Meet the Team

5 Questions with Kevin Chainon

As GMV’s Hardware Integration Engineer, Kevin has seen the Hub through every step of the process—from mere concept to the game-changing brain of the bus. With the long-awaited arrival of the Hub, now’s the perfect time to get to know him better.
1. What gets you most excited about the world of transit?
I think the potential to create and innovate a sustainable and reliable transportation system not only helps our customers, but also helps the communities. I grew up in Paris, France and we take the bus or train every day. Transportation is part of our life, whether you go to school or work. So when I moved here to California, I really wanted to help the transportation system here and also across the country. That’s what excites me the most: helping people and making their transit better.

2. Tell us about your role on the GMV team?
I’m in charge of the architecture and preparation for the GMV Hub. Once we are ready to proceed with the installation, I also oversee the installation, making sure that everything is installed correctly and everything is working as expected.

3. What’s one of your favorite things about the GMV culture?
The innovative and collaborative environment at GMV. GMV pushes us to really share our ideas to try to contribute to the success of the company and try to promote any innovative ideas. We really try to focus our development with our product on innovation, not only to match what’s on the market, but also to respond to our customer needs.

4. Can you tell us about one of your proudest, funniest, or more interesting GMV moments?
One of my first customers from 5 years ago, VCTC Gold Coast… We had a pretty rough start, but we turned things around. We made sure that our system was more reliable and that our installations were up to GMV standards. And I think that’s something that customers, especially this one, VCTC Gold Coast, were really happy about.

5. Last but not least: what’s a fun fact about you that few others might know?
I’m a very introverted person at work, but when it comes to playing sports, for example, I’m a different person. I’m very extravagant. I’m more on the leader side when I play sports. So sometimes people who typically see me at work, but then see me outside, tend to believe, like, are you 2 different people?