/ PayByPhone Appoints New Vice President of Sales, North America, and Vice President of Enterprise Sales PAYBYPHONE appointed Carmen Donnell, CAPP, Vice President, Sales and Adam Kriegel Vice President, Enterprise Sales of North America. Kriegel’s mission and key focus is to grow and scale the PayByPhone Enterprise product vertical business in the U.S. and Canada markets. As a commercially focused executive level sales leader, he will lead and be responsible in acquiring all levels of clients across multiple product verticals and expanding sales to new markets. Donnell will have the mission and key focus to continue to grow the PayByPhone Parking business now across North America markets. “PayByPhone is in the midst of extraordinary growth throughout the US and Canada, both Adam and Carmen have been successful in their current roles and can be credited for building a fantastic sales organization over the
last two and a half years,” says Roamy Valera, CAPP, PayByPhone CEO, U.S. and Canada. “I find it rewarding when I have the opportunity to continue to collaborate, form and build the blueprint for success with great individuals like these two.”
Parkopedia to Provide Upgraded Premium Parking Services to Volkswagen of America PARKOPEDIA announced a new deal with Volkswagen of America (VWoA) to provide parking reservation services to Volkswagen drivers using the Car-Net service and the associated smartphone app in the USA. The service is now live for drivers and will cover both legacy and new vehicles produced by Volkswagen that support CarNet services. This comes as an extension to Parkopedia’s premium parking services provided to the automaker, which include detailed parking information on available spaces delivered through Car-Net already. The system will be available through the latest generation Car-Net app via a new reservation option, utilising Parkopedia’s market-leading payment platform. The platform enables drivers to register their payment details once in a sin-
gle secure account and then digitally pay for parking sessions effortlessly within activated locations. Reserve and pay is a further example of how Parkopedia is working with automakers to help innovate the automotive industry and provide better user experiences for drivers. There are additional benefits for drivers of 2021 model year vehicles, equipped with the latest MIB3 infotainment system, such as Atlas and Arteon models. These vehicles will feature further benefits from the new service, by providing enhanced navigation directly to available spaces via the vehicle navigation system working in unison with the CarNet system. These additional features will now act to complement the existing parking coverage that Parkopedia already provides to millions of Volkswagen drivers across the USA.
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