At IMS, we are making strong in-roads in building highly inclusive teams that drive a diverse set of ideas to generate the best technology delivery for our customers. Diversity in thinking matched with strong collaboration is core to our People-Powered Technology™ philosophy that helps ensure the best outcomes for our customers.
About IMS
CONNECTING CARS AND DRIVING CHANGE
IMS (Insurance & Mobility Solutions) is a vehicle and driving data business, delivering enterprise solutions to over 350 customers including mobility operators, insurers and governments.
IMS is an established global leader in vehicle connectivity and actionable data insights, serving some of the world’s leading insurers, mobility operators, vehicle OEMs and governments across multiple countries.
Our proven, award-winning technology platform, IMS DriveSync, offers unparalleled access to vehicle and driving data, bridging the past, present and future thanks to its unique capabilities to connect all vehicles – from older pick-up trucks to the concept cars of tomorrow.
With our focus on making 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.
Leading-Edge Innovation
IMS is the only technology partner with direct-to-consumer insurance expertise having run a successful insurance arm in the UK. This has enabled us with a real-world test bed for our technologies and products, enabling us to prove, refine and optimize the effectiveness of our solutions before we offer them to the markets and customers we serve.
Driven by innovation and collaborating with numerous academic institutions, we now have nearly 150 connected car patents to our name. Along with being ISO 27000 compliant and certified in the UK, we are also members of ITS America, ITS Canada, the CVTA and ngConnect.
Our People 
Our strength is our people, and our success with technology is based on our industry experience and proven successes with customers – what we refer to as our People-Powered Technology™.
At IMS, we have a very inclusive approach to the creation, delivery and commercialization of our technology. The engine of our solution delivery is comprised of diversity in enthnicity and gender helping fuel better outcomes based on our inclusive approach to decision-making. The best solutions come from the intersection of different ideas.
Some insights from our Waterloo R&D center:
- 50% total ethnic diversity
- 33% total gender diversity
- 62% of Engineering is ethnically diverse
- 30% of Engineering is gender diverse
Employee Spotlights
Learn how members of our organization approach collaboration and delivery of our People-Powered Technology™.
Nick Corrie
Executive Chairman
Paul Stacy
Chief Executive Officer
Linda Lam
Head of Projects
Ben Miners
Chief Innovation Scientist
Elizabeth Mcfarlane
HR Director
Sonny Dhol
Group Finance Director
Nicola Buffery
Head of Financial Operations
Lee Wright
IT Director
Brian Halk
Senior Director, Marketing
Alex Shutler
Senior Graphic Designer
Nik Southworth
Chief Technology Officer
Nick Corrie
Executive Chairman
Paul Stacy
Chief Executive Officer
At IMS, we have built an inclusive culture to power the innovation and delivery behind our technology. It’s our focus and entrepreneurial spirit that results in satisfied customers – while addressing our higher mission to help save lives through safer and smarter driving.
Linda Lam
Head of Projects
Our Project Management team understands that teamwork is essential to achieve success. While every project is unique, the common trait of a successful project is a team’s collective effort and contributions. We celebrate the diversity of everyone and the unique ideas they bring to move towards a common goal.
Ben Miners
Chief Innovation Scientist
Our approach to embrace unique perspectives and diverse experiences, both within and beyond IMS, is what enables relevant, successful product advancements. We nurture innovation within each and every individual along this journey to enable sustainable and equitable solutions in the markets we serve while continuously improving in an open, collaborative and inclusive manner.
Elizabeth Mcfarlane
HR Director
Our overall People Strategy is created and shaped through the inclusion of our team members throughout the business. By conducting employee engagement surveys, focus groups, and communities of practice we listen and support what is required to drive our business forward through inclusiveness – a cornerstone to how we build our People- Powered Technology™.
Sonny Dhol
Group Finance Director
We have a diverse and cross functional Finance team with technical expertise in all aspects of commercial analysis, reporting and operational control. I am proud to represent and lead the term that helps drive the right decision making across the business as well as managing and keeping informed all our stakeholders (both internal and external).
Nicola Buffery
Head of Financial Operations
As a Finance team, we know that our best work is done when we collaborate. We’ve created an environment where everybody’s voice is heard, bringing together our peoples’ diverse backgrounds, skills and perspectives to help us solve problems and generate ideas.
Lee Wright
IT Director
We have a diverse team that is committed to improving products and services, and comfortable in challenging the status quo. Enhancing Information Security, Customer Delivery, and Enterprise can only be achieved with a team effort, team support, and team inclusion. Communication and collaboration give the team members the opportunity to make their opinion heard and become involved. This type of inclusion is the foundation for the continued success of the three departments I oversee.
Brian Halk
Senior Director, Marketing
The Marketing team helps educate insurers, mobility providers and governments alike, providing them with expert thought leadership and technology information during their buyer journey so they can make the best decisions for their organization.
Alex Shutler
Senior Graphic Designer
Design is about solving people’s problems. Here at IMS, I have access to a host of multi-disciplinary team members all geared to help me solve them. Allowing me to create a solution that not just appropriate, but tailored for our individual clients.
Nik Southworth
Chief Technology Officer
I am incredibly proud to lead our Product & Technology teams here at IMS. Since life changed in 2020 our teams are more distributed and diverse than ever – and this only strengthens our ability to serve our customers on an increasingly global stage.