Airbiquity Names Robert R. Crawford Director of Sales

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Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:00pm EDT

SEATTLE--(Business Wire)--
Airbiquity (www.airbiquity.com), a global leader in wireless connected services,
has named Robert R. Crawford as director of sales. 

Crawford, a senior sales executive who brings more than 22 years of automotive,
wireless and navigation industry sales expertise to Airbiquity, joins the
company from NAVIGON North America, where he served as vice president of
automotive business development. During his tenure, Crawford developed business
for NAVIGON`s software licensing division in the automotive sector.
Additionally, he secured significant promotional business wins in North America
for NAVIGON-branded hardware devices. 

Crawford also served as director of vehicle sales for NAVTEQ from 2003-2007,
where he was responsible for the entire North American-based vehicle and system
vendor sales for all OEM and tier-one system providers. Additionally Crawford
has held several high-level automotive sales positions with UK-based TI
Automotive. 

"We`re extremely pleased to have Rob Crawford join the Airbiquity team," said
David Jumpa, senior vice president of global business development. "Rob`s
distinguished career and expertise are unmatched and he will be a great addition
to our team." 

In Crawford`s new role, he will be responsible for automotive OEM and supplier
sales and will be based out of the Detroit metropolitan area. 

About Airbiquity

Airbiquity delivers vehicle telematics and connected services solutions
worldwide through a flexible ecosystem with the most reliable, cost-effective,
easy to use two-way wireless connectivity solutions and best-in-class
applications centered-around its VIAaq managed services platform. Airbiquity
partners with leading automotive OEMs and personal navigation device (PND)
companies to connect drivers with information that enhances the driving
experience. To learn more about Airbiquity, visit www.airbiquity.com. 

Airbiquity, aqLink, aqServer and VIAaq are trademarks of Airbiquity Inc.





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