When Josh Whiton graduated from NC State in 2004, he left with a degree in Computer Science along with a drive for entrepreneurship and innovation. While studying at NC State, Whiton identified the opportunity to enhance public transit with real-time tracking. He researched the underlying technologies during an independent study under Dr. Bob Fornaro during his senior year. At the same time, Whiton was granted special permission to pursue another startup idea as his senior design project, which is believed to be the first occurrence of an independent entrepreneurial endeavor (without an outside sponsor) in the history of the Senior Design Center. By the time he graduated, he was pursuing three different startups simultaneously.Whiton then founded TransLoc to commercialize the ‘transit visualization system’ and the Wolfline became its first customer. When the system went live Wolfine it was the first time in history that a fleet of vehicles were being tracked on the internet and displayed to the public in true real-time (1 second updates or less). The company went on to become a success, resulting in a number of awards for Whiton including being named a Champion of Change by the White House. In 2017 TransLoc was named #5 on Fast Company’s list of the most innovative companies in transportation, alongside Uber and TeslaWhile running TransLoc, Whiton became interested in the environment and human health and nutrition. He started a community garden just a few blocks from campus and then a one acre urban farm a mile from Raleigh’s city center. Raleigh City Farm became one of the first urban farms in the southeastern United States and is still in operation today, supplying local residents with food and hosting tens of thousands of visitors and volunteers on the farm each year.He then acted on his long-time interest in electric vehicles by founding EVXP — The Electric Vehicle Experience — to give people a taste of the coming wave of EVs. Through it, hundreds of people were able to experience the Tesla Roadster years before other electric vehicles would become available.Whiton has been an active angel investor, a limited partner in a space-focused venture capital fund, and holds three patents. He refers to himself as an eco-tech entrepreneur and enlightenment engineer and as such, continues to strive to improve the planet and our future. His latest project is makesoil.org and his many writings can be found at joshwhiton.com.