Cab Fare Payment with Credit Cards an Amos Tamam Innovation
With electrical engineering instruction from Tel Aviv University in Israel under his belt, Amos Tamam landed in America primed to use his knowledge. In the early ’80s, it was the taxi industry that provided him his first opportunity. Today, that same industry continues to drive his thoughts and endeavors.
Amos Tamam has come a long way, literally and figuratively, since completing his electrical engineering training at Tel Aviv University. Arriving in the United States in the early ’80s, he proceeded to gain employment repairing taxis in a fleet service department in New York City. This intro to the taxi industry was all the impetus he needed to propel his career forward.
Today, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Verifone Transportation Systems, Inc. Amos Tamam’s knowledge of taxi cabs: fixing them, taxi meters, fleet management, and fuel management give him a well-rounded view of the issues fleet owners face. This knowledge and understanding led him to spearhead the development of a wireless technology for processing credit cards to pay cab fares. Verifone provides the technology and systems that permit taxis to accept credit card payments.
The system offered assures a cab driver no longer has to keep large sums of cash on hand. This discourages robbery and theft in the cab environment. This is one aspect of what Verifone Transportation Systems, Inc. provides fleet owners. The Company’s solutions deliver mobile payment, navigation, dispatch, text messaging, and real-time information delivery capabilities to fleets. Verifone’s focus is cost effective strategies for managing and controlling fleet and mobile payment acceptance operations.
Amos Tamam continues to compound his technical cunning 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.
