Bill Powers
Co-Founder & CEO
Technology, Entrepreneur
Boston, MA, USA
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Bill Powers is the Founder & CEO of Cambridge Mobile Telematics.
Bill’s leadership has transformed CMT from a small MIT tech startup into the world’s largest telematics service provider, achieving unicorn status. To date, CMT has measured and protected 40 million drivers and powers over 110 telematics programs globally. In December 2018, CMT announced a $500M investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund, one of the largest tech investments in Massachusetts history.
Bill Powers has played a vital role in building and managing many successful organizations such as Swoop and Traffic.com. As EVP of Sales at Traffic.com, Bill’s work led to the company’s IPO, its acquisition by NAVTEQ, and sale to Nokia. Bill founded the Luke Vincent Powers Foundation in memory of his son, Luke. He serves as the foundation’s president, which supports disadvantaged children. Bill Powers also serves on the Best Buddies International Board of Directors, led by Anthony Shriver. Shriver also serves on the CMT Road Safety Advisory Board.
Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) is the world’s largest telematics service provider. Its mission is to make the world’s roads and drivers safer. The company’s AI-driven platform, DriveWell®, gathers sensor data from millions of IoT devices — including smartphones, proprietary Tags, connected vehicles, dashcams, and third-party devices — and fuses them with contextual data to create a unified view of vehicle and driver behavior. Auto insurers, automakers, commercial mobility companies, and the public sector use insights from CMT’s platform to power risk assessment, safety, claims, and driver improvement programs. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with offices in Budapest, Chennai, Seattle, Tokyo, and Zagreb, CMT measures and protects tens of millions of drivers across the world every day.
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