Jim Travers

Executive Director & Chairman at Motion Acquisition Corp

Jim Travers has served as Chairman of the Board since formation. Mr. Travers has over 30 years of industry experience leading multi-national companies selling and marketing high technology products and services. In addition, he has diverse experience successfully building high growth companies in the public and private sectors. Mr. Travers served as the Chairman of the Board of Fleetmatics Group PLC (NYSE: FLTX), a global provider of mobile workforce solutions for service-based businesses of all sizes delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS), from 2013 to 2016 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to 2016. While Chief Executive Officer of Fleetmatics, Mr. Travers had responsibility for the company’s global operations and strategic direction. Prior to joining Fleetmatics, he served as Senior Vice President of the Americas of GEAC Computer Corporation Limited (Nasdaq: GEAC) where he helped grow the company through a series of successful acquisitions in addition to delivering strong organic revenue growth. Prior to GEAC, Mr. Travers was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Harbinger Corporation (Nasdaq: HRBC), a leading provider of e-commerce software and services. Mr. Travers previously held senior level positions in sales, marketing and general management with Texas Instruments Inc. Mr. Travers holds a Business Administration degree from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and an Executive MBA studies at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.