ORANGE
COUNTY, Calif., May 22, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Spartan Radar, a leader in radar software and
hardware, today announced the appointment of automotive and
transportation industry veteran Blake
Gasca as CEO. Gasca co-founded Spartan along with
Nathan Mintz, Tyler Rather and Dr. Theagenis Abatzoglou in
2020. Since then, he has served as the CRO and General Manager of
Partnerships, scaling the company's transformative automotive
safety products across multiple industries.
Prior to co-founding Spartan, Gasca has spent the last two
decades in successful startups in the transportation technology
space; last serving as VP at SmartDrive Systems, specializing in
video telematics and on-highway data via imagery. The company was
acquired by Omnitracs for $450
million in 2020. He previously founded and exited two
startups in the fleet telematics space focused on video
intelligence and analytics. Gasca was the co-founder and CEO of
MuHu Inc., a visual intelligence (Computer Vision) company that was
acquired in 2018. He also served as the Co-founder and CEO of
Convoy Technologies, an industry leader in video-based safety
systems for commercial vehicles, that was acquired in 2016 by a
Japanese technology conglomerate, DC Asia LTD.
"It's an honor to be working with the brightest minds from both
the automotive and defense-aerospace sectors to improve the way
vehicles see the world. The markets we're focused on at Spartan
cannot rely on vision-based systems alone due to the environmental
conditions in which they operate in. With very few companies out
there who understand radar the way we do, Spartan sees an
opportunity to improve safety through the fusion of camera
and radar," said Gasca. "Spartan remains focused on
delivering the most robust and reliable sensors on the market, and
I'm excited to lead the Spartan team as we work to make numerous
industries like mining, construction, and delivery safer for
everyone."
"Blake has been critical to Spartan's business development and
product roadmap since its founding," said Spartan Co-founder and
Board Chairman Nathan Mintz. "His
two decades of experience across the automotive and transportation
industries are invaluable as we work to provide drivers and
operators with reliable blind spot monitoring and save lives."
Gasca assumes the CEO role previously held by Dr. Matt Markel who stepped down as CEO last week.
Under his leadership, Spartan made great advancements in maturing
the technology, products, and go-to-market strategies. However, due
to changing market conditions and a strategy pivot, both parties
decided to part ways.
Gasca will focus on commercializing Spartan's breakthrough
safety product, Hoplo. Hoplo is an advanced collision warning
solution designed to improve commercial vehicle safety. Unlike
other radar systems on the market, Hoplo provides drivers with true
situational awareness by seeing and reporting multiple objects in
its intuitive and informational display. Enhanced with Spartan's
software, Hoplo ensures reliable detections and reduces nuisance
alerts, which gives drivers the confidence to rely on the safety
system.
About Spartan Radar
Spartan's mission is to unlock the
full value of radar for the safe and reliable movement of people
and things. For more information, please visit
www.spartanradar.com and follow Spartan on LinkedIn.
Contact:
Jazze Reppert
P: 1.562.879.3053
E: jazze@spartanradar.com
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