FleetCheck expands software development team with two new hires 

Simon Kelly and Fola Ayeni have joined FleetCheck, adding extra development capacity to the software team.

Simon Kelly and Fola Ayeni join FleetCheck’s software team

Kelly has been appointed as IT team leader and will line-manage the core software team of three developers and one tester, reporting to IT director Neil Avent.

Drawing on Kelly’s 18-year track record in the IT sector, the new role will include facilitating collaboration and communication with other teams within the company, leading the prioritisation of projects, and assisting the compliance manager with technological aspects of information and data security in line with ISO 27001 and GDPR.

Fola Ayeni assumes the role of software tester. She has been working in IT for five years and her responsibilities include ensuring test coverage of all aspects of the software, as well as creating test plans specific to current projects.

Peter Golding, managing director at FleetCheck, said: “We’re very pleased to welcome Simon and Fola on board. We have grown rapidly over the last couple of years, reaching our 1,000th customer in January and averaging about 50% annual growth.

“We have extensive and exciting product plans for 2020 and further into the future, and the extra development capacity and expertise these new appointments are providing is crucial to our ambitions.”

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Natalie Middleton

Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for over 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day.