TomTom’s president announced yesterday that they will be adding jobs in the testing and trade marketing departments, growing its US workforce by 20 to 25 percent next year. Unfortunately the news came along with the elimination of 6 jobs in the Concorde office in response to slowing sales in some of its markets.
While sales of devices using global position system technology for cars is projected to double in the United States this year, sales of navigation devices for trucks and of navigation software for handheld computers has been slower than anticipated, said Jocelyn Vigreux, president of TomTom Inc.
In related news, digital map provider and TomTom subsidiary Tele Atlas has named Charles Cautley its new senior vice president of operations. Cautley is responsible for all data sourcing, database production, program planning, and product management functions. He reports directly to Tele Atlas CEO Bill Henry, according to the company.
Tue, Dec 2, 2008
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