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Thomas Schmidt is a serial entrepreneur, experienced executive and visionary leader in one. As CEO and co- founder of datafactory AG, he has launched WEBFLEET, one of the world's first web-based fleet management system back in 1999. After the acquisition of datafactory by TomTom in 2005, he continued as CEO of TomTom Telematics to grow and rollout WEBFLEET across Europe, North America and other regions in the world, making the company the #1 European Telematics Service Provider. TomTom Telematics was acquired by Bridgestone in 2019 and Thomas continued to grow the company in his role as CEO under the Webfleet Solutions brand as part of the newly created Bridgestone Mobility Solutions division he led too.

Since 2021, Thomas has been working as an independent management and M&A advisor, business angel and early-stage investor through his investment firm be-exponential. His focus areas are B2B, Smart Mobility Solutions, EV & Green-Energy, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and other high-tech products and solutions.

You can find out more about Thomas here www.be-exponential.com/thomas