How to Create a Fantastic Work Culture: “Allow Your Employees to Have a Voice,” Says Neil Cawse of Geotab

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Neil Cawse, the founder of Geotab Inc. Neil is an accomplished business leader, entrepreneur and engineer who has been founding and running his own businesses since 1992. In 1998, Neil sold his software development company with over 100 engineers to Datatec. In 2000, Neil founded Geotab Inc., which is now the largest telematics company in the world, as measured by new vehicle subscriptions on a yearly basis. Geotab has been voted one of the 50 fastest growing tech companies in Canada and has been ranked in the top 200 in North America for the last four years. Neil at heart is an engineer and this passion keeps him involved in the day-to-day engineering and design of Geotab’s systems. Neil believes that Geotab’s success stems from the company’s integrity, its forward-thinking ideals and foremost the customer receiving the right solution. In 2015, Neil Cawse was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Ontario.

Thank you so much for doing this with us! Can you tell us a story about what brought you to this specific career path?

A little over 20 years ago, I sold my IT business in South Africa at the height of the IT bubble and emigrated to Canada. I had a strong interest in software and leading edge…