Dave Cozzens

Dave Cozzens is the former CEO of Telogis, a global enterprise Software-as-a-Service company, headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Under his leadership Telogis grew from a start-up to become one of the dominant players in the rapidly growing connected vehicle/smart mobility market which led to its acquisition by Verizon Communications. Dave joined Telogis from Novell Corporation where he served as vice president of operations for Novell Americas, a $500 million business encompassing the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Prior to this role, he held a number of senior executive positions at Novell including area vice president and general manager for the Midwest and Federal businesses as well as the vice president of North America Consulting. Prior to Novell, Mr. Cozzens was the vice president of consulting at Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP) before its acquisition by Novell. He also launched and led CTP's Strategy Management Consulting practices in the U.S. and Europe. Dave earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee and a MBA in international business from the Vienna School of Economics (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)/University of South Carolina. Dave lives in Southern California and also serves on the board of Digital Map Products and RevVana.