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Brandon has served as Lytx CEO for 11 years, championing the company’s commitment to saving lives and leading the Lytx team to unprecedented success: 65% market share, a best-in-class product portfolio and unrivaled innovation. In 2018, Lytx helped 3,000 clients keep their 850,000 drivers and more than 500,000 vehicles safe and their businesses productive, efficient and profitable.

Brandon joined Lytx from ViaSat, where he was responsible for the company's commercial business. Prior to ViaSat, he was CEO of Enerdyne Technologies and spent nearly two decades in a variety of executive roles at Hewlett Packard, Texas Instruments, PCSI/Cirrus Logic, SAIC, and private equity firm, Housatonic Partners, where he founded the firm's communications practice.
 
Brandon holds a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from University of California, San Diego and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Tonya’s responsible for building a world-class Lytx team that matches the Company’s values and culture of excellence. She also serves as the Chief of Staff for the Executive Team. 

Bringing extensive experience in human resources and employment law, Tonya joined the Company in 2013 from Life Technologies, where she was a member of the human resources senior leadership team and served in various capacities, but most recently as its employment counsel leading the global HR legal organization. Prior to Life Technologies, Tonya practiced employment law at DLA Piper, a global law firm.

An Arizona transplant, Tonya holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Human Resources Management from the University of San Diego, and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. Tonya serves on the UCSD Rady School of Management Employer Advisory Board and is an active member of the University of San Diego alumni network.

As Chief Revenue Officer, Casey leads Lytx’s Sales, Marketing, Strategic Partner, Revenue Operations and Business Development. With a deep background in platform and enterprise software sales, expertise in building partner ecosystems globally, and proven ability to successfully grow a market-leading recurring-revenue business, Casey is focused on building Lytx’s momentum with fleet customers and growing Lytx’s partner ecosystem, which today has more than 100 strategic partners spanning 85 countries and representing every sector in the global transportation industry.

Prior to joining Lytx, Casey served as Vice President of Global ISV and Digital Native Sales at Microsoft Corp., where he worked directly with technology companies around the world to provide cloud and go-to-market platforms to drive innovation and growth. A results oriented sales and marketing leader with 23 years of experience leading international sales and services teams, Casey has a track record of delivering breakthrough revenue performance, improved customer experience, operational excellence, and transformation.

Casey earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Westmont College.

As Chief Financial Officer, Brendan leads all finance functions including corporate finance, planning, tax, treasury, and accounting.

Brendan joined the Company as the controller in 2018 with extensive experience in operational effectiveness, system integration, mergers and acquisitions, and accounting. Previously, Brendan worked at Fleetmatics, a global fleet management telematics and software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm, supporting the company’s growth and ultimately their 2016 acquisition by Verizon for $2.4 billion. Prior to Fleetmatics, he worked at PwC as a senior manager in the audit practice.  

Brendan is a licensed CPA and has his MSA in Accounting and his bachelor of business administration from Boston College. 

John serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer where he is responsible for leading Operations and partnering cross functionally to ensure we deliver a seamless and simple Client Experience that meets Customer commitments. John Is responsible for Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Order Management, Provisioning, Installation, Technical Support and Small Market Customer Success. 

John joined Lytx from Mitel, where he was the  EVP of Customer Experience for their Cloud (SAS) based telephony solutions. Prior to Mitel, he spent 17 years in Executive or Leadership roles with Compaq, HP, HPE and DXC spanning multiple Business Units and Functional Areas including, Business and Sales Operations, Global Delivery, Client Management, Global Governance, Integration and Transformational Roles.    

John  holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration  from University of Detroit.

As Chief Technology Officer, Rajesh is responsible for the overall vision and strategy for Lytx’s products and technology; building on the company’s legacy of innovation and market leadership while driving it forward on a global scale. His role spans the company’s technology and product management organizations as they continue to create and lead the market with innovative, machine vision and artificial intelligence-powered fleet management solutions that help fleets stay safe, efficient and productive.  
 
Rajesh has more than 20 years of technology innovation leadership experience, spanning connected devices, mobile and cloud platforms, developing product and technology strategy, and driving execution on a global scale. Prior to joining Lytx in 2020, Rajesh was the CTO at Snapdeal, the third-largest e-commerce company in India. He also served as CTO of Hike Messenger and as Head of Wearables and Internet-of-Things at Motorola/Google. 
 
Rajesh has a B.S. in Computer Science from Bangalore University in India, and a Masters Certificate from the George Washington School of Business.

As senior vice president and general counsel, Shelley oversees Lytx’s legal, legislative affairs and regulatory compliance matters. She also serves as corporate secretary and chief privacy officer.
 
Shelley has over two decades of legal experience and has served in numerous leadership roles. Prior to joining Lytx in 2011, she practiced corporate and transactional law both at SAIC and at the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, public and private financing, joint ventures, licensing arrangements and corporate governance.
 
Shelley is a Michigan native and received a J.D. from University of Michigan Law School and a B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Brandon Nixon has led Lytx since 2008, drawing upon an entrepreneurial background leading high-growth communications and technology businesses. He joined the company from ViaSat, where he was senior vice president responsible for the company’s commercial businesses.

Mr. Dankberg co-founded ViaSat Inc. in 1986 and has led the company's rapid growth. He has held the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since inception. Under his leadership, ViaSat has consistently been one of America’s fastest growing technology companies, and has been listed on NASDAQ since 1996.

Mr. Dankberg began his career with the Collins Radio Division of Rockwell International, and at Linkabit Corp in San Diego, where he held positions in engineering, technical management and business segment management. He earned B.S. EE and M.S. EE degrees from Rice University and is a member of the Rice University Electrical and Computer Engineering Hall of Fame.

