Mark Wallin is the new president and general manager of Phillips Connect. He is the principal architect of its technical roadmap and customer strategy, the company says.
"Mark is the kind of leader you build a company with," says Rob Phillips, founder and CEO of Phillips Connect. "He has a rare gift for turning ambitious ideas into solutions our customers benefit from in their day-to-day work, and for building a team of remarkable people to work alongside him. We have a real opportunity in front of us to define what smart trailers become for this industry and Mark is exactly the person to lead us into it."
Under Wallin's leadership, Phillips Connect hopes to become a leader in autonomous freight technology. It's platform provides intelligence about cargo, brakes, tires, lights, liftgates, trailer identification, location and the patterns of how a trailer is being used.
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Over the past 18 months, Phillips Connect has launched DriverAssist, putting trailer health information in the driver's hands during pre-trip inspections and on the road, and TrailerID, which automatically confirms the correct trailer is hooked at the moment of connection. CargoVision Insights gives fleets real-time cargo intelligence and Roadside Safety solutions help fleets protect drivers, cargo and other motorists when trailers are stopped on the shoulder. The SolarNet 8000 series brings location, cargo intelligence and tire health into a single solar-powered solution.
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"Smart trailer technology isn't a nice-to-have anymore," Wallin says. "What's a differentiator today becomes a minimum requirement for how fleets operate tomorrow. Our job is to keep solving the real problems our customers wake up to, whether that's tires, safety, cargo or the shift toward autonomous freight, and to keep leading where this industry is going."
