EnGraph announces partnership with REI
EnGraph is pleased to announce a partnership with REI, a leader in the transportation industry for over 75 years. This partnership will allow us to incorporate their wide range of transportation products into our software solutions.
What is going to change?
Current users of ParaPlan Desktop or ParaPlan for iOS will start to see additional functionality as we add support for REI products. For example, our Client screen has a new video option as we begin the integration with REI’s on-board video recording devices.
Will I have to use a new version of ParaPlan?
ParaPlan Desktop and ParaPlan for iOS will continue to perform and look as they always have. As we add new features, they will contain the same powerful simplicity that is so important to us.
I saw Kyle at a trade show and he had an REI badge. Does he still work at EnGraph?
Kyle is still an owner and partner at EnGraph. Since REI has such a tremendous reputation in the industry, EnGraph is now able to have access to a much larger customer base. EnGraph completes the mobility offering of REI software and Kyle will occasionally represent REI to reach the potential clients where mobility is just a portion of an agency’s need.
So no changes at EnGraph?
No changes. Kyle and Tim are still owners and partners. Brett is still project manager and is coming up on three years with us. There will not be any employee nor assignment changes due to this partnership.
I’m excited. I spend too much time switching between software applications to manage my transit agency.
We are excited too! And we hear you regarding multiple applications. As computers become more useful in our industry, half of the battle can be figuring out your workflow and making sure you have all your needs met. One small missing piece means additional software to pay for, learn and maintain. Or worse yet, another Excel sheet to populate. REI and EnGraph are committed to making your life easier and look to solve these problems with tight integrations and smarter interfaces.
The full press release is below and can be downloaded here:
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Lenexa, Kansas, January 29, 2014 - Tim Hibbard, CEO of EnGraph Software, announces the formation of a partnership between EnGraph and Radio Engineering Industries Inc. (REI) to provide a complete suite of intelligent transportation and mobile asset management solutions; including Fixed Route CAD/AVL, Automatic Passenger Counting (APC), Paratransit Scheduling and Billing software, Mobile Data Terminals (MDT), electronic manifests, traveler information websites, Passenger Information and Display Systems (PIDS), mobile video surveillance, vehicle monitoring and diagnostics, and more, to the transit industry.
Radio Engineering Industries (REI) provides a variety of safety solutions: mobile video surveillance, GPS/AVL tracking solutions, camera observation systems and audio/video equipment. REI prides itself on designing, manufacturing, and servicing customer friendly electronic products for the school, transit, motor coach, shuttle and agriculture industries. Founded in 1938, REI continues its history of service, quality and value every day. EnGraph Software, founded in 1999, is a software development firm specializing in paratransit scheduling, reporting, billing and digital dispatching systems throughout the United States.
Darwin Rubeck, REI Vice President of Software and Business Services, called the partnership with EnGraph Software "a terrific opportunity to complete our intelligent transportation systems offering and to bring Paratransit expertise to our team." Tim Hibbard, EnGraph CEO, is "thrilled to join forces with a nearby midwestern technology company like REI and I know that our proven ParaPlan® demand-response management system is a perfect fit into REI's A.R.M.O.R.® ITS software applications and component hardware” and further “this is a great step forward for both REI and EnGraph.”
For more information please contact Kyle Archer, Director of Sales, at 913-735-6651.