Damian Penney, Chief Revenue Officer, Optix
Damian is responsible for leading Optix’s global growth strategy, working with teams across multiple continents to expand its offering worldwide. Damian has a deep understanding of fleet safety technologies and the regional challenges facing different markets. This global perspective allows him to help partners and clients to improve road safety, efficiency and productivity – and advance Optix’s mission to ensure every driver returns safely home.
For the past decade Damian has been entrenched in the world of video telematics and was previously Vice President EMEA at Lytx. Alongside on-the-ground work in the US with the company’s largest global fleets, he led the transition to an indirect go-to-market model, creating the team, strategy, and partner base across EMEA. With over 35 years of international sales and general management experience, his other roles include Managing Director of digital supply chain services company Peak and sales director at LXE (now Honeywell).
Damian is currently based in the UK and is regularly invited to share his expertise with audiences at global events – including the Commercial Vehicle Show, various Fleet Europe Summits, The Forum of European Road Safety Research Institute (FERSI) and IRU (International Road Union).
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Contributing Blogs:
It’s time to wake up to fatigue management
Balancing safety, efficiency and sustainability
Dispelling the myths: five things you’ve got wrong about video telematics
Why more European countries must embrace video telematics technology
Why communication is at the heart of achieving driver buy-in
