Amos Tamam has substantial experience in the taxi industry. It started in the early 1980’s in a taxi fleet garage in New York City. Back then, he first repaired taxis. He then worked to improve fleet management and fuel management for taxi fleet operators. Today, he persists to be part of the industry, in a unique way.
Amos Tamam focuses on aiding taxi fleet owners maneuver efficiently and safely through adapting innovative technologies. Years of experience in the taxi industry led him to create a system for handling credit cards in cabs using wireless technology. This gives fleet owners the ability to offer a different payment option to their customers. This technology became part of a program to reduce crime against taxi drivers in New York City. It enables drivers to have less cash in their cabs. Today, fleet owners in the city, as well as in Philadelphia are using this system.
As CEO of Verifone Transportation Systems, Inc., Amos Tamam is currently working on adding his innovations to taxi fleets and their customers in other U.S. cities. He devised Verifone Transportation System, Inc, as a joint venture between Taxitronic, Inc. and Verifone Holdings, Inc. Verifone provides mobile payment and transportation automation solutions. Their solutions deliver mobile payment, navigation, dispatch, text messaging, and real-time information delivery capabilities to taxi fleets.
Amos Tamam’s career started in New York City where he worked on taxis in a fleet garage. He studied repair, the inner workings of taximeters, as well as fleet and fuel management as applies to taxis. He channeled his academic training in electrical engineering and hands-on experience toward the development of the technology and systems that enable taxi fleets to accept credit card payments. He also led the development of a device that combines voice reminder, emergency light, pulse divider, roof light, signal lights, relay and taximeter connection on one circuit board.
Amos Tamam continues to combine his technical expertise with his ability to develop products and procedures, to solve problems for the taxi industry. As Chief Executive Officer of Verifone Transportation Systems, Inc. his allegiance is to delivering mobile payment, navigation, and numerous other possibilities to fleet owners.
