INIT Innovations in Transportation, Inc.

INIT, Inc. was incorporated in January 1999 to serve the North American ITS market. We are focused on one thing: providing Intelligent Transportation Systems for public transit. As a turnkey supplier, INIT develops, produces, installs and maintains integrated hard- and software solutions for all key tasks of public transit companies. 

50

North American customers

20

Automatic Passenger Counting system customers

18

Intermodal Transport Control System customers

17

Electronic Fare Collection customers including

3

Regional e-fare systems

2

Fully integrated ITCS and Electronic Fare Collection projects

Our Companies

INIT Innovations in Transportation, Inc. is located in Chesapeake, VA with a West Coast Development Center located in Seattle, WA.

INIT, Inc. holds a 5.1% stake in Bytemark Inc., a leading provider of mobile ticketing solutions based in New York, NY. INIT, Inc. is part of the global INIT Group and is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of init SE. 

INIT has two manufacturing facilities, Superior Quality Manufacturing (SQM) and Total Quality Assembly (TQA), located within the INIT, Inc. headquarters building in Chesapeake, VA. Superior Quality Manufacturing (SQM) serves our North American public transit customers by manufacturing hardware devices like variable message signs, mobile data terminals, GPS devices, and equipment racks. SQM leverages their skills in Through Hole Technology (THT) and Surface Mount Devices (SMD), as well as building specialized high quality electronics in small and medium range quantities at a reasonable cost. SQM is a 75% owned subsidiary company of INIT Inc. 25% is owned by TQ-Systems.  

Total Quality Assembly (TQA) is a cable manufacturing firm which serves the North American market with cable assembly and harnessing vehicle racks. TQA is 60% owned by INIT and 40% by Altec GmbH, based in Karlsruhe, Germany.

 

Management

  • Roland Staib, President & CEO
  • Linda Keith, Vice-President & CFO
  • Katharina Powers, General Counsel
  • Dave Dodson, Vice President & COO, East
  • Eric Linxweiler, COO, West 
  • Carl Commons, Chief Sales Officer