About IMS

Connecting cars and driving change for over 20 years

A tale of two telematics pioneers.

IMS is an international technology brand focused on vehicle connectivity and intelligence for the insurance, mobility and automotive industries.

Part of Trak Global Group, a privately-held British company, we run IMS DriveSync^®, an award-winning technology platform comprising hardware, software and services. Designed to make driving safer, smarter and greener, IMS DriveSync^® now lies at the center of a wider ecosystem that includes the development of smart cities, smart cars and autonomous vehicles.

A global group with a unique offering.

With technology deployed in fifteen countries and a turnover in excess of $50 million, Trak Global Group is dedicated to helping organizations manage driver and vehicle risk. Unlike its rivals in the telematics world, the company owns a profitable insurance provider in the form of Carrot, a UK-based auto insurer. Working alongside the team at IMS, Carrot operates as a real-life test bed for our technologies, enabling us to prove and refine the effectiveness of our products before we offer them to the market.

Trak Global Group now has partnerships with major insurers all over the world, not to mention corporate fleets, rental companies and some of the biggest names in auto manufacture.

The journey continues.

Over two decades after the company was set up, IMS now has nearly 200 connected car patents and patents-pending. We work with numerous universities on joint research projects, and are ISO 27000 compliant and certified in the UK. We are also members of ITS America, ITS Canada, Leaseurope, the APMA Connected Vehicle Group, the British Vehicle Rental & Leasing Association and ngConnect.

IMS was acquired by Trak Global Group in 2018, to bolster and extend the group’s worldwide technology offering. All Trak Global software, hardware and services are now delivered under the IMS brand – the latest step on a journey of acquisition and innovation that continues to gather pace.

OUR AWARDS

JUST ONE WAY WE MEASURE SUCCESS.

Since they began life, IMS, Carrot and their parent company, Trak Global Group, have won awards in all the group’s key markets. This unmatched success is testament to the group’s spirit of innovation and commitment to creating products and services that really move the needle for the group’s customers.

In the last few years alone the group has won numerous awards, including the Amazon Growing Business Awards, Best Customer App at the Insurance Times Tech & Innovation Awards and Motor Claims Partner of the Year at the Insurance Times Awards.

For a full list of our awards, please contact our media team.

Executive Group

Nick Corrie

Founder & CEO

Nick Corrie is Group CEO and founder of Trak Global Group (TGG). An economics graduate and former RAF officer, Nick established the telematics technology business Trak Global in 2009 and usage-based-insurance broker Carrot in 2011, prior to acquiring IMS in 2018.

Ivan Bumstead

Chief Financial Officer

A highly-experienced CFO, Ivan trained as a chartered accountant with PwC in 1999, joining First Choice (now TUI Travel Group) before becoming CFO of LateRooms.com in 2009. He has spent a decade in various global M&A roles.

Bob Skerrett

CEO, Insurance Division

Before joining TGG in 2015, Bob was Telematics Director at RSA Insurance Group where he established a Group Centre of Excellence for Telematics, launching three UBI products. Bob qualified as a chartered accountant and read chemistry at Oxford University.

Leon Hurst

CEO, Mobility Division

An internationally-experienced Director with over 18 years in the Technology (Data, Digital, IoT, Telco) and Industrial (Automotive, Mobility, Transportation) sectors. Leon previously held senior positions in Digital & Connected Car at Jaguar Land Rover, and spent nearly a decade at Nokia.

Nino Tarantino

CEO, Insurance Division (N. America)

Having started his career in the global telco and space industries, Nino is the founder and ex-CEO of Octo Telematics North America. He was voted Influencer of the Year at the 2018 TU Automotive Detroit awards.

Peter Finch

Chief Information Officer

Joining TGG shortly after its formation, Peter is an insurance IT systems specialist who has worked with all major insurance administration platforms. Prior to joining the company, he spent 6 years at Carole Nash, the UK’s largest motorcycle insurance broker.

Nik Southworth

Chief Technology Officer

Nik Southworth is an experienced technology and business leader. Having spent nearly 20 years leading technology teams in building industry disrupting platforms across multiple sectors, Nik joined IMS in 2020 to drive our technology transformation strategy.

Alan Cottrill

Founder and Director

Prior to co-founding TGG, Alan spent over 20yrs in the automotive industries, including 10 years at Audatex as Commercial Director, where he grew market share from 30% to >80%. He leads customer relationships for the Mobility division of IMS.

Andrew Brown-Allan

Chief Marketing Officer

Andrew has over 25 years’ experience in marketing & brand strategy, and previously founded an award-winning creative agency. He joined TGG to help establish Carrot Insurance, and now leads on all aspects of Group communications and customer proposition development.

Ed Rochfort

Chief Product Officer

Previously at Towergate, Ed joined TGG in 2011 to found and run Carrot Insurance. Coming from a product development background, he now runs the centralized Product function across the business, responsible for design and delivery of the technology solutions roadmap.

Claire Birks

HR Director

Claire has 25 years’ experience in HR operational and strategic management, leading teams across EMEA, APAC & NA. She joined TGG in 2017 to define the people agenda and employer brand for Group companies across all territories.

Dr. Christoph Burtscher

Chief Operating Officer

Christoph has spent most of his career leading high-performing teams and delivering transformational change in organisations like Avis Europe, AXA, thetrainline.com, Co-op Group, and dunnhumby. Within IMS he is accountable to deliver all customer service and installations globally, manages the sensor supply chain, and implements all projects for efficiencies and customer deliveries.