InCharge Energy, a globally renowned company in electric vehicle fleet charging infrastructure, has announced that Krishna Vanka has joined the company as its Chief Product Officer (CPO). Vanka will build on the company’s technology leadership with his experience scaling venture-backed startups and high-growth corporate technology and product divisions.
In concert with Krishna Vanka’s appointment, the company has also launched a revamped website, reflecting its vision and latest offerings. Since closing its ‘Series A’ investment round in January 2020, the company has announced partnerships with leading manufacturers and fleets, added more than 20 staff and three offices to tackle the coming growth in electric vehicle fleet deployment.
New Chief Product Officer appointed
He will help InCharge achieve a new level of value creation for our customers and shareholders"
“With such rapid growth in our industry, Vanka’s background and leadership is a welcome addition to InCharge Energy,” said Cameron Funk, the Chief Executive Officer at InCharge Energy.
“Krishna key product development for Telogis from its early days through its nearly US$ 1 billion acquisition by Verizon. He will help InCharge achieve a new level of value creation for our customers and shareholders,” added Terry O’Day, the Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer (COO) of InCharge Energy.
Delivering unrivaled performance in fleet electrification
In-Charge Energy’s Board Director, Greg Callman, who also serves as Global Head - Energy Technology, Senior Managing Director at Macquarie Group, commented “Krishna provides InCharge Energy with the SaaS development experience necessary for InCharge to deliver unrivaled performance in fleet electrification.”
Krishna Vanka, the Chief Product Officer of InCharge Energy, said “Cameron and Terry are highly respected veterans of transportation electrification. I am excited to join InCharge Energy to bring Saas, Fleet Management, and Route Optimization expertise to the leadership team. Simply said, this team will now combine the intelligence in bits with power of electrons to overtake hydrocarbons as the dominant fuel in transportation.”
Krishna Vanka, seasoned CPO and technology innovator
Krishna Vanka is a seasoned CPO, technology innovator, and entrepreneur
Krishna Vanka is a seasoned CPO, technology innovator, and entrepreneur with several demonstrated successes building and growing significant businesses in sectors, such as Fleet Management, Route Optimization, Big data, SaaS and Cloud Computing.
Recently, Vanka was selected as one of the ‘Most Influential Business Leaders’ in the Orange County Business Journal in 2020 for the 2nd consecutive year.
Vast industry experience
Under Krishna Vanka’s leadership, MyShoperoo was ranked the No. 6 most fundable startup in the U.S., among 3500 and featured in Entrepreneur magazine in Dec 2019. Prior to launching his own venture, Vanka was an early employee and executive at Telogis Inc., (SaaS leader in Fleet management) for 7+ years, where he built and managed various Product teams, including the one that built the world’s fastest and first cloud-based route optimization engine.
RouteCloud is used by some of the nation’s largest fleets today, a key development that led to the company’s 2016 sale to Verizon for a reported US$ 950+ million.
