Joost Schreve - Founder and CEO

Joost is an avid travel enthusiast. Some of his fondest memories include hitchhiking on a sailing boat from The Philippines to Hong Kong and climbing with his skis above 8,000 meters (26,000 ft) in the Himalayas. Moreover, he has always pushed the boundaries of communication technology when out on trips. His friends still make fun of Joost when they remember him carrying around satellite modems, laptops and solar panels to the world's remotest areas, to update his websites in real-time. They are not surprised that he is now making a business out of his passion.

Prior to EveryTrail, Joost worked at Yahoo!, Fredhopper, Renault and ClickAction. He holds a MSc. Engineering from Delft University in the Netherlands and an MBA from Stanford University in California.

Dan Seligson - COO

Dan brings decades of experience and success to the team. In the last of his 17 years at Intel, he was GM of an internal startup called Display Technology Investments. After leaving in 2001, he has been an investor in, advisor to, executive of, or Board Member of more than 20 startups. He has screened over 1000 deals for the Band of Angels since he became a member in 2004. He received his education at MIT (BSc, Physics) and University of California, Berkeley (PhD, Physics). Dan is also passionate about travel and technology. He's trekked the Karakoram in Pakistan, climbed the Moose's Tooth (and Denali, too, of course) in the Alaska Range, and raced a windsurfer around Martha's Vineyard. Most recently he took his road bike across Bhutan.

Werner Altewischer - Software Architect and Developer

Werner has 10 years of experience in software development and architecture. He designed and implemented large scale, clustered applications for different companies and has developed in serveral different programming languages, including Java, C#, C++, C and objective C. For EveryTrail he advises the setup of the server environment, database and implementation details. He also does some development himself, including the EveryTrail recording application for the iPhone. In his free time, he is a big outdoor enthusiast and he can be found cycling on the road bike, moutain bike, running or hiking.

Chris McCarty - Lead developer

Chris has a passion for the latest cutting edge web technologies, including AJAX, PHP, MySQL and APIs. He is the brains behind the interactive web pages on EveryTrail that allow users to do everything they want with their GPS data. When he is not impressing the EveryTrail team with the latest features, he is studying towards his Computer Science Degree at Stanford University.

Adam Schneider - Lead developer

Adam joined the worldwide Internet community in 1992, while an undergraduate at the University of California at Santa Cruz. In 1996, Adam co-authored Prentice Hall's The Web Server Handbook. From the late 1990s through today, Adam has worked with a number of Internet ventures developing interactive on-line mapping applications.

Adam launched GPSVisualizer.com in 2002 as a simple exercise to translate GPS coordinates into a scalable vector graphics (SVG) drawing. GPSVisualizer has since evolved into the leading consumer GPS website offering a suite of powerful "do-it-yourself" on-line mapping utilities.

Chad Taylor - VP Product

Chad's passion for exploring the world started while traveling the US playing soccer as a kid. He's now been to over 30 countries and is always looking for the next great adventure. Nowadays, this usually means searching for some remote snowboarding destination in the far reaches of the globe. A recent trip to Kashmir was definitely an experience he'll never forget as he and some friends enjoyed 4k vertical feet of lift-served heli-ski conditions for two weeks in Himalayan powder. Needless to say, Chad's family is usually very happy that he carries a GPS so they can share all of these "fond" memories on EveryTrail. Well, that is, except for the time his mom found out that he strapped his skis to his motorcycle and rode to Tahoe...

Prior to EveryTrail, Chad worked at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), SquareTrade, and as an independent contractor for other consumer internet companies. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.

Per Enge - Advisor

Per Enge is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, where he is the Kleiner-Perkins, Mayfield, Sequoia Capital Professor in the School of Engineering. He directs the GPS Research Laboratory, which develops satellite navigation systems based on the Global Positioning System (GPS).

Per has received the Kepler, Thurlow and Burka Awards from the Institute of Navigation (ION) for his work. He is also a Fellow of the ION and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He received his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1983

Hap Klopp - Advisor

Hap founded the North Face company back in the sixties, because he wanted to combine his passion for the outdoors with building a great business. He oversaw the growth of the North Face brand for more than 20 years until he sold the company. Hap is now focusing on helping entrepreneurs create successful and sustainable businesses in the outdoor, technology and travel industries.

Mark Duff - Advisor

Mark is EveryTrail's resident e-Commerce guru. He's been in the retail business for 15 years, most recently as Director of Web Strategy at REI, the world's largest outdoor retailer. Mark's passion for the web, for business development of all flavors, and for the outdoors makes him a perfect fit for the EveryTrail Team. When he's not out consulting with e-Business clients, Mark can be found surfing the Washington coast with his wife and two young daughters.