Gaurav Sharda and team members Jignesh Patel (bottom right), Jim Grimaldi (top left) and Jose


Sanchez-Hernandez (top right) pose after concluding breakout sessions at Tech Forest in June 2024. The


four gathered ideas from over 200 operators to help build the Beacon Mobility technology roadmap.


than anybody else at this point,” she said. “Just to really understand what they need, to build the solu- tions for them.” Crawford said Sharda thinks about what the company needs to be successful and figures out how to deliver. She noted that the school bus industry is historically not the most technologically savvy, noting that Amazon packages can be tracked but not many of the nation’s school children. At the time Beacon Connect was in de- velopment, the company was contemplating technology that was going to cost a minimum of $2 million every


three months to provide some of these required services. However, she said through Beacon’s acquisition of


Adroit, which has offshore technology development operations in Jordan called Zetta, Beacon decided to build the technology catered toward the needs of the company. The Zetta team partners with Beacon on the application development side and helps power the infra- structure behind Sharda’s vision. “We’ve probably spent about $2 million a year with them


2025 STN INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR


Gaurav Sharda CONGRATULATIONS


CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AT BEACON MOBILITY


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