GIRO

GIRO is a Montreal-based software company that develops optimization solutions for public transport and postal organizations. Founded in 1979 as an offshoot of a university project, the firm has spent more than four decades applying operations research and algorithmic optimization to the planning, scheduling and operation of transport services. Its software is used in 26 countries, including France, Switzerland and the United States, and serves organizations among them SNCF, Swiss Post, NJ Transit and LA Metro.

The company's products include HASTUS, used by transit agencies and postal organizations worldwide for planning, scheduling and operations, and GeoRoute, applied to routing and operations. Clients use the software to manage services relied on by millions of daily users, covering sectors that span public transit, rail transportation, urban mobility and mail delivery.

Technical work at GIRO spans operations research, algorithmic optimization and optimization software, with current focus areas including fleet electrification, on-demand transport and rail operations. The company employs hundreds of professionals and is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. Its stated orientation is toward solving evolving transportation challenges and maintaining quality of service delivery.