MINNEAPOLIS, April 29, 2011 – PeopleNet, the leading provider of innovative and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for effective fleet management, today announced that its COO Brian McLaughlin received the NPTC (National Private Truck Council) Membership Development Award at the NPTC show last week in Cincinnati. In making the announcement at the awards presentation, NPTC President and CEO Gary Petty said about McLaughlin, “Brian has been active on the NPTC Conference Planning Committee for many years and under his leadership, he has sent more than a dozen of his colleagues through the Private Fleet Management Institute and Certified Transportation Professional program in the last four years. Last year, PeopleNet expanded its Five-Star Membership and became the sponsor of the NPTC Benchmarking Survey. As part of that relationship, PeopleNet sponsors 40 new NPTC members each year.”

McLaughlin is a 20-plus-year veteran of the transportation and financial services industries with a focus on customer-driven technology. He has been the driving force behind raising awareness of PeopleNet’s innovative technologies that help the trucking industry operate more efficiency, more safely and more compliantly. As a result, the company has more than doubled revenues in recent years, and continues to enhance its suite of premium products, broadening the differentiation between PeopleNet and other technology providers in the industry.

He serves on the NPTC Annual Conference Planning Committee and as Vice Chairman for the TMC Task Force focused on EOBRs as well as Chairman of the PeopleNet Product Advisory Council, a group of 25 leading fleets. He is a frequent speaker at transportation and wireless industry events and conferences.

The award honors an employee of an NPTC member company who, through individual effort and personal leadership, has significantly influenced the growth and retention of NPTC’s membership.

About PeopleNet
PeopleNet is exclusively focused on providing innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems to improve North America’s trucking industry’s fleet management.  Its products are used by nearly 1,500 truckload, LTL, private, and service fleets in the United States and Canada, including several Fortune 500 companies. Reputed for its customer-driven technological innovation, unparalleled flexibility, and proactive customer care, PeopleNet was the first major technology provider to offer Internet-based communications to the transportation industry 15 years ago.  Since then, the company annually reinvests 100 percent of its profits into the business for aggressively developing new products that continue to improve fleet management. Industry recognition of the company’s leadership includes: Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award, Inbound Logistics Top 100 Award; Food Logistics’ 100 Top Technology Solutions and Service Providers; Frost & Sullivan Market Engineering Award; and M2M Value Chain Award. For more information about PeopleNet and its products, call (888) 346-3486, or visit www.peoplenetonline.com.