Santa Barbara, CA — CHK America, the premier best practice provider of customer information solutions for the U.S. public transportation industry, announced today that Kevin Bibby has joined the company’s design team.
A recent graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), Kevin Bibby earned a degree in geography with an emphasis in geographic information systems. While at UCSB, he was recognized for academic merit receiving the Outstanding Achievement as a Geography Major award as selected by faculty. Bibby has long had an interest in urban geography and transportation systems and has been involved in extensive analytical work used to evaluate the proficiency and effectiveness of local transportation networks.
Bibby joins CHK America’s growing team. The company continues developing wayfinding projects for new and existing clients with its work being found in most major cities through out the country. Additionally, the company recently launched, ConnectPoint®, real-time, wireless, solar/battery-powered digital signage for transit. “CHK America’s continued growth and new products has created a need to expand our development and design team. Kevin’s unique combination of a technical GIS education with years of graphic design and multimedia generation experience makes him a great asset for our team,” commented Rick Wood, CHK America President and CEO.
CHK America - Established in 1999, CHK America is the premier best practice provider of customer information solutions for the US public transportation industry. The company’s 8 Second Rule, has set the standard for communicating complex public transit information to customers, after their research identified that customers allow only eight seconds in which to interpret travel information before becoming frustrated – resulting in customer dissatisfaction. Under the leadership of CEO Rick Wood, a recognized speaker of and the foremost authority in wayfinding strategies, CHK America now reaches over 2 billion, fully 20%, of public transportation customers in the United States. Between customized information design, purpose-built hardware fabrications, and digital signage, CHK America is providing solutions for many of the largest multi-modal transit agencies in the US from WMATA in Washington DC to DART in Dallas Texas, to LA Metro in Los Angeles, California.