider of mobile workforce solutions for service-based businesses of all sizes delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS). Our solutions enable businesses to meet the challenges associated with managing local fleets and improve the productivity of their mobile workforces by extracting actionable business intelligence from real-time and historical vehicle and driver behavior data. Currently, we serve approximately 42,000 fleet management customers with approximately 826,000 subscribed vehicles worldwide.
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Dora Vell is the CEO of Vell Executive Search, a boutique executive search firm in Boston that recruits technology executives and board members for companies ranging from promising tech startups to Fortune 100 companies. Throughout her 22-year career in executive search, she has successfully completed hundreds of assignments, placing board members, CEOs, COOs, CIOs, technology officers, vice presidents and many other C-level executives. Vell’s clients span both private and public companies and her work has included searches in markets large and small across the U.S. and Canada.
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