154 | Business World Magazine |
November 2013
LHP Telematics is a provider of custom-
ized telematics solutions uniquely designed
for serving in the most rugged of work en-
vironments; critical components in industry
sectors that include construction, excava-
tion, agriculture, energy and the range of op-
erations requiring the deployment of heavy
equipment or mixed fleets. LHP Telematics
has become a leading resource to dynamic
enterprises like John Deere, Manitowoc and
numerous other OEMs by helping them not
only provide greater value in their manufac-
tured equipment, but greater understanding
of how operators use their equipment as well
as how that equipment performs.
Chief Technology Officer Travis Jones
explains that LHP Telematics’ capabilities
evolved from a merger with what was once
known as Wildcat Systems, one of the first
companies to advance a satellite-based asset-
tracking technology. At Wildcat, Jones says
he and other company principals quickly
learned that asset-tracking alone wasn’t
enough to entice customers. As large OEMs
were moving toward the integration of
telematics, they sought solutions that could
also impart data about fuel usage, perfor-
mance, engine integrity and more. During a
tradeshow some years ago, Jones met Dave
Glass, the founder and president of LHP
