Mobility Innovators Podcast16 Okt 2022

How companies are leveraging Innovation to enhance public transport? | Wellington Toapanta

Generally, the rail industry has a reputation for being slow to adopt new technologies. However, in reality, rail technologies are evolving a lot in the last few years. The key difference is that the adoption, the adoption is just slow, but the technology is evolving. Public transit companies around the world are implementing new technologies to make passengers’ journeys more comfortable. Metro and other major public transport systems have progressed from simple mass transportation services to integrated public transport providers. All new-generation technologies are very important for the rail sector, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data etc. Technology is helping to move towards zero infrastructure and adopt predictive maintenance practices. Hitachi Rail is one of the pioneers in rail technology and is working on various key projects.

An Ecuadorian living in Italy, Wellington Toapanta is Head of Digital Strategy & Innovation at Hitachi Rail, leading the Digital and Innovation Business strategy globally. His key responsibilities include the consolidation of Hitachi Rail's Digital strategy, the identification of digital and innovative trends from the market, and the identification of strategic partnerships (and M&A). He has 14 years of experience in the railway environment and previously led European Research Projects from Horizon 2020 and was part of the Strategy and Business Development teams with global responsibilities with Ansaldo STS (now Hitachi Rail) for Railway, Mass Transit, and Freight.

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