Issue 3 2022

Issue 3 2022 15 Jan22619 Moving the World LocoMobi World Inc. (LWI) is a smart tech company specialising in intelligent and secure automated vehicle management and monetisation solutions, and its goal is to move people and vehicles more efficiently and frictionlessly via its WorldStream platform as part of any carbon reducing and environment targets. Recognised by Corporate Vision as Most Innovative Smart City Solutions Provider 2022 – Canada, we take a closer look at the company. LocoMobi World Inc. reads vehicle DNA, including license plates and smart phones as vehicles drive through smart cities, and moves them to its transportation infrastructure, of which the WorldStream platform is the epicentre, where services are provided for parking, tolling, transit, storage, asset tracking and threat management. Helping clients to reach their vision is LMI’s main goal, and to do this, it partners with companies and organisations with similar goals. Among its clients are Tridel (largest national builder in Canada), Aspen Ridge, Minto, ADI, Saroukian Group, Sher Corp, and many more developers, Casino Niagara for parking management and hospitality, Prince Rupert, BC and city of Ventura, CA for municipal parking and vouchering, and smart building solution providers such as SmartOne and CityLink. These companies benefit from live real-time digital audit, reporting, alerts, and auto-dispatch/enforcement. Users can manage every vehicle application from tenants to office to deliveries to shoppers to parkers. Seamless handsfree access for tenants means ease for admins to manage and maintain, and enables re-authorisation/reservation of visitors with the ability to monetise parking with built-in credit yield management, as well as captures and enforces tailgating, and provides the ability to verify vehicles during a patrol from any smart device instantly. From algorithms and analytics to deep thinking and artificial intelligence, LMI’s innovative cloud solutions are industry-leading. This begins with ALPR, where the company boasts having the highest read rates of 99.9% on compliant plates. Built-in comprehensive redundancies provide the convenience of a single touch to one’s phone for vehicles with unreadable plates. LMI’s virtual intercom solution eliminates the need for a physical intercom, providing greater convenience and security for the driver. LMI’s “computer vision” continues to “learn” and develop additional DNA so users can access double or triple authentication as far as identifying the make, model, year and colour of the vehicle. This creates true peace of mind for the tenant, ease of operation for security/property management, and the optimal customer experience for visitors. The company matches this with its award-winning payment systems where revenue management is needed from Pay by Phone to payment kiosks. Within the company, it’s all about its people. They are the talent that takes the vision to reality. When LMI recruits, it looks for the entrepreneurial spirit, knowledge, good core values, and excitement about life in general. Its internal culture is its biggest asset; the team is a family and pushes each other to be the best and meet the visions and demands of partners and clients. And like any disruptive technology company, its team faces big challenges in making the potential client understand the company’s vision and mission. CEO, Grant Furlane commented, “My only anxiety is, are we staying ahead? Will some super intelligent entrepreneur release a new programme working out of his home that is truly a reality? So, we act the same: each day, we review and look at what we can do for our customers, as well as see what social media is saying. “In the end, you must be ahead of the game. This needs more than an entrepreneur; it needs a creative team that have experience both in best development practices and an understanding of the marketplace.” With regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was indeed a tough situation for everyone, so LMI had to look first at how to keep its own people and others safe, and then what to do in terms of its growth strategy in a very difficult environment. Given the world was looking for “frictionless” technologies, the company realised that it had what people wanted already by using license plates and handsfree mobile platforms. It had the ability to interact with locked down tenants and businesses and to move them seamlessly in and out of their homes and businesses. Now focused on the future of LMI, Grant told us, “I think many of us who are using quantum computing development will advance as we figure out how to protect and capitalise on the whole quantum galaxy. This will no doubt determine how blockchain is secured and grows. We have robots, wearables and other great introductions coming in 2022. It never stops.” Grant will also continue to host LMI’s podcast, The SmartCity.Blog, alongside infamous radio personality/media broadcaster, Alan Cross, where they discuss topics relating to smart cities. Grant concludes, “Our story and how we transform Toronto/GTA beyond the building and assist with connecting and moving not just vehicles but people in a more effective yet rewarding method… our story is just beginning! We see this as a template for every city in Canada, USA, and Mexico, where we are now active.” Company: LocoMobi World Inc. Contact: Grant Furlane Email: [email protected] Website: www.locomobiworld.com

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