Uptake has named Adam McElhinney as chief executive officer, where he will work alongside Uptake President Jim Rice. The company is rehiring McElhinney after he departed to work as chief data science officer and VP of insights at human capital management software company Paylocity.
“I could not be more excited to rejoin Uptake and lead its next phase of growth,” McElhinney said. “In addition to expanding the company’s footprint in the transportation space, I will work closely with Uptake’s current customers, who want to leverage their investments in telematics and sensor data to gain even more insights across their fleets and existing assets.”
At his previous role with Paylocity, McElhinney oversaw data scientists, software engineers, data engineers, and product managers. Before this, his first role with Uptake saw him helping to create Uptake’s industrial data analytics tools.
Read more: Platform Science and Uptake partner on predictive maintenance
Upon his return, McElhinney is leading the company’s product enhancement developments, including a new suite of tire monitoring solutions and a new dashboard for granular fleet subsystem health analysis. These advancements come as Uptake has continued to develop its predictive maintenance capabilities in the industry.
Beyond his other work qualifications, McElhinney has also filed 19 patents for his research in machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), software engineering, and big data technology. He’s also a former adjunct professor in computer science and mathematics for the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a former president and board member of the Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association.
“I am so proud to welcome back Adam to the Uptake team,” said Brad Keywell, Uptake’s co-founder and executive chairman. “He first joined as a data science leader and we are excited to appoint him as CEO.”
