/About usThe Intersection Company develops highway standards-aligned, web-based infrastructure design software that makes complex planning and safety analysis accessible beyond traditional engineering teams. Our platform enables safer, more usable, and more universally accessible infrastructure decision-making while ensuring compliance with state and municipal guidelines. We operate as a for-profit company guided by public-interest principles.
The Team
Nicholas Sadowski
Co-Founder & CEO
Nicholas co-founded The Intersection Company after working with MassDOT and municipalities on various projects. His dedication to accessible infrastructure and roadway safety inspired the goals that The Intersection Company follows.
Thomas Ricci
Co-Founder & CTO
Thomas co-founded The Intersection Company to bring the state of CAD in the infrastructure industry to the next level. His experience as a software engineer across multiple industries brings unique ideas that power The Intersection Company's platform.
Our Story
May 19, 2025
Our story begins with our Co-Founder and CEO, Nicholas Sadowski starting a summer internship at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in the Traffic & Safety group of the Highway Division. Traffic & Safety is dedicated to ensuring compliance with state and federal guidelines as they relate to traffic design.
August 25, 2025
As part of WPI’s curriculum, students have the opportunity to create their own projects centered around improving their environment. With his experience at MassDOT, Nicholas created a project that focused on improving cities and towns ability to ensure compliance and thereby ensure safety on the roadways they own. Unfortunately, MassDOT’s enforcement is limited to state-managed projects. Due to the complexity and sheer size of the compliance documents that must be followed, cities and towns find it impossible to meet them for all their projects.
Of the alternatives evaluated, a website that could serve as a computer-aided design (CAD) software with built-in compliance checking was chosen. Not only would it be easy for cities and towns to get used to and work with, but it would be accessible and free to the general public, which is a core value of our company. In order to build that application, Nicholas sought the skills of our Chief Technology Officer, Thomas Ricci.
February 13, 2026
The Intersection Company was officially incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the purpose of realizing the research and concepts developed during the project. In our incorporation documents, we listed specific goals that the company should adhere to: “to work towards increasing safety and usability of the general infrastructure of the United States”, “to, through our products, advocate for equity of use for the general infrastructure of the United States”, and “that although The Intersection Company is not legally a non-profit, the ideals of a non-profit should guide decision making and product pricing decisions.”
March 6, 2026
The project group formally submitted its report establishing a need for a solution and describing in detail why this is the best solution for this problem. From this point, we have been developing our first Proof of Concept, linked on our homepage!