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Toledo Ticket Technologies and Oobeo, Inc. announce acquisition to bring customers more options in ticket technology

February 10, 2021

Toledo Ticket Technologies and Oobeo, Inc. announce acquisition to bring customers more options in ticket technology

Toledo Ticket Technologies, a worldwide leader in ticketing solutions, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Oobeo, Inc., a parking technology company specializing in valet management solutions and web-based contactless payment systems. The move further enhances and grows Toledo Ticket’s evolving product portfolio and technology-based solutions. Dave Dorner, EVP Toledo Ticket, has assumed new responsibility as president of Oobeo, Inc. Dorner said “the acquisition of Oobeo is another step in Toledo Ticket’s strategic plan to provide additional technologies for secure access across the parking and event ticketing industries.”

Oobeo offers cloud-based software that streamlines parking operations through web, mobile and SMS technology. Oobeo’s technology enables clients in industries including hospitality, education and healthcare, across the U.S., to deliver unparalleled customer satisfaction and access through valet management and ticketing services.

“We are excited to welcome Oobeo to the Toledo Ticket Technologies team. Their products are the best available and deliver an unmatched user experience. Couple that with employees dedicated to providing customers with the highest quality of service and most advanced software, Oobeo is the perfect partner for us,” said Tom Carter, president and chief executive officer, Toledo Ticket Technologies. “For more than 110 years, Toledo Ticket has prided itself in understanding the challenges our customers face and how we can help them achieve their goals. The acquisition of Oobeo reinforces our commitment to providing our customers with the most technologically advanced solutions to their ticketing and parking management challenges. We are the first hybrid ticketing solutions provider to the parking industry.”

Unlike other options available, Oobeo’s technology works via text messaging so customers do not need to download an app to utilize these services. Oobeo offers three different parking platform solutions for parking operators: valet parking management, pay by space (self-parking) and permit management. The technology offers an efficient and economical operating platform for operators, property owners, colleges, and municipalities and a seamless experience for their customers.

“Toledo Ticket Technologies is the perfect fit for Oobeo. With its stellar reputation, credibility and access, it is a natural fit for us and allows Oobeo to continue to grow our footprint and technology solutions,” said Tom Bexx, Director of Product Development, Oobeo. “When I started Oobeo six years ago, we could only have hoped to eventually become part of a company that’s so well respected and admired across the entire parking community.”

Investment banking services were provided to Toledo Ticket by TrueNorth Capital Partners, led by managing director Andy Bess.

About Toledo Ticket Technologies

Headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Ticket Technologies is a five-generation family-owned company; certified by most parking equipment manufacturers and serving more than 6,500 parking facilities and 2,000 sports and event venues worldwide.

Leonard Simek Named Vice President of Strategic Alliances at The Toledo Ticket Company

September 10, 2019

Leonard Simek Named Vice President of Strategic Alliances

at The Toledo Ticket Company

(TOLEDO, OH, Sept. 10, 2019) Leonard Simek was recently named Vice President of Strategic Alliances for The Toledo Ticket Company, a leading provider of ticketing solutions for nearly 110 years. Simek, who joined Toledo Ticket in 2013 as Business Development Manager, has over 30 years of experience in printing and sales. Before joining Toledo Ticket Simek held senior management positions in the printing industry.

As Vice President of Strategic Alliances, Simek will continue to work with the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that the company produces tickets for and will work with international, national, and regional customers to strengthen and build new strategic business partnerships. Simek, along with Executive Vice President Dave Dorner, will be involved in creating and implementing strategic initiatives and the continuing education and training of the sales team.

‘I really enjoy teaching and working with the sales staff,” said Simek. “And I like to learn new things myself. I have been in this business for 31 years and I’m still learning.”

“The Carter family at Toledo Ticket has been great to me as well as all the sales staff,” said Simek. “I have always believed in the personal touch when working with a customer and going the extra mile to make sure a customer is taken care of. The Toledo Ticket Company has that same customer service outlook.”

