DriveCam
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DriveCam, Inc. is a global driver risk management company located in San Diego, California
. It specializes in designing, manufacturing and selling video driver safety programs used by commercial fleets.
The company focuses on identifying and addressing the root causes of poor driving behavior by combining sight and sound with real-time
driver feedback and coaching resulting in reductions in collision-related costs and fuel consumption.
DriveCam serves primarily waste management and sanitation; concrete and construction; transit, para transit and motor coach; utilities, telecom and services; trucking and distribution; government and municipality vehicles.
By November 2002, the company received three patents for technology related to its DriveCam video event data recorder. The DriveCam video event recorder was part of a complete Driving Feedback System used by commercial fleets to monitor, track and improve driving performance.
In 2005, DriveCam was included on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 500 fastest-growing, privately held companies in the U.S. and remained on this list for three consecutive years. The company was also listed as one of the top 200 contenders for the Red Herring
100 North America list in 2006.
In 2007, DriveCam partnered with American Family Insurance
to provide a video feedback program in which parents can review the actual driving actions of their teens. In 2010, DriveCam’s teen safety program was awarded by the National Safety Council
. American Family Insurance received the 2010 Teen Driving Safety Leadership Award for its Teen Safe Driver Program. The program was validated by scientists at the University of Iowa to produce a 70% reduction in risky driving behavior.
In April 2007, DriveCam added cellular technology to its systems which enabled the data to be uploaded wirelessly
to DriveCam’s Data Center and immediately available to the fleet manager for review.
In 2008, the company unveiled RiskPredict® pattern-recognition software that assists in predicting the riskiest drivers within a fleet. Through a process of scoring, prioritizing and tracking the results of behaviors, this model identifies those behaviors that will most likely lead to a collision.
In 2009, the company launched DriveCam Online®, a driver management portal that includes dashboards for company-wide visibility, accountability and hotspot mapping for analysis of poor driving.
The company’s big breakthrough was in 2010 when it experienced an orders growth of 87% by adding major new fleets from Sysco
, Masco
and the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA)
as well as extending relationships with top-tier fleets such as AmeriGas and Waste Connections. In 2010, DriveCam was listed as #30 on the Wall Street Journal’s List of Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies.
In 2010, DriveCam released a behavior-based Fuel Management solution
to provide online reporting and coaching to improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions. This release also included a Fleet Tracking solution that provides a real-time
view of fleet operations – helping to ensure compliance and improve productivity.
In January 2011 Drivecam’s program was enhanced with Geo-Fencing that monitors and reports on vehicles that travel inside or outside of a specific geographic area.
In April 2011, DriveCam was awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement by the US General Services Administration
for the purchase of DriveCam in-vehicle video recorders and driver feedback systems for the purpose of GPS vehicle tracking and in-vehicle video recording. In August 2011, DriveCam became an awarded National Joint Purchasing Alliance (NJPA) Vendor.
In 2011, DriveCam participated in Zurich’s Zurich Fleet Intelligence (ZFI) Program and the Hartford’s FleetAhead Program.
, Integral Capital Partners, JMI Equity
, Menlo Ventures
, Triangle Peak Partners.
Since September 2008, DriveCam is under the leadership of the CEO, Brandon Nixon.
The Board of Directors
includes Justin Jaschke, Brandon Nixon, Doug Carlisle, Larry Handen, Mike Morgan, Peter Arrowsmith and Tom LaFleur.
DriveCam currently hold seven patents for its innovative design. It has operations in North America
, Europe
, Africa
, Australia
, the United States
, Canada
, Ireland
, the United Kingdom, South Africa and the Philippines.
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
. It specializes in designing, manufacturing and selling video driver safety programs used by commercial fleets.
The company focuses on identifying and addressing the root causes of poor driving behavior by combining sight and sound with real-time
Real-time data
Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Real-time data is often used for navigation or tracking....
driver feedback and coaching resulting in reductions in collision-related costs and fuel consumption.
DriveCam serves primarily waste management and sanitation; concrete and construction; transit, para transit and motor coach; utilities, telecom and services; trucking and distribution; government and municipality vehicles.
Corporate history
DriveCam was founded in 1998 by Gary Rayner as the result of a road-rage incident. After the incident occurred, Rayner wanted to create a way to capture what occurred on the road.By November 2002, the company received three patents for technology related to its DriveCam video event data recorder. The DriveCam video event recorder was part of a complete Driving Feedback System used by commercial fleets to monitor, track and improve driving performance.
In 2005, DriveCam was included on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 500 fastest-growing, privately held companies in the U.S. and remained on this list for three consecutive years. The company was also listed as one of the top 200 contenders for the Red Herring
Red Herring (magazine)
Red Herring was a technology business magazine, which flourished during the dot com boom, with global distribution and bureaus in Bangalore, Beijing, and Paris. It also sponsored conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. But the magazine went into...
100 North America list in 2006.
In 2007, DriveCam partnered with American Family Insurance
American Family Insurance
American Family Insurance is a private mutual company that focuses on property, casualty and auto insurance, but also offers commercial insurance, life, health, and homeowners coverage, as well as investment and retirement-planning products...
to provide a video feedback program in which parents can review the actual driving actions of their teens. In 2010, DriveCam’s teen safety program was awarded by the National Safety Council
National Safety Council
The National Safety Council is a 501 nonprofit, nongovernmental public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health. Headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, NSC is a member organization, founded in 1913 and granted a congressional charter in 1953...
