Glenn Busse Joins the POSSE

Jim Jardin has connected people, vehicles, and fleets through telematics for over 25 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, focused on marketing, from California State University San Marcos. Since joining Directed Electronics in 1994, he has held various roles with increasing responsibility across marketing, product development, operations, and customer engagement. Most notably, he led some of the first telematics deployments in the industry with Wingcast in 2000 and Viper SmartStart in 2009.

Starting in 2011 as Vice President of Marketing and UBI, Jim led a joint venture with OCTO Telematics to bring the benefits of Usage-Based Insurance to North America. Jim has seen and done everything from General Motors (GM) to MTV’s “ Pimp My Ride.” Jim joined Suntech Telematics in January 2019. Since then, he has worked closely with CEO Rob Martin to define the market strategy and lead the team to double its sales volume yearly. Fast-forward to 2022, and the launch of the JIMMYJ.com Posse, which today represents over 15 different companies in Telematics, Consumer Electronics, and,of course…other stuff