Thomas Darcy has four decades of experience in finance and accounting, and was a co-founder and director of Tocagen Inc. (Tocagen), a cancer-selective gene therapy company, for over twelve years until its merger with Forte Biosciences, Inc. in 2020.

Prior to co-founding Tocagen, Mr. Darcy served for over five years as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a NYSE Fortune 500 science and technology company. Mr. Darcy also served as a director and chairman of the audit committee of McAfee, Inc., a NYSE company, for over three years until its sale to Intel Corporation in February of 2011, and currently serves as a director and chair of the audit committee of Viracta Therapeutics, Inc., a public clinical stage precision oncology company.

Previously he was a partner in the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he served as the managing partner of both the West and Southwest Region Audit and Business Advisory Service Technology practices, as well as the managing partner of the San Diego office. Mr. Darcy is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in the state of California. 

Ziv Ehrenfeld is a Managing Director in PSP’s Private Equity team in New York, heading strategy and active management. Ziv joined PSP Investments USA in August 2015 to develop Private Debt as a new asset class. His primary focus included business development, tax planning, building the team and overseeing operations, as well as leading commitments in over $5 billion of direct and fund investments. Ziv also served as a member of the firm’s global investment committee.

Prior to joining PSP Investments USA, Ziv was a Director in Leveraged Finance at Barclays. Ziv started his career practicing law at the law firm of Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co. He holds an LL.B. Bachelor of Laws and a BA in Economics from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Wharton.

Wayne Hewett currently serves as a board member of United Parcel Service Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., and The Home Depot Inc., and is chairman of Cambrex Corp. He is an experienced global chief executive officer and board director skilled in board governance, operations management, international business, emerging markets, operational excellence, supply chain, sourcing, team building, strategy, merger integration, leadership, and Six Sigma.

Hewett has a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Stanford University.

James Sloan is Head of Business Services, Direct Investments at GIC in New York, a global institutional investor. Prior to GIC, James evaluated and executed private equity investments at CVC Capital Partners and Court Square Capital Partners in New York. He began his career in the M&A Group of Credit Suisse in New York and London. He currently serves on the boards of Veritext Legal Solutions and Petco Love, a lifesaving animal welfare non-profit.  James graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ryan focuses on investment opportunities in the Technology sector. He has worked on a number of transactions including Genesys, Informatica, Metalogix and Synamedia. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at Genesys and Informatica.

Prior to pursuing his MBA, Ryan worked in Permira’s Menlo Park office for three years. Before that, he worked at Bank of America in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group.

Peter Lipson focuses on global direct co-investments as well as primary and secondary investments in Latin America. Peter serves as the Chair of the Firm’s Credit Investment Committee. He joined HarbourVest in 1997 as an associate focused on direct investments in operating companies and rejoined the Firm’s direct investment team in 2001 after receiving his MBA. Peter was instrumental in establishing HarbourVest’s presence in Bogotá including building relationships with institutional investors and general partners in the region. He currently splits his time between Boston and Bogotá. Peter serves as a director of Finanzcheck, Mimeo.com, and Towne Park.

Before joining HarbourVest, he worked as a financial analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Salomon Brothers.

Peter received a BA in Economics from the University of California, San Diego in 1993, an MS in Information Systems from the University of Virginia in 1995, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2001.

John focuses on investment opportunities in the Industrials sector. He has worked on a number of transactions including Cielo and DiversiTech.

Prior to joining Permira, John worked for Irving Place Capital, a mid-market private equity firm based in New York, for four years. Before that, he spent more than two years with Thoma Cressey in Chicago. He also spent time at GSO Capital Partners and Morgan Stanley in New York.

Barry O’Sullivan is EVP and general manager at Genesys, the leading customer experience software company. A technology industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, he was previously a member of the Genesys board and is a senior adviser with Permira LLC. Barry was CEO and Founder of Altocloud, a cloud-based artificial intelligence company which was acquired by Genesys in 2018.

Earlier in his career, Barry was senior vice president for Unified Communications at Cisco Systems. 

Barry holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in computer science from the National University of Ireland as well as an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Alberto focuses on investment opportunities across the Financial Services and Technology sectors. He has worked on a number of transactions including Arcaplanet. He worked in Permira’s Milan office before relocating to Menlo Park in 2018.

Prior to joining Permira, Alberto worked for three years at Avio Aero (General Electric), a GE Aviation business which designs, manufactures and maintains components and systems for civil and military aviation. Before that, he worked for three years in the M&A team at Rothschild.

Brian is Head of the Menlo Park office and Co-Head of the Technology team. He serves on the Investment Committee and the Executive Committee. He has worked on a number of transactions including Ancestry, Genesys, Informatica, LegalZoom, Magento, Metalogix, Minted, Renaissance Learning and TeamViewer.

Prior to joining Permira in 2008, Brian was Partner at Francisco Partners where he covered investments in the Software and Services sector. He has also worked for Hellman & Friedman and in corporate finance for Morgan Stanley.

Judy heads the CPP Investments San Francisco Office and oversees the Bay Area growth strategy.

Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2020, Judy led McKinsey & Company’s practice serving startups and their investors. She also spent 10 years as a CEO or Senior Executive in various startups in gaming, digital health and big data. She started her career at McKinsey focused on education and technology.

Judy holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School and a BA in Economics from University of California, Berkeley.

Judy is co-Chair of the Board of UC Berkeley’s College of Letters & Science.