Striking the right note

摘要

"TELL ME HUGH, how did Truckcom start? "In the late 1990s I played keyboards in a band. "Uh... what?" When CM arranged to interview Hugh Wightwick, co-founder of Truckcom Systems, the self-styled vehicle tracking and transport management software company, this was not how we expected the opening exchange to go. "The bassist in that rock band was a guy called Doug Baker. At the time when we were playing together in a rock band he was the founder of this haulier called ContainerLift." Hang on... ContainerLift? The haulier famed for its side-loading container trailers? Today the company is run by Doug's son, Joost.