Steve leads the PackLate team driving the vision, strategy, and execution to deliver great travel deals in a fun and exciting marketplace. Steve has owned vacation rental property in Park City, Utah for over 10 years. As he was graduating from the University of Michigan with a BS in Computer Science, Steve founded SECA, Inc., a software and consulting company which he sold to MCI seven years later. Steve has lead a software anti-piracy company in Israel and an Internet company focusing on the baby boomer space. In 2008 Steve camped out with First Round Capital and in 2009 became a partner in DreamIt Ventures, a pre-seed venture firm. Steve teaches part time at The Wharton School and is a co-founder of The Stop ALD Foundation, a medical research foundation focused on Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD).
Steve has more than 16 years as a hospitality technology and business development leader, helping grow and sell numerous businesses. Steve was most recently the President of VRGateway, the largest online marketplace for vacation rentals that was sold to VacationRoost where he filled the role of CTO and VP of Business Development. Prior to VRGateway / VacationRoost, he co-founded Sterling Resorts, which markets lodging accommodations along the Florida panhandle. As CTO/Partner he led development and marketing for the management of 2,000 vacation rental properties. He headed up e-commerce, managed reservations and revenue, and led all technology initiatives. Steve formerly was CIO/CTO of ResortQuest International (NYSE:RZT). He was responsible for the supervision and operation of contact center technology, networking, web development and data center operations as well as overseeing the operations of First Resorts Software Company. Steve managed technology operations for all 52-resort operations across the continental US, Hawaii and Canada. Steve began his career as an officer with the United States Air Force specializing in special operations and navigation. He received a Bachelor’s in Computer and Information Sciences from Florida State University.
Jeff began his career at Intel, where he helped reduce defects at some of the most sophisticated fabs in the world. From there, he moved to progressively smaller companies, preferring the challenge of leading small, passionate teams to deliver more than their large company counterparts. He was the architect at Yellowbook.com, where his team rewrote the site in just over a month, and then developed the company's first mobile presence on the sly. He left to try his hand at a few startups, which led him to PackLate. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, just about any sport out there, and voraciously consuming all things technology and software related.
Jonathan is an all-around problem solver and developer who has been building web apps since 1999. He earned 2 bachelors degrees from Carnegie Mellon and has a passion for functional programming, life hacking, and snowboarding.
Stephen is responsible for customer acquisition. Prior to PackLate, Stephen co-founded a yacht charter travel website. He was also a member of the investor relations team at Comcast and, before that, he performed project finance and M&A at Toll Brothers. Stephen is a graduate of The McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and studied Commerce and Finance. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, eating, and snowboarding.
Dan brings a broad skill set with past experience ranging from snowboard instruction to IT technical support. Most recently prior to PackLate he came from KPMG where he served as an associate in the IT Advisory practice. Dan is a graduate of James Madison University where he studied Computer Information Systems and Finance and was the recipient of the Zane Showker Award for Entrepreneurship in 2008. He loves traveling, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and Boston sports.
Jon has nearly a decade of experience in customer service and client management. Along with customer support Jon is always working diligently with new suppliers to prepare and open new travel destinations on the Packlate network. He is a graduate of Villanova University with a Bachelor's in marketing and also held leadership roles in Villanova Blue Key Society. He enjoys activities such as wakeboarding and snowboarding and is also an avid movie watcher.
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