As a result of Garmin’s acquisition of NAVIGON last summer, Egon Minar, the former CEO of NAVIGON, has left the company and has been replaced by Johannes Angenvoort, who was previously Executive Vice President of Development and who were at NAVIGON...

Andreas Erwig has joined TomTom early January as the head of product management for TomTom HD Traffic. Erwig was previously Traffic director for Europe at NAVTEQ until Nokia decided to close the NAVTEQ Traffic office in Bonn, Germany in May 2011....

French indoor location provider Pole Star has announced this week the recruitment of David Wenning, as vice president sales North America. Wenning, currently vice president of sales at Livescribe Inc., will join the company in January 2012....

As a reader of GPS Business News you are likely to know already about the GEO Marketplace Europe 2011, our unique industry event that will take place on Tuesday October 4th in Paris. In its second year this trade and networking event is...

Telematics Update will hold its 9th Munich conference on November 9-10, a well attended rendez-vous for the European telematics industry that gathers more than 300 delegates each year. The event will look at the next wave of innovation coming...

In its second edition, held in Paris on October 4, 2011, GEO Marketplace is a unique trade & networking event for the geo-location industry at the crossroad of the automotive, wireless and consumer electronics markets. GEO Marketplace...

GEO Marketplace Europe was held on Tuesday in Paris CDG Airport for its second year and it proved again to be a success for exhibitors and attendees who spent a whole day in networking and business meetings. The event was sponsored by...

Jonathon Husby who had led global marketing and sales for TomTom automotive over the last year has moved recently to Harman International where he is now in charge of General Motor as vice president and General manager of this customer business...

GPS Business News organizes its second GEO Marketplace event on Oct 4, 2011 at the Radisson Blu**** Paris CDG Airport. The GEO Marketplace Europe 2011 is a unique opportunity to trade, network and exhibit hardware, software, content &...

Former TomTom executive Benoît Simeray rejoined the company last month to head the sport business (GPS sport watches co-developed with Nike) of the Dutch GPS manufacturer as senior vice president. Simeray had been working for TomTom between...

Tom Murray, senior vice president of marketing for TomTom, Inc., the US subsidiary of the Dutch navigation maker has left the company, we learned today from Carbonite, an online back up company that hired him as their new marketing executive....

Mobile navigation and truck mileage solution provider ALK Technologies, announced this week that Barry J. Glick has joined the company as its Chief Executive Officer. Barry J. Glick has more than 25 years experience in the mapping, location...