XATA Corp., Minneapolis, Minn., announced that Mark Ties has joined the company as chief financial officer.

Ties brings over 18 years of financial experience, including four years as the chief financial officer and treasurer with publicly-traded, Velocity Express Corp. Ties will be responsible for XATA's finance, human resources and management information functions.
XATA provides onboard fleet management and mobile communications systems for the private fleet market.
Prior to his service with Velocity, Ties was a senior manager for Ernst & Young LLP in its entrepreneurial services and mergers and acquisitions departments and as a senior financial executive at a number of companies in varied industries.
For more information, got to www.xata.com.