FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ned Freeman Promoted to President – Insurance Tech Veteran Allie Feakins Joins as Chief Operating Officer
RICHMOND, VA., September 4, 2024 — UZURV, the Assisted Mobility Technology Platform, has promoted Ned Freeman to the position of President and welcomes Allie Feakins to fill the Chief Operating Officer role.
The adoption of innovative mobility programs by transit agencies across the United States to improve access to independent mobility for paratransit riders has led to increased demand for UZURV’s services. To further support this important industry transformation, UZURV announces an expansion of its executive team.
Allie Feakins joins the team as the new Chief Operating Officer and brings additional process management, growth, and operations executive management experience to UZURV. Feakins was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Compare.com, an auto insurance price comparison technology platform. As CEO she led the company through an acquisition by Insurify. In this role, she will report to Ned Freeman.
For the past five years, Ned Freeman has been a member of UZURV’s executive team, first as Chief Marketing Officer and more recently as the company’s Chief Operating Officer during a period of significant expansion for UZURV. Freeman has nearly 30 years of organization-building executive experience in marketing, new product development, technology development, and operational leadership – with a strategic, results-driven, organizational leadership style.
“We still have a long way to go to achieve equitable, on-demand mobility for everyone. There is a growing movement to push technology and transportation design in new ways for extraordinary rider experiences while reducing costs to the community,” said John Donlon, Chief Executive Officer at UZURV. “Our expanded executive team is focused on supporting our world-class staff and program partners as we continue to work to meet and exceed the promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
About UZURV
Mobility independence is for everyone. UZURV helps communities lower the cost of transportation for people with mobility challenges – while delivering much more reliable, timely service that appropriately meets the needs of each rider. The UZURV Assisted Mobility Platform simplifies the operation and management of onboarding, managing compliance, dispatching, and monitoring assisted community mobility services. The platform provides powerful program management and reporting tools for mobility management, transportation systems, and service providers, including UZURV’s own Adaptive Transportation Network (Adaptive TNC) service model. UZURV’s Adaptive TNC onboards fully FTA-compliant drivers for ADA Paratransit and rider choice programs. UZURV holds contracts for assisted community mobility services with more than 35 organizations across the United States, including five of the top ten largest ADA paratransit programs by rider volume. UZURV was founded in 2017 and is based in Richmond, Va. For more information about UZURV, visit https://uzurv.com/.