{"id":877863,"date":"2026-10-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=877863"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:44:31","slug":"business-talk-christiaan-storm-on-how-ctrack-is-developing-trustworthy-fleet-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/877863\/business-talk-christiaan-storm-on-how-ctrack-is-developing-trustworthy-fleet-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Talk \u2013 Christiaan Storm on how Ctrack is developing trustworthy fleet AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Christiaan Storm discusses how Ctrack\u2019s DOT AI assistant helps simplify fleet management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Storm is the Head of Software and Data at Ctrack and leads multi-regional teams while focusing on revenue growth, scalability, and risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with this, he is directly involved in pricing strategies and strategic vendor management and works closely with the Ctrack Board on investment decisions and long-term technology strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Storm leverages over 15 years of experience to execute these duties, and prior to joining Ctrack, held multiple leadership positions at other notable companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Manao Software<\/strong> \u2013 Outsourced Chief Technology Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Laxton Group<\/strong> \u2013 Head of Software Product Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Innosys<\/strong> \u2013 Development Team Lead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Altron Systems Integration <\/strong>\u2013 Technical Lead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Qmuzik <\/strong>\u2013 Lead Software Developer for Denel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Storm also worked as a Software Developer for Fedgroup and mymarket.com, and as a Software Engineer for Axiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He holds an MBA from GIBS Business School, a Master of Commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a Bachelor of Science Honours in Information Systems from UNISA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Business Talk interview, Storm discusses what the DOT feature for Ctrack Crystal is and why Ctrack began working with workflow guidance instead of full fleet analytics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Storm explains how DOT answers user questions accurately and reliably, and shares the key lessons Ctrack learned about AI adoption during the development of DOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also notes how DOT ensures data security for sensitive fleet information and outlines the approach Ctrack took to designing this functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Storm concludes the interview by sharing Ctrack\u2019s roadmap for how DOT will develop and improve over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the interview with Christiaan Storm below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Business Talk - Christiaan Storm on how Ctrack is building trustworthy fleet AI\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qvNa9CDTDes?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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