Steve Ford

Chief Executive Officer, Optix

Steve Ford is Chief Executive Officer of Optix, in the role since 2017.

Optix supplies in-cab cameras and driver monitoring systems to fleets and is a division of KAP. In 2024 it announced a partnership with Ctrack to combine its camera technology with Ctrack's telematics platform.

In the job

  1. Became part of KAP when it acquired Optix in December 2021. Source

  2. Announced a partnership with Ctrack to combine Optix camera and risk technology with Ctrack's telematics platform. Source

Career before

  1. Technical and production manager
  2. 2001-2011Managing director of freight and logistics operations, Unitrans
  3. 2011-2017Chief executive officer, Barloworld Logistics

Education

MSc in Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand (1992); Advanced Management Programme, Wits Business School (1997)

Sources

  1. kap.co.za
  2. ctrack.com
  3. engineeringnews.co.za
  4. freightnews.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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