LONDON, February 9 /PRNewswire/ -- deCarta, the leading supplier of mapping software and services for the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, has appointed Armin Fendrich as Vice President of Sales of EMEA. Fendrich will head up deCarta's operations throughout the EMEA region with an emphasis on increasing sales for LBS applications including personal navigation, mobile and fleet-tracking/MRM.
Fendrich joins deCarta from Nokia gate5 GmbH. Prior to joining Nokia where he was director of PND Sales for EMEA and responsible for OEM software license business and sales; Fendrich held the position of Regional Director for Pinnacle Systems, where he successfully grew the business into the market leader for the EMEA region. Fendrich has over twenty years' experience in pan-European sales and marketing for US high-tech companies and spent two years in Silicon Valley where he was responsible for the US operation of German-based ELSA AG.
deCarta's suite of technologies provide the EMEA market with an unmatched selection of high-performance mobile location-aware technology solutions. With our core server-side, our wireless geospatial expertise, the new connected navigation service and the deCarta Mobile platform for J2ME and iPhones, we can provide the enabling technology and services for these fast-growing markets. I'm looking forward to expanding deCarta's technology reach, working closely with our partners and building on the company's market success, says Fendrich.
About deCarta: deCarta is the leading geospatial software platform that has enabled some of the industry's most successful Location-Based Services (LBS) applications such as those deployed by Verizon, Sprint Nextel, ATT, T-Mobile, Multimap and Hotels.com. The company's technology is ideal for high-volume LBS applications in the mobile, personal navigation, connected navigation, enterprise and Internet markets where scalability, speed and reliability are vital. deCarta's solutions are preferred by application developers and service providers who seek to leverage deCarta's unique core strengths of server-side and wireless LBS expertise, and also want the flexibility to customize map styles and self-brand. Some of deCarta's customers and technology partners include Appello, ATX, AutoTrader.com, Box Telematics, Gearworks, Hotels.com, INRIX, Local Matters, loopt, Maps.com, Motorola, NAVTEQ, Networks In Motion, Orange, Pelago, Tele Atlas, TeleNav, TeliaSonera AB, toptable, WHERE and World Directories. deCarta is privately held and headquartered in San Jose, California with international offices in the UK, Germany and China. http://www.decarta.com
Further information/contact: Amanda Slayton-Joslin Honcho Tel : +44(0)7774-601059 Email: amanda@honchopr.com Charlotte Priest Honcho PR Tel: +44(0)7876-222327 Email: charlotte@honchopr.com
Further information/contact: Amanda Slayton-Joslin, Honcho, Tel : +44(0)7774-601059, Email: amanda@honchopr.com; Charlotte Priest, Honcho PR, Tel: +44(0)7876-222327, Email: charlotte@honchopr.com
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