By Michael Elkins
Autonomous mobility company, Beep, Inc. announced Wednesday that the company has expanded its leadership team with the appointments of three new executives to aid in the scalability of their next-generation platform.
Katrina Heineking joins Beep as Executive Vice President, Operations, bringing more than three decades of experience in transit systems in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining Beep, Katrina was responsible for helping create and head Transdev, North America's autonomous vehicle division and the continent’s largest private provider of multiple modes of transit.
Marc Klein has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Strategic Accounts and Smart Cities. Klein has over 20 years of experience delivering cutting-edge mobility and technology solutions across the United States. He was named a White House Champion of Change award winner by President Barack Obama for creating innovative mobility, technology, and sustainability solutions.
Alex Poirot joins the company as Vice President, Public Policy. Poirot previously served as Senior Governmental Affairs Officer at the United States Department of Transportation, and as Acting Associate Administrator in the Office of Communications and Congressional Affairs for the Federal Transit Administration.
"I'm delighted to welcome Katrina, Marc and Alex to our leadership team," said Joe Moye, Chief Executive Officer for Beep. "As we continue to experience unprecedented growth and impact within our industry, these seasoned leaders will help us scale our operations, build close strategic relationships with our largest customers and ensure we continue to work closely with state and federal government agencies on enabling the safe adoption and expansion of autonomous mobility solutions that help protect our environment, improve road safety and extend mobility to all."