Damian Bown

>20 yrs building apps and sites that make it easier to navigate and travel around cities. Today I work with Cities, PTAs and PTOs to design, implement and operate great mobility apps and services.

Damian Bown is the Chief Executive Officer of Trafi, a Lithuanian mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platform. He has extensive experience in the transportation and technology sectors, with a career spanning over two decades focused on developing apps and websites that simplify urban navigation and travel.1 5

Career Highlights

Previous Roles::

Led Business Development at Citymapper
Briefly ran his own bus company
Worked with Kizoom, where he built the world's first public transport journey planner on a phone in 20001

Current Position:: Bown joined Trafi as CEO in 2020, bringing his expertise in innovation and transport operations to the company.3 4

Expertise and Passion

Damian Bown is known for his:

Passion for entrepreneurship, mobile applications, and public transportation2
Experience in working with successful transport apps
Understanding of transport operations3

Achievements at Trafi

Under Bown's leadership, Trafi has:

Reached profitability in 2023, a notable achievement in the MaaS sector1
Secured major clients including Google, BVG (Berlin), and STIB-MIVB (Brussels)1
Expanded its platform to power MaaS solutions in multiple cities, including Berlin, Basel, Bern, Zurich, and Munich1

Vision for MaaS

Bown advocates for a MaaS approach that:

Offloads the cognitive load of integration from users to the platform
Allows cities and transit authorities to innovate on the front end while leveraging Trafi's backend infrastructure
Provides comprehensive insights and control over urban transportation, including disruptions1

Damian Bown's leadership at Trafi is focused on advancing mobility-as-a-service solutions to improve urban transportation and make city navigation more efficient and user-friendly.