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Dr. Bill Sowell joins Aldis executive team

Aldis, a specialist in next-generation vehicle detection and traffic management systems and developer of the GridSmart vision-based traffic monitoring and control system., has announced that Dr. Bill Sowell has joined its executive management team as senior vice president - international. Most recently serving as managing director for Swarco Middle East, Sowell’s background includes senior level roles in organisations such as Econolite, Peek Traffic, Image Sensing Systems, TEC Engineering and Swarco AG.
March 1, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
290 Aldis, a specialist in next-generation vehicle detection and traffic management systems and developer of the GridSmart vision-based traffic monitoring and control system., has announced that Dr. Bill Sowell has joined its executive management team  as senior vice president - international. Most recently serving as managing director for 129 Swarco Middle East, Sowell’s background includes senior level roles in organisations such as 1763 Econolite, 101 Peek Traffic, 6626 Image Sensing Systems, TEC Engineering and Swarco AG.

In addition to his extensive career in machine vision and video detection, Sowell also has an impressive educational background consisting of MBA’s and PhD’s from both the University of Oklahoma and the University of Southern California. Dr. Sowell also holds active roles in many professional organisations in the intelligent transportation market such as the 2015 International Road Federation, 1697 ITS Arab, and Institute of Transportation Engineers.

Commenting on his move to Aldis, Dr. Sowell said, “GridSmart is an innovative and exciting product with a great future ahead. Given my understanding and background, I can say with conviction that GridSmart is revolutionary – a true game changer. I am looking forward to being a part of this new paradigm for video detection.”

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