SAN DIEGO -- SmartDrive Systems has announced the appointment of Richard Davidson as chief financial officer.

Davidson is a finance and operations executive with more than 17 years experience in the technology, professional services, financial services and wireless telecom industries. He is former CFO of IBM's $2.5 billion consumer division and most recently, was the CFO of Kintera Inc., a publicly traded software as a service (Saas) company, focused on providing fundraising tools for the non-profit industry. Prior to Kintera, Davidson was the CFO of inCode Telecom Group, Inc and spent 10 years as a finance executive at IBM.

Based in San Diego, SmartDrive Systems mitigates risk by monitoring the safe operation of vehicle fleets worldwide and assesses liability in collisions.