“We think of our customers as family and work hard to provide quality service and products as well as assist our customers with answers to situations that may not be related to tickets,” he said.

Toledo Ticket, which began in 1910 as a provider of tickets to movie theatres and carnivals, today produces consecutive numbering, bar codes, magnetic stripes, multi-part valet, scratch-off tickets, pay & display, pay-by-space, access and debit cards, and spitter tickets for thermal/non-thermal revenue control. It manufacturers and provides products in all50 states and more than 30 countries.

Toledo Ticket Company: Mitchell Carter Named Eastern Regional Sales Manager

May 06, 2019

Toledo Ticket Company: Mitchell Carter Named Eastern Regional Sales Manager

Mitchell Carter was named Eastern Regional Sales Manager in March 2019, for The Toledo Ticket Company, a leading provider of ticketing solutions for nearly 110 years. As a member of the founding family of Toledo Ticket, Mitch says that he has gained a new appreciation for the longevity of the company as well as its progressive nature.

“I was always generally aware of my father and grandfather’s work growing up, but now that I’m part of the company, I see how broad Toledo Ticket’s capabilities are and how far it has come.”

As the Eastern Regional Sales Manager, Mitch will maintain the client base and sales of tickets, cards, tags and coupons within the Eastern region, including Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.

“I hope my youthfulness helps bring a new outlook to Toledo Ticket,” said Mitch. “I plan to help interlace the two primary functions of the company and bring them closer together so that clients can see how broad our services and capabilities are today.”

That versatility includes the company’s “green approach” to flexible services and products, which have grown from every form of ticket imaginable to RFID tags and credentials for colleges, universities, municipal, healthcare, government, and institutional, as well as private parking operations to improve security and convenience.

“I plan to do all I can to help make sure Toledo Ticket is around for another 100 years,” said Mitch.

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National Parking Association Honors Roy Carter with Harwood Leadership & Legends Award

February 04, 2016

Chairman of Toledo Ticket Company and Former NPA Board Director

Washington, DC (February 4, 2016)— Yesterday, the National Parking Association (NPA) honored Roy Carter of The Toledo Ticket Company with the parking industry’s highest honor, the Brett Harwood Leadership & Legends Award. The award was presented to Carter at the NPA Winter Leadership Forum. This prestigious national honor recognizes lifelong leadership, excellence and integrity.

“The NPA Board of Directors selected Carter as the 2016 honoree for his industry advocacy, dedication to industry education, and focus on building networks among parking peers throughout the industry,” said NPA President Christine Banning, MA, CAE. Banning added, “Roy Carter has been a lifelong champion of the parking industry. His ability to rally the industry and build ongoing support for parking education, industry scholarships and support of the Parking Industry Institute are hallmarks of his leadership.”

Carter is a long-time member of NPA, having served on the board and as chair of the NPA Supplier Committee for more than 20 years. He was the first industry supplier to serve on the Executive Committee of the NPA Board of Directors. During his tenure on the Board, Carter was an advocate for parking industry education, networking and the value of building a strong and vibrant parking industry in all sectors.

His lifelong industry leadership, support and advocacy have helped advance the parking profession. He is a member of the Ohio Parking Association, where he served on the board, and of the Michigan Parking Association.

Carter joined The Toledo Ticket Co. in 1960 following his tour of duty with the United States Navy. In the 1970s, Carter became president of the firm. Today, he serves as Chairman and CEO alongside two of his sons, who operate the company.

About the Award: The Board of Directors of NPA established the Brett Harwood Leadership & Legends Award in 2013 to honor lifetime achievement in parking industry leadership. Carter is the third recipient of the award and was honored February 4^th at the association’s Winter Leadership Forum.

About NPA: The National Parking Association is the nation’s leading parking trade group advancing the interests of the private and public sector in parking technology, sustainable mobility, certification, advocacy, research and education. Founded in 1951, NPA has more than 2,400 members and represents all segments of the parking industry. Online at WeAreParking.org.