ABOUT
The Fleet Beat blog provides interesting and useful content to anyone who works in fleet-based industries. It’s meant to function as a resource center for quality information where people can look up industry hot topics, educational resources, ROI data, real-life fleet management stories and so on.
Sheena Archer, Creative Director
sarcher@mentoreng.com
Mentor Engineering is a company that helps fleet-based organizations improve operational efficiency. Much of this information crosses my desk every day, be it from talking with clients, researching online or hearing my colleagues discuss their field experiences. I hope you find the information here as useful as I do. You’ll also hear from the following people on a regular basis:
Chris Pettigrew, P. Eng.
cpettigrew@mentoreng.com
Chris has over ten years of project management experience overseeing technology installations for fleet-based organizations. In addition, Chris has worked extensively with technology developers to help them refine their fleet management products. In his most recent role as transit product manager, he focuses on the business processes of fixed-route and paratransit fleets, and the solutions needed to meet their objectives. Chris is a technology specialist with an in-depth understanding of how it all works together.
Naomi Cocks, P. Eng.
ncocks@mentoreng.com
As a senior project manager, Naomi has worked with vehicle fleets for over seven years, helping owners integrate fleet management technologies into their operations. This includes project management, training, overseeing vehicle installations, testing, assisting on-site with the ‘go-live’ phase, and providing long-term support. Having implemented technology into over 15 sites with anywhere from five to 500 hundred vehicles, and assisting with dozens of other projects, Naomi is an expert in best practices for successful technology implementation.
Patrick Dewis, P. Eng.
pdewis@mentoreng.com
Pat is a software developer who has built fleet-based software and architecture
for the past ten years. He’s an authority on fleet dispatch software and the nuances of multiple data networks. One of Pat’s specialties is developing applications that optimize network usage to reduce monthly data costs for fleet operations. Currently overseeing a team of 16 software developers, Pat is focused on designing an enterprise CAD/AVL fleet dispatch application to aid in mobile workforce management.
Please feel free to leave comments and ask questions. We’re happy to help where we can. And if we don’t know the answer, we’ll find someone who does.
[Full Disclaimer: Yes, we work for a company that provides fleet management solutions, but this blog isn’t about trying to sell you anything – we promise.] If you’re interested in checking out Mentor you can find our website here: www.mentoreng.com. And that’s all we’ll say about it.
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