Cambridge, MA – March 16, 2026 — Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), the world’s largest telematics service provider, today announced that Ricardo Martinez, MD, FACEP, has been appointed Chairman of the CMT Road Safety Advisory Board. A former Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and nationally recognized leader in traffic safety, emergency medicine, and crash injury research, Dr. Martinez will lead the Board’s efforts to modernize transportation safety practices and strengthen the science of crash prevention.

CMT established its Road Safety Advisory Board alongside Steve Kiefer, Founder & Chairman of The Kiefer Foundation, to bring together leaders in transportation, public health, engineering, and data science. The goal is to help the industry move from reacting to crashes to predicting and preventing them. Kiefer chaired the board for more than two terms and remains an existing member. The Board works to advance evidence-based strategies, elevate professional standards, and ensure that emerging technologies are applied with scientific rigor. 

Dr. Martinez steps into the Chairman role at a pivotal moment. Organizations across the country are combating road risk while gaining access to unprecedented levels of road safety data and analytics tools. Under his leadership, the Board will focus on integrating real-time data, predictive analytics, and measurable outcomes into everyday road safety practices.

“For my time as Chair, a big focus will be on improving the science of safety and helping traffic safety professionals modernize their practice — and that is what CMT does well,” said Dr. Martinez, Chairman of the CMT Road Safety Advisory Board. “A recent Transportation Research Board consensus report urges the profession to move beyond legacy standards rooted in tradition and toward evidence-based practice. It points to medicine as a model, where data, research, and continuous improvement replaced custom and convention. In both professions, the decisions are literally about human lives.”

As one of the longest-serving administrators of NHTSA, Dr. Martinez reframed traffic safety as a national public health issue and strengthened the scientific foundation of road safety nationwide. During his tenure, NHTSA achieved the lowest traffic fatality rate in U.S. history at the time, the lowest percentage of alcohol-related fatal crashes, and the highest seat belt and child seat use rates ever recorded. He also established the National Transportation Biomechanics Research Center and the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network, linking engineering and medical science to better understand and prevent crash injuries.

“CMT works to make the world’s roads and drivers safer at every level,” said William V. Powers, Co-Founder and CEO of CMT. “We partner with mobility leaders to reduce driver risk and deliver life-saving help after a crash. We help the public sector identify where serious crashes are most likely so they can prevent them. We support states in measuring and strengthening hands-free laws. Our Road Safety Advisory Board is central to realizing our mission, and Dr. Martinez is the right leader for this moment. His vision to modernize transportation safety and his proactive, science-driven approach will save lives.”

“Traffic safety must evolve,” added Dr. Martinez. “We now have the data, the tools, and the connectivity to move beyond traditional approaches and toward measurable, evidence-based outcomes. By modernizing practices and strengthening the science, we can save more lives and build a safer transportation system for everyone.”

About Cambridge Mobile Telematics

Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) is the world’s largest telematics service provider. Its mission is to make the world’s roads and drivers safer. The company’s AI-driven platform, DriveWell Fusion®, gathers sensor data from millions of IoT devices — including smartphones, proprietary Tags, connected vehicles, dashcams, and third-party devices — and fuses them with contextual data to create a unified view of vehicle and driver behavior. Auto insurers, automakers, commercial mobility companies, and the public sector use insights from CMT’s platform to power risk assessment, safety, claims, and driver improvement programs. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with offices worldwide, CMT measures and protects tens of millions of drivers every day.