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title: 'GlobeSherpa cofounder returns as COO of Beaverton’s Traffic Technology Services'
date: '2021-02-02T08:48:34-08:00'
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categories:
  - Beaverton
  - Oregon
  - Startups
tags:
  - Beaverton
  - coo
  - daimler
  - 'elevate capital'
  - globesherpa
  - 'nat parker'
  - Technology
  - 'traffic technology services'
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# GlobeSherpa cofounder returns as COO of Beaverton’s Traffic Technology Services

Nat Parker, the cofounder of GlobeSherpa — one of the early players in the post mortgage crisis Portland startup community that was [acquired by Daimler](https://siliconflorist.com/2015/06/30/golden-ticket-portland-mobile-ticketing-startup-globesherpa-acquired-ridescout/), has returned to the startup community. [He’s now COO of Traffic Technology Services in Beaverton, Oregon](https://www.traffictechservices.com/press-release-new-coo.html).

> Parker, a nationally recognized leader in urban mobility, joins TTS after having served as CEO of Portland-based GlobeSherpa, the nation’s leader in mobile ticketing for public transit, which he sold to Daimler in 2015. Under Daimler, Parker merged the startup with Austin-based RideScout to form moovel North America, a global innovator in multi-modal software to connect all forms of urban transport. For the last two years Parker has run Pondero Group, a consulting firm advising companies on strategy for mobility and payments.

[Nat also served as an entrepreneur in residence for Elevate Capital](https://siliconflorist.com/2019/09/25/globesherpa-cofounder-nat-parker-joins-elevate-capital-as-entrepreneur-in-residence/).

What’s TTS do?

> Traffic Technology Services Inc. (TTS) is a technology company and information service provider for connected and automated vehicle applications. Our cloud-based solutions, industry standard products, and global deployments allow for immediate vehicle-to-infrastructure integration and applications using existing communications to the vehicle or driver.

For more information, visit [Traffic Technology Services](https://www.traffictechservices.com/).

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