Nicola Zingraf Bolton

About Nicola Zingraf Bolton

A Digital Connected Solutions, Telematics & IoT expert with 25+ years of international experience, excelling at generating commercial value for companies through strategic implementation of new technologies for transport and supply chain processes, with a passion for automating business operations and creating B2B user experiences with real-time data insights. With an entrepreneurial spirit, I thrive in cross-functional team environments understanding their business processes, overcoming challenges we discover and proposing solutions for improvement. I feel comfortable liaising between customer needs and developer teams, translating complex problems into clear messages, determined to deliver the best solution under technical or other constraints. Technical and commercial, these are just two of the languages I speak. I am as confident in presenting to the CEO of a large corporation as in working with R&D. Subscription-based Digital Services (SaaS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are my passion. They have been since 2001, when my first telematics experience was in the role of the fleet customer. With a thorough analytical mindset and strong business acumen, I focus on achievable outcomes and deliver what I have promised. My experience spans across multiple countries and industries, from heavy-duty vehicle manufacturers to the food and chemical industry, from automotive logistics and air cargo to vendor finance for off-highway, construction and ag machinery, in North America, Europe and South Africa.

Experience

1. Head of Physical Asset Data

   DLL

   Oct 2023 — Present

   Developing and executing on the global strategy to leverage Telematics and IoT technology enterprise-wide for Fraud prevention, real-time Asset Lifecycle Management and retail leasing, enabling usage-based products like Lease-by-the-Hour or Pay-per-Use (PPU), as well as commercial finance, insurance and risk management.• Driving the technology integration in the different business units, regions and countries to simplify and automate processes to reduce the cost of doing business.• Building Value-Added Services (SaaS) to create new revenue streams and improve the end-to-end customer experience with Digital Connected Solutions.• Closely collaborating with the different commercial and operations stakeholders, as well as with direct customers, vendor partners, OEMs and dealers, in the sectors of Construction, Transport & Industrial machinery, Food, Agriculture and Outdoor equipment, as well as HealthCare and for new asset types in Energy Transition.