DRIVE Software Solutions announces Chairman, CEO and CCO

DRIVE Software Solutions has attracted a top technology executive team into its C-Suite of senior managers to position itself as the de facto platform of choice in cloud-enabled fleet management.

Richard Parris, Chairman of Sabien Technology Group and Chief Executive Officer at Salt Cybersecurity, will become Chairman of the Board upon completion of a current assignment.  

Joining DRIVE as Chief Executive is David King who has built and exited successful technology firms for 20-plus years.  Robert Gorby, Chief Commercial Officer, brings 20 years of sales and marketing experience.

The combined team recognises the huge potential for DRIVE given the momentum of global technology events, like the arrival of 5G and IoT, coupled with changes expected in mobility and fleet management, such as the growth in mobility as a service offering and autonomous vehicles.

David King said: “I am very pleased to have the opportunity to lead a technology innovator like DRIVE, backed by such an experienced and engaged team of investors as VIVA Investment Partners.” 

Their experience matches the decades of experience in fleet management of the senior executives: Simon West-Oliver, Strategic Partnerships Director, Dave Pegg, Technical Director and Stuart Newmarch, Development Director. 

To complement them, Parris, King and Gorby bring best practice and global networks in cloud services, telecoms and SaaS businesses to create a sales and marketing team equal to the business’s historical strengths in development and product.

Simon West-Oliver said: “We now have the team in place to realise our core mantra of e-business, automation and advancing customer service. ODO allows us to bring the real underlying benefits of the wealth of DRIVE functionality in an agile market-relevant solution to a wider marketplace.”