Meet the Team
Dr. Agarwal is serial entrepreneur and a professor at Florida Atlantic University. His main areas of research IT, Medical Information Systems, Mobile Systems and System Engineering. He has been actively involved in conducting research with the National Science Foundation and various local industries in these specific areas. As an entrepreneur, Ankur has successfully built and exited 3 companies. He is a leader in product innovation and formulating strategic vision for companies. To GeoToll Dr. Agarwal brings eighteen years of experience in enterprise software system development with nine in mobile software and mobile wallets. Ankur built GeoToll’s Back Office Solution and smartphone app. He serves as GeoToll's Technical Operations Lead and IT & Software Manager; is the liaison to Commercial Account Managers (RUC) and is responsible for managing adherence to requirements, leading integration tasks, monitoring progress against SOW milestones and assisting in data collection, evaluation, preparation and reporting.
Dr. Ankur Agarwal, CEO
Tim McGuckin, Chief Strategy Officer
As a strategist in a complex world, Tim prefers a broad horizon instead of one-sided specialization. Informing his perspective is more than two decades of participation and thought leadership in the transportation policy and technology community where he has founded or led organizations that advanced the state of the practice of payment systems, connected vehicles and Mobility as a Service. He sees new technology in the hands of forward thinking people as the key to success in transportation planning and operations. Tim is GeoToll’s Chief Strategy Officer and past CEO of A-to-Be USA, a mobility services solutions provider. Tim founded the OmniAir Consortium and worked with toll, auto OEM, RFID and DSRC suppliers and others. OmniAir offers V2X / C2X interoperability testing and certification. Tim was IBTTA’s first Director of Technology Programs and ran international committees and organized technology summits addressing critical issues in payment services. He began his career at American Trucking Associations where he worked to improve freight mobility in urban areas. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Urban Planning from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
Richard Carrier, Chief Commercial Officer
Mr. Carrier has had an extensive career in private company formation, management and leadership, with companies that serve the government sector. Richard is Founder and ex-President of Law Enforcement Systems, Inc. (LES), a leading provider of delinquent account collection and information services to tolling and parking violations agencies in the US and Canada. Under LES and now Penn Credit, his DMVInfoNow registered-owner retrieval service has/is enabling over 20 toll agencies to identify and initiate billing to out-of-state motorists. Richard is a subject matter expert in best practices for tolling back-office operations, billing, and collection services. He is a long-time IBTTA and International Parking Institute member. Richard holds an MBA from the Gabelli Graduate School of Business Administration in New York City.
Dan Fried, Director of Operations & Quality Assurance Manager
Dan brings 30 years public/private IT and Operations management experience in tolling, retail, healthcare, legal, engineering, construction, and consulting companies. Dan has responsibility for GeoToll corporate operations and in the context of GeoToll technical pilots and testing, he serves Quality Assurance lead. His roles include inspection, testing and sampling of geofences and overlays for defects and deviation from specifications; prepare and report results to teams; recommend needed corrective actions, and; assure delivered product meets contractual and other team and client expectations.
Wyatt Geist, Chairman, Founder, Key Advisor
Mr. Geist is a serial entrepreneur with a proven track record of inventing, developing, and launching disruptive technology products. He has had multiple successful business sales to Fortune 500 companies and recruited and developed the technical team to develop GeoToll’s technology from initial concept. He then formed the sales and executive team to execute marketing and deployment of the technology, securing pilots with major toll agencies along the way.
Jaime Borras, Senior Advisor
Mr. Borras is a pioneer and innovator in wireless telecommunications with 30 years of broad experience in R&D, business, and intellectual property. He played lead roles in both enterprise and non-profit environments and is highly-regarded for inventing and implementing new technologies and breakthrough products that drive emerging markets. Jaime served as a Motorola Senior Fellow, Corporate VP, and CTO of iDEN Mobile Devices. Major accomplishments include: integrated circuit designs for the 1st gen cellular phone; technical development and commercialization of Push-To-Talk multi-function iDEN phone, and; developing the 4th gen smartphone with multiple protocols (WiMAX, Wi-Fi, CDMA, Bluetooth and GPS). Jaime has authored 60 utility patents and over 50 publications. His honors include three “Patent of the Year” awards for iDEN Technology, Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, and selection as one of the top 50 Most Important Hispanics in Business and Technology. Jaime holds degrees from Florida Atlantic University (Bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in EE) and a Business diploma from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. A strong advocate of outreach to young people, Jaime is active in programs such as Viva Technology, which advances STEM awareness among students.