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Sensible Spreader Technologies develops software and wireless sensors that help municipal road crews and other entities with fleets go about their business more efficiently.

The company鈥檚 dash-mounted mobile devices provide vehicle operators and fleet managers with up-to-the-minute information. It鈥檚 called 鈥渃overage indication technology.鈥�

The software consists of a map with layered, time-based coverage trails that run on the mobile device and wireless sensors that transmit real-time data throughout the fleet. So, snowplow operators or street sweepers, for example, can see in real-time where they鈥檝e plowed or swept, and, importantly, where other plows and sweepers in their fleet have been 鈥� and how recently 鈥� letting them reduce waste and avoid duplication of efforts.

鈥淚t really increases the intelligence of the fleet, or swarm, allowing operators to work together more efficiently鈥� says Andrew Jaccoma '12G, founder of the company. 鈥淲e believe this is a major advancement in road maintenance.鈥�

Customers can log into Sensible Spreader鈥檚 website at any time to pull up historical data on the movements of their vehicles.

鈥淭hat injection of capital allowed us to go out and not think twice about buying more equipment.鈥�Jaccoma and his business partners had been self-funding the venture for many months before walking away with the $10,000 first-place prize in the community division of the 2014 Social Venture Innovation Challenge.

Jaccoma says the SVIC came at a critical time for the company.

Jaccoma says. That equipment is now on loan with a state agency and four municipalities that are taking the technology for a test drive.

It also allowed Jaccoma and his partners 鈥� a software engineer, an electrical systems engineer and a mechanical engineer 鈥� to purchase the latest tablets and sensor components for field-testing.

鈥淚t鈥檚 essential for us always to have the latest gizmos and gadgets to test out,鈥� Jaccoma says. 鈥淪o I drove around all summer with tablets in my car and machinery on the floor of the passenger side emulating our system.鈥�

Of the Sensible Spreader team, Jaccoma says, 鈥淲e are all forward-thinking innovation enthusiasts, so we are essentially continually conducting research and development. Having that money is very helpful.鈥�

What鈥檚 next for Sensible Spreader?

鈥淚n the short term, we鈥檒l continue trying to tell as many municipalities as possible about the benefits of our system,鈥� Jaccoma says.

鈥淲e鈥檙e very interested in both street sweeping and winter maintenance applications, and though we鈥檙e currently focused on municipalities and state agencies, we would like to start working with commercial contracting fleets as well as universities in the future.鈥�

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What鈥檚 your idea?听Alex Freid 鈥�13, winner of the first SVIC, says, 鈥淭urn your wild idea into reality.鈥�

The Social Venture Innovation Challenge is co-hosted and organized by the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, the Carsey School for Public Policy, the Sustainability Institute, NH EPSCoR, Net Impact 91制片厂 and 91制片厂 Innovation. Supporters include Timberland, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, PixelMEDIA, AlphaLoft and New Hampshire Business Review.

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