Dr Jürgen GRESCHNER
Biographical note
Jürgen Greschner is Managing Director of INIT in Karlsruhe.
INIT is worldwide leading supplier of integrated ITS solutions for public transport. Founded in 1983 as a university spin-off with 3 employees, INIT is today a 700+ employee business group and active in about 40 countries.
After his university diploma in business administration and software engineering, Jürgen worked as project manager in research projects and obtained a doctoral degree in economic and social science. In 1996, he joined INIT as commercial director. In 1999, he moved to Chesapeake, Virginia, and successfully set-up INIT’s North American business. In 2004, he returned to the headquarters in Karlsruhe to become executive board member of the parent company. He was then responsible for the international growth of INIT. Today he holds a number of management positions within the INIT group and is the CSO and the deputy CEO of INIT SE, the group’s parent company. In this function he aims for successful long term customer relations, as they provide the solid basis needed to propel public transport to the next level.
Presentation:Cluster for Transport Innovation
The Technologie Region Karlsruhe is the perfect location for a worldwide leading provider of IT-solutions for public transport. The conglomeration of scientific institutes, competent industry partners and political support provides the innovative environment an industry leader needs to establish excellence in many successful projects around the world.
INIT makes mobility easy – for passengers and for users of our systems. With innovative solutions that allow public transport providers to increase their market share while streamlining their productivity. INIT is the only supplier that covers all operational areas within one integrated ITS system. More than 600 customers world-wide rely on our support to manage their daily tasks: planning and dispatching, ticketing and fare management, operations control and real-time passenger information and analyzing and optimizing.