. American Family Insurance received the 2010 Teen Driving Safety Leadership Award for its Teen Safe Driver Program. The program was validated by scientists at the University of Iowa to produce a 70% reduction in risky driving behavior.
In April 2007, DriveCam added cellular technology to its systems which enabled the data to be uploaded wirelessly
Wireless
Wireless telecommunications is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected. Distances can be short, such as a few meters for television remote control, or as far as thousands or even millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications...
to DriveCam’s Data Center and immediately available to the fleet manager for review.
In 2008, the company unveiled RiskPredict® pattern-recognition software that assists in predicting the riskiest drivers within a fleet. Through a process of scoring, prioritizing and tracking the results of behaviors, this model identifies those behaviors that will most likely lead to a collision.
In 2009, the company launched DriveCam Online®, a driver management portal that includes dashboards for company-wide visibility, accountability and hotspot mapping for analysis of poor driving.
The company’s big breakthrough was in 2010 when it experienced an orders growth of 87% by adding major new fleets from Sysco
SYSCO
Sysco Corporation is the global leader in marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, hotels and inns, and other foodservice and hospitality businesses...
, Masco
Masco
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and the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA)
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is a tri-jurisdictional government agency that operates transit service in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including the Metrorail, Metrobus and MetroAccess...
as well as extending relationships with top-tier fleets such as AmeriGas and Waste Connections. In 2010, DriveCam was listed as #30 on the Wall Street Journal’s List of Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies.
In 2010, DriveCam released a behavior-based Fuel Management solution
Fuel management systems
Fuel management systems are used to maintain, control and monitor fuel consumption and stock in any type of industry that uses transport, including rail, road, water and air, as a means of business....
to provide online reporting and coaching to improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions. This release also included a Fleet Tracking solution that provides a real-time
Real-time data
Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Real-time data is often used for navigation or tracking....
view of fleet operations – helping to ensure compliance and improve productivity.
In January 2011 Drivecam’s program was enhanced with Geo-Fencing that monitors and reports on vehicles that travel inside or outside of a specific geographic area.
In April 2011, DriveCam was awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement by the US General Services Administration
General Services Administration
The General Services Administration is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. The GSA supplies products and communications for U.S...
for the purchase of DriveCam in-vehicle video recorders and driver feedback systems for the purpose of GPS vehicle tracking and in-vehicle video recording. In August 2011, DriveCam became an awarded National Joint Purchasing Alliance (NJPA) Vendor.
In 2011, DriveCam participated in Zurich’s Zurich Fleet Intelligence (ZFI) Program and the Hartford’s FleetAhead Program.
Corporate information
DriveCam is a privately-owned company. Major investors are Insight Venture PartnersInsight Venture Partners
Insight Venture Partners is a New York-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock. The firm focuses exclusively on software and Internet-enabled businesses and currently has a capital base of approximately $5 billion.The firm’s Executive Advisory...
, Integral Capital Partners, JMI Equity
JMI Equity
JMI Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software, internet, business services and healthcare IT companies. JMI provides capital for growth, recapitalizations, acquisitions and buyouts. Founded in 1992, JMI has invested in more than 100 companies throughout North...
, Menlo Ventures
Menlo Ventures
Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm located at 3000 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California.The firm was founded as one of the earliest venture capital firms in Silicon Valley in 1976 and provides provides technology venture capital funding for seed, early stage and growth companies...
, Triangle Peak Partners.
Since September 2008, DriveCam is under the leadership of the CEO, Brandon Nixon.
The Board of Directors
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
includes Justin Jaschke, Brandon Nixon, Doug Carlisle, Larry Handen, Mike Morgan, Peter Arrowsmith and Tom LaFleur.
DriveCam currently hold seven patents for its innovative design. It has operations in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, the United Kingdom, South Africa and the Philippines.
Products
DriveCam provides the following primary solutions:- Driver Safety & Risk Management – a driver-based analytics solution that enables fleet managers to identify, assess and correct risky driving behaviors before they lead to a collision. The DriveCam Program involves the installation of a video event recorderEvent Data RecorderAn event data recorder or EDR is a device installed in some automobiles to record information related to vehicle crashes or accidents. In modern diesel trucks, EDRs are triggered by electronically sensed problems in the engine , or a sudden change in wheel speed. One or more of these conditions...
in the vehicle behind the rearview mirror. The recorder includes two lenses – one facing the front of the vehicle and one facing the interior of the vehicle – that capture events generated by the recorder’s g-force sensors while also providing real-timeReal-time dataReal-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Real-time data is often used for navigation or tracking....
in-cab feedback to the driver.
- Fuel Management - a behavior-based Fuel Management SystemFuel management systemsFuel management systems are used to maintain, control and monitor fuel consumption and stock in any type of industry that uses transport, including rail, road, water and air, as a means of business....
that measures traditional metrics such as vehicle idling, speeding, and vehicle forces to improve fleet performance and fuel efficiency.
- Fleet Tracking - a video event recorderEvent Data RecorderAn event data recorder or EDR is a device installed in some automobiles to record information related to vehicle crashes or accidents. In modern diesel trucks, EDRs are triggered by electronically sensed problems in the engine , or a sudden change in wheel speed. One or more of these conditions...
with integrated GPS that provides a real-time view of fleet operations.
See also
- Vehicle tracking system
- Fuel management systemFuel management systemsFuel management systems are used to maintain, control and monitor fuel consumption and stock in any type of industry that uses transport, including rail, road, water and air, as a means of business....