NYC DOT's Assistant Commissioner, Guillermo Leiva, Joins Pango

Pango Expands Team and Direct Footprint Across the USA

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Oct 20, 2014, 07:20 ET

NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- PangoUSA, LLC, announced today that Mr. Guillermo Leiva, Assistant Commissioner at New York City's Department of Transportation joins Pango on October 20 in the role of Senior Vice President of Operations. The company also added two new Area Sales Directors, Mr. David Holler, located in New York City, and Ms. Janell Simmons, located in Houston, Texas.

"Pango continues to be on the move across the USA attracting top senior talent from the parking industry," said Neil Edwards, President of PangoUSA, "Guillermo ran the largest parking system in the world for four years – New York City – and he voted with his career on the future of mobile payment and location services for the parking industry, which is Pango."

As the Assistant Commissioner for Parking Operations at New York City's Department of Transportation, Mr. Leiva ran the largest municipal parking system in the country – 42 Off-street Parking Facilities, 115,000 On-street parking stalls, 90,000 parking permits and $210 million in annual revenue. Prior to New York City, Mr. Leiva ran New England's largest parking system – 51,000 spaces and $43 million annually -- at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. In the role of Senior Vice President of Operations, Mr. Leiva will run all of Pango's operations, support, and community marketing across North America.

Guillermo Leiva, Senior Vice President of Operations, said, "Pango is the leading smart parking system for mobile payments and location based services. I look forward to making Pango a household name to cities across North America in the coming year."

Ms. Simmons was formerly the Regional Sales Manager for ABM Parking Services and Mr. Holler was the Vice President of Business Development for Complus Parking Management Systems.

Pango, headquartered in New York City and Israel, is available in 60 cities today around the world and used by more than more than 1 million active accounts. Pango is available in the US in New York City; Auburn, New York; Butler, Latrobe, Pittston, and Scranton, PA; Phoenix, AZ, and Alexandria, VA. Considered the company that invented the science behind the first pay-by-phone parking app, Pango was awarded US Patent (5,940,481) in 1997. Pango is one of the only companies in the world to provide on street, gated, valet, event, electronic permits, and fleet-based parking services through an app. Pango is a member of the International Parking Institute. Pango works on I-Phone, Android, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry platforms. For more information on Pango, please visit www.myPango.com or contact at [email protected].