Charles Kriete

Charles Kriete

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Chief Executive Officer
Seattle, Washington, United States

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  • Zonar Systems
    Chief Executive Officer
    Zonar Systems
    Dec 2024 - Current (1 year 7 months)
    GPS Trackit is merging with Zonar to form the most customer=centric telematics service provider in history. As we work to merge these two companies, it will be with the most disruptive, customer first mentality this industry has ever seen.
  • Legacy GPS Trackit
    Chief Executive Officer
    Legacy GPS Trackit
    Mar 2023 - Current (3 years 4 months)
    Since 2002, GPS Trackit has been a pioneering force in cloud-based, IoT fleet solutions and GPS fleet tracking. Our industry-leading technology and focus on world-class customer service has earned us a place on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list and supports over 12,000 fleets worldwide
  • Ecommerce
    Board Member
    Ecommerce
    Feb 2022 - Current (4 years 5 months)
    Chairman/Investor for D2C E-Commerce Company
  • TechInsights
    Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
    TechInsights
    Oct 2019 - Feb 2022 (2 years 5 months)
    Global sales and marketing responsibility for the worlds largest SaaS platform and content library of reverse engineering content in the general technology, semiconductor, and memory space. For more than 30 years, TechInsights has been the source for this content, servicing the intellectual property, technical intelligence, and supply chain/costing use case for some of the worlds largest technology companies. HQ in Canada, US HQ Denver, and sales offices in Silicon Valley, Seoul, Tokyo, London, and Taipei.
  • Kore
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Kore
    Apr 2016 - Jul 2016 (4 months)
    Post-acquisition of Wyless, responsible for global marketing P&L, including corporate and product marketing, carrier and vendor management, and channel marketing and development.
  • Global Technology Distribution Council GTDC
    Board Member
    Global Technology Distribution Council GTDC
    Nov 2017 - Jun 2020 (2 years 8 months)
    Board Member representing Tessco Technologies on the GTDC board
  • Tessco LLC
    Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales and Product Management
    Tessco LLC
    Jan 2017 - Oct 2019 (2 years 10 months)
    Responsible for commercial sales, product management, marketing , supply chain, and advanced solutions for the largest wireless infrastructure and wireless solutions distributor in the US.
  • MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge
    Board Member
    MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge
    May 2015 - May 2018 (3 years 1 month)
    www.mitforumcambridge.org
  • W
    Chief Revenue Officer (Acquired by KORE/Abry Partners)
    Wyless
    Oct 2013 - Apr 2016 (2 years 7 months)
    Responsible for WW sales for Wyless, a leading M2M/IoT and "Internet of Things" SaaS and services company. Complete P&L, forecast, and pipeline responsibility. Acquired by KORE/Abry Partners.
  • Brightstar Corp
    Executive Vice President - TDMobility
    Brightstar Corp
    Oct 2010 - Oct 2013 (3 years 1 month)
    Brightstar and Tech Data Joint Venture company to provide automated wireless activation services, mobile products, mobile/cloud software, enterprise mobile software, and services for M2M/IoT supply chain for Tech Data's distribution network. TDMobility was formerly OTBT, name was changed upon joint acquisition by Brightstar/Tech Data.
  • TD SYNNEX North America
    Executive Vice President-TDMobility
    TD SYNNEX North America
    Oct 2010 - Oct 2013 (3 years 1 month)
    Tech Data go to market brand for the Tech Data VAR Channel of TDMobility, the joint venture company between Brightstar and Tech Data. Complete P&L responsibility for Joint Venture Company as well as all aspects of Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and IT.
  • O
    President & CEO
    OTBT
    May 2004 - Oct 2010 (6 years 6 months)
    Co-founded and assumed leadership in 2004, we were the leading distributor for wireless devices, SaaS and services to the US VAR and Integrator market. Company was jointly acquired by Tech Data and Brightstar into a joint venture in October of 2010.
  • CDW
    Various Sales & Management Positions
    CDW
    Jan 2000 - May 2004 (4 years 5 months)
    CDW is a leading technology provider to the SMB and public sector markets. The telecom sales group was created by myself in 2002 and generated multi-million dollar revenue and margins by mid 2004.
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  • University of East London
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
    University of East London
  • Yale School of Management
    Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute - CEO College Certificate, Business Administration and Management, General
    Yale School of Management
  • Lake Forest College
    Lake Forest College
    Lake Forest College
  • Wharton Online
    Wharton Online
    Wharton Online
Awards verified_user 0% verified
  • N
    40 Under 40
    NH Union Leader
    Jan 2017
    Recognized at Top 40 Under 40 in NH
  • C
    Advisory Board Member
    Channel Partners Online
    Aug 2013
    Invited to be an Advisory Board Member to Channel Partners Online. Channel Partners is one of the leading publications in both the VAR and Agent channel community and I was invited to the exclusive Board position due to my engagement in the channel and focus around Cloud and Mobile technologies. I am privileged to be a part of this community and Board! http://www.channelpartnersonline.com/
Publications verified_user 0% verified
  • U
    40 Under 40
    Union Leader
    Jan 2017
    Named to 40 Under 40 business leaders
  • C
    CRN Top 100 Channel Executives You Should Know
    CRN
    Jul 2012
    CRN is one of the most well respected technology publications available and a staple of valuable information for the technology channel. This list represents their views of the Top 100 Executives in this multi-billion dollar technology channel.
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