Luke Wachtel

Luke Wachtel is the SVP of Transportation & Logistics at Platform Science. Prior to this, they were the President of Foxtrot Systems from January 2017 to November 2018. Luke was responsible for growth, marketing, channel and strategy with a focus on bringing the company out of stealth mode and introducing the service to the North American market. Some key accomplishments during their time at Foxtrot Systems include helping to raise the Series A, hiring a new team of sales, sales engineering and ops professionals, and generating the first NA business within 9 months.

From January 2012 to April 2017, Luke Wachtel was the Vice President of Transportation & Logistics at Telogis, A Verizon Company. Prior to that, they were the EVP Sales & Marketing at Maptuit from January 2005 to December 2012 (Maptuit was acquired by Telogis in December 2012). Luke started their career in 2004 as the VP Business Development at Spinnaker Venture Partners, LLC.

Luke Wachtel received their BA from Connecticut College in Russian Studies & Economics. Luke then participated in an International Exchange Program at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations during their Junior Year Abroad. After that, they attended the Middlebury College Language School's Russian Language Summer Emersion Program. Lastly, they attended Buckingham Browne and Nichols.

Luke Wachtel reports to Jack Kennedy, CEO. Luke Wachtel works with Jake Fields - CTO, John Hall - EVP, Business Operations, and Michael Bray - Chief Commercial Officer.