Fleetmatics Hires Jill Ward As President, COO

Jill Ward, a former senior executive from Intuit, has been hired by Fleetmatics to be its President and COO. The telematics company made the announcement on April 9. Ward reports to Jim Travers, Chairman and Chief Executive.

"Speaking on behalf of the entire Board of Directors, we are delighted to welcome Jill to the team," stated Jim Travers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fleetmatics. "Her executive leadership and operating experience with SMB and enterprise customers, and scaling businesses and product sets that serve them, make her highly qualified to help lead the Company through its next stage of growth."

Ward was with Intuit, the cloud-based tax preparation software company, for twelve years in an accountant and adviser role. She will lead Fleetmatics' efforts in global sales and marketing, product strategy and development, customer support, operations, and IT.

Prior to joining Intuit in 2001, Ward was President of CRM outsourcer Telespectrum Customer Care, held senior small business and consumer marketing positions at Fidelity Investments, and led strategy consulting teams at global consultancy Bain & Company. She earned an MBA at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA at Wellesley College.

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