DriveCam Honored at Qualcomm and CONNECT’s Tribute to San Diego Innovators
Company Recognized Among Leading San Diego Enterprises
San Diego — September 23, 2008 – DriveCam Inc., a global Driver Risk Management company, today announced that it was honored at the Qualcomm and CONNECT Tribute to San Diego Innovators event celebrating wireless innovation in the San Diego area. Qualcomm and CONNECT, one of the nation’s most successful regional economic development programs for high technology and life science innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs, recognized businesses that take advantage of wireless devices, applications and services to transform the way people do business and redefine the ways people interact with their world. The tribute event took place on September 23, 2008 in San Diego, Calif.
As part of the Qualcomm Ambassador Program, which acknowledges those who play a leadership role in the dramatic and ongoing evolution of the wireless world, Qualcomm and CONNECT honored DriveCam and other select San Diego companies that further contribute to San Diego’s legacy as the center of wireless innovation.
“By demonstrating creativity in deploying an innovative wireless solution, we are proud to pay tribute to DriveCam and induct them into the Qualcomm Ambassador program,” said Jeff Jacobs, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Qualcomm. “San Diego will continue to lead the way as the hub of the wireless industry due to the efforts and innovations of Qualcomm Ambassadors such as DriveCam.”
“For today’s mobile users, advanced wireless products and services are increasingly demonstrating the exciting convergence among consumer electronics, computing, the Internet and wireless communications,” noted CONNECT CEO Duane J. Roth. “CONNECT is pleased to join Qualcomm in recognizing DriveCam for its creative efforts to bring breakthrough mobile technologies to life.”
“Providing the most immediate and consistent feedback for coaching across fleets is paramount to our success and that of our clients,” said DriveCam CIO Tom Fisher. “By moving large video event files via wireless transmission, we are able to create a highly evolved safety program that provides our clients with the highest rate of return and a more efficient safety program.”
More information about the Qualcomm Ambassador Program and DriveCam’s wireless solution can be found at: www.qualcomm.com/news/partners/index.html.