Motus, LLC
{{Short description|American software company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Motus, LLC
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| type = Private Company
| industry = Software
| foundation = {{Start date and age |2004 }}
| founder = Gregg Darish
| location_city = Boston, Massachusetts
| location_country = United States
| services = Millage reimbursement, driver monitoring, mobile device monitoring, living cost analysis
| owner = Thoma Bravo
| num_employees = 450
| num_employees_year = 2017
| homepage = {{URL |https://www.motus.com/ }}
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Motus is an American workforce management company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, that offers vehicle reimbursement, fleet management and business intelligence solutions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=318389992|title=Motus, LLC: Private Company Information - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-01-29}} This includes mileage reimbursement, BYO programs, Managed Mobility Services, and living cost intelligence.{{Cite web|title=Motus LLC - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1357605D:US|access-date=2020-08-31|website=www.bloomberg.com}}
Motus supplies the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with data on business vehicle use to inform the business mileage reimbursement rate.{{Cite web |last=CEBS |first=Stephen Miller |date=2020-01-07 |title=IRS Lowers Standard Mileage Rate for 2020 |url=https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/2020-standard-mileage-rate.aspx |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=SHRM |language=en-US}}
History
Motus was founded in 2004 as Corporate Reimbursement Services, Inc. (CRS) by Gregg Darish, and changed its name to Motus in 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://automotivedigest.com/2014/08/gregg-darish-company-motion-solutions-mobile-employee/|title=Gregg Darish: A Company in Motion - Solutions for the Mobile Employee|website=automotivedigest.com|access-date=2017-01-29|date=September 2014}}
Craig Powell joined the company in 2014 as President and CEO. He retired in January of 2022 and went on to serve as an advisor to the Board of Directors.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sramanamitra.com/2016/10/17/thought-leaders-in-mobile-and-social-craig-powell-ceo-of-motus-part-1/|title=Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Craig Powell, CEO of Motus (Part 1) {{!}} Sramana Mitra|website=www.sramanamitra.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-29|date=2016-10-17}}
In August 2014, Motus released an integration with American cloud computing company Salesforce.com to instantly associate business stops with accounts, contacts, and leads in the Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) product.{{Cite web|url=https://appexchange.salesforce.com/listingDetail?listingId=a0N3000000B5eqLEAR|title=Motus Integration|website=AppExchange|language=en|access-date=2017-01-29}}
In 2015, Motus announced an integration with American travel management company Concur Technologies to allow employees to submit mileage to Motus, calculate individual reimbursement amounts, and automatically create expense reports in Concur Expense for manager approval.{{Cite web |date=2017-03-16 |title=Concur Will Release Mileage Tool Powered by Motus |url=https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Payment-Expense/Concur-Will-Release-Mileage-Tool-Managed-by-Motus |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.businesstravelnews.com |language=en}}
In September 2015, Motus released an integration with Oracle Corporation to instantly associate Motus administrative activities with Oracle customer relationship management (CRM) software.{{Cite web|url=https://cloud.oracle.com/marketplace/listing/4569590?_afrLoop=25145151590170403&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null|title=Motus Integration - Motus - Oracle Cloud Marketplace|website=cloud.oracle.com/marketplace|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-29}}
In 2018, Motus was acquired by private equity and growth capital firm Thoma Bravo, LLC, and merged with Runzheimer, creating the leading provider of mileage reimbursement technologies serving the nation's most complex transportation companies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kofax.com/About/Press-Releases/2017/Thoma-Bravo-Completes-the-Acquisition-of-Lexmark-Enterprise-Software|title=Thoma Bravo Completes the Acquisition of Lexmark Enterprise Software {{!}} Kofax|website=www.kofax.com|access-date=2019-07-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thomabravo.com/media/thoma-bravo-acquires-and-merges-motus-and-runzheimer-to-create-market-leading-vehicle-management-platform|title=Thoma Bravo Acquires and Merges Motus and Runzheimer to Create Market Leading Vehicle Management Platform|last=Bravo|first=Thoma|website=www.thomabravo.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}} It also partnered with FleetCor Technologies, Inc, which provides fuel cards and workforce payment products and services.{{Cite web|url=http://www.automotive-fleet.com/279528/fleetcor-partners-with-reimbursement-solutions-company|title=FleetCor Partners with Reimbursement Solutions Company|last=Staff|website=www.automotive-fleet.com|access-date=2019-07-24}}
Motus acquired the Danvers, Massachusetts-based mobile expense management firm Wireless Analytics in September 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.finsmes.com/2019/09/motus-acquires-wireless-analytics.html|title=Motus Acquires Wireless Analytics|last=FinSMEs|date=2019-09-26|website=FinSMEs|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-12}}{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2019-09-24|title=Motus Acquires Mobile Expense Management Firm Wireless Analytics|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-09-24/motus-acquires-mobile-expense-management-firm-wireless-analytics|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-17|newspaper=Bloomberg.com}} A year later, in September 2020, the company acquired the Augusta, Georgia firm, Vision Wireless.{{Cite news|date=2020-09-30|title=Motus Acquires Vision Wireless, Strengthening Mobile Expense Management Services|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-09-30/motus-acquires-vision-wireless-strengthening-mobile-expense-management-services|access-date=2021-10-07}}
Recognition
Motus was named Best Employee Efficiency Technology by MITX{{Cite web|url=https://www.mitx.org/mitx-awards/|title=MITX Awards - Celebrating 22 Years|website=MITX|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-24}} in 2017. It also won a 2018 HRO Today TekTonic Award in the Mobile category.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hrotoday.com/news/enabling-technology/2018-tektonic-award-winners/|title=2018 TekTonic Award Winners|last=Roth|first=Audrey|date=2018-06-19|website=HRO Today|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-24}} The company has been named among the best places to work in Boston{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2016 |title=BBJ announces the 2016 Best Places to Work honorees |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2016/04/19/bbj-announces-the-2016-best-places-to-work.html |access-date=2019-07-24 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.motus.com/motus-named-a-best-place-to-work-by-the-boston-business-journal-for-the-second-straight-year/|title=Motus Named a "Best Place to Work" by the Boston Business Journal for the Second Straight Year|date=2017-06-23|website=Motus {{!}} Mobile Workforce Solutions|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/subscriber-only/2018/06/21/best-places-to-work-small-companies.html|title=Best Places to Work Small Companies|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2019-07-24}} and Milwaukee,{{Cite web|url=https://www.motus.com/motus-named-top-workplace-fourth-time-milwaukee-journal-sentinel/|title=Motus Named a "Top Workplace" For Fourth Time by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=2018-05-04|website=Motus {{!}} Mobile Workforce Solutions|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-24}} company of the year,{{Cite web|url=https://www.motus.com/motus-named-company-of-the-year-by-business-intelligence-group/|title=Motus Named Company of the Year by Business Intelligence Group in the 2018 BIG Awards for Business|date=2018-10-03|website=Motus {{!}} Mobile Workforce Solutions|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bintelligence.com/blog/2018/10/2/50-global-leaders-win-2018-big-awards-for-business|title=50 Global Leaders Win 2018 BIG Awards for Business|website=Business Intelligence Group|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-24}} and one of the largest mobile technology companies in Massachusetts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/subscriber-only/2018/03/29/largest-mobile-technology-companies-in.html|title=Largest Mobile Technology Companies in Massachusetts|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2019-07-24}}
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See also
Category:2004 establishments in Massachusetts
Category:Software companies established in 2004
Category:Companies based in Boston
Category:Business software companies
Category:Human resource management software
Category:Software companies based in Massachusetts
Category:2018 mergers and acquisitions