Localyte.com connects travelers with Localytes: local people and services in travel destinations.
A Localyte is a local person living in a travel destination who is passionate about sharing their knowledge with travelers. Some Localytes are simply people who are excited to meet and help travelers visiting their hometowns and countries; others help travelers full-time and charge for their services.
Learn more about how Localyte.com helps both Travelers and Localytes.
Guillermo is paving the way for travelers to easily step off the tourist track and access experiences made possible by local experts. He joined Localyte.com after being Senior Vice President of the e-commerce division of Quelle GmbH, with online revenues of €1.2 Billion ($1.4 Billion) and after turning its site "quelle.de" into Germany's 3rd biggest e-commerce site in 2007. Guillermo has always enjoyed getting in touch with local people while traveling to more than 20 countries across 5 continents; he has lived in Argentina, Germany, Switzerland and USA. Guillermo holds an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Buenos Aires Technological Institute and an MBA from IMD, Switzerland.
http://www.localyte.com/service/Tours-in-San-Francisco-and-Bay-Areaguillermo.baensch AT localyte.com
Sudheer turned his entrepreneurial energies to promoting less touristy world travel following 15 years of engineering and management experience at Oracle and a number of startups including Sagent and Business Signatures. He's an avid traveler (and salsa dancer), and was inspired to start Localyte.com after hanging out with locals in Brazil. Sudheer earned a B.S. in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur and a M.S. in Computer Science from University of Utah.
sudheer.thakur AT localyte.com
Andy is thrilled to be driving development to transform the experience of travelers all around the world after working for over 20 years in various Silicon Valley startups. Andy developed a taste for authentic travel experiences while living in a small rural town in central Mexico for three months. He's also explored Germany, Norway, France, UK, Switzerland, and Austria. Andy lives in La Selva Beach, California and plays drums in a local Santa Cruz rock and roll band.
andy.miller AT localyte.com
Graham set out to transform how people use the Internet to travel after working at Intuit in product management, strategy, and marketing. Graham was inspired by Localyte.com after having trouble finding local tango teachers while planning a trip to Buenos Aires. While not building a global network of local experts, Graham enjoys rock climbing and racing sailboats. Graham has a B.A. in Human Biology and M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford.
http://www.localyte.com/service/show-you-around-North-Beach-San-Franciscograham.rasmussen AT localyte.com
Localyte.com is funded and advised by Tandem Entrepreneurs. Localyte.com was founded in August 2007.