Gaurav Sharda and his team after the scavenger hunt activity at the 2022 Beacon Leadership Summit.


Sharda said that while Beacon Connect


remains a work in progress, it is on a path to “revolutionize the school transportation industry. “But I’m very proud of the fact that we


have gotten this far with everybody behind the same mission, which takes many years, if not decades for a lot of organizations, but just being able to do that in the last few years, it’s


on this particular piece, and we’ve got far more developed in a year than we were we were ever going to do locally,” she said, adding that Sharda is always thinking outside of the box. “And as you well know, cheaper isn’t always better, but it’s best value. The joke is that you can’t have all three things, good, cheap and quick, but you can have two out of the three. On Beacon Connect, he has man- aged to deliver all three, which is just stunning.”


pretty special,” he continued. Casaccio added that Sharda is a first adopter and


driver of change, and he is using AI to do so. Sharda discussed the safety aspect to technology and Beacon Connect, which includes using Lytx, a driver-side dash camera that provides real-time alerts. The camera tracks if drivers are speeding, if their following distance is too


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