Geotab

The company was founded in North America in 2000 by Neil Cawse, the current CEO.

• 2000: CEO Neil Cawse established Geotab Canada in Oakville, Ontario.[5]  
• 2002: The GO2 fleet management device was introduced to the market.
• 2010: Launched GO4 version 3 with more memory and accelerometer data, supported all protocols in one hardware, Geotab was officially named Garmin’s Fleet Management Partner,[6] Geotab launched their fleet management software, MyGeotab.[7]
• 2011: The GO5 hardware plug-and-play device was launched.[8]
• 2012: Sprint signs as partner.[9]
• 2013: Geotab launched the first telematic NFC Driver ID Key Solution,[10] Geotab launched their partnership with Navistar Inc. for Remote diagnostics,[11] Geotab launched their partnership with PassTime.[12]
• 2014: Geotab announced GO7 new commercial telematics solution. Geotab announced their J1939 integration with the Mobileye 560 (Mobileye’s Advanced Driver Assistance System),[13] Enterprise Fleet Management announces partnership with Geotab,[14] Geotab and Telefonica announce a working partnership.[15]
• 2015: O2 (United Kingdom) signs as partner,[16] Geotab launched their Marketplace, which complements their pre-existing MyGeotab platform.[17]
• 2016: Geotab defeats two IP trolls: Rothschild Location Technologies[18] and Orthosie.[19]
• 2017: T-Mobile partners to sell SyncUP FLEET,[20] Registered "Geotab Cloud ELD" (Electronic Logging Device) that works on Android and iOS and connects the GO device with the app via cloud-based servers, The US Department of Homeland Security issues a blanket purchase agreement to Geotab.[21]
• 2018: Registers 1 million subscribers,[22] Geotab launched the GO8 device, data.geotab.com and the MyGeotab app, AT&T signs as a partner.[23]
• 2019: Geotab launched the GO9 device,[24] Geotab locations expanded with new offices in China, Australia, Italy and France.  

• 2020: Registers 2 million subscribers.[25]

In 2009, Geotab USA, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware and is owned by Geotab Inc, headquartered in Oakville, Ontario. Geotab USA has offices in Las Vegas, NV. Another subsidiary, Geotab GmbH, has a presence in Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, the UK and France. In 2015, Geotab acquired Strategic Telecom Solutions.[26] In 2018, Geotab acquired FleetCarma.[27] The following year, Geotab acquired BSM Technologies[28][29] and Intendia.[30]

Geotab has been included in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list in North America, eight times in the last 10 years (2010-2014, 2017, 2018, 2019).[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] Geotab has been included in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 in Canada four times (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014). In 2014 and 2017, Geotab was a recipient of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ Leadership Award.[39]

Geotab’s CEO, Neil Cawse, was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015. Geotab was awarded Oakville’s Large Business of the Year in 2016.[40] GreenFleet awarded Geotab for IT Innovation in fleet technology in 2017.[41]

In 2018, Geotab was recognized as Frost & Sullivan’s North American Company of the Year in the commercial fleet telematics industry[42] and ranked on Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies Growth 500.[43] Geotab was also recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 2018[44] and 2019.[45] In 2017, 2018 and 2019 Geotab became a certified Great Place to Work in Canada[46] as well as a Great Place to Work in the USA in 2018 and 2019.[47]

Geotab was presented Oakville’s 2019 Business Icon Award.[48] Geotab was also ranked the number one Commercial Telematics vendor in the world in 2019 by ABI Research.[49]