User:VTReader/Myway village
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| Founder | Chris McWade, Sarah Hoit |
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| Website | MyWayVillage.com |
MyWay Village is a Quincy, MA based provider of social networking services to senior citizens. Founded in 2006 by Chris McWade and Sarah Hoit, MyWay Village uses a secure proprietary interface and one-on-one personal support to facilitate senior citizens interacting online.
MyWay Village was featured in a June 3, 2009 article in the New York Times.
History[edit]
In 2006 after caring for aging relatives from a distance, the Company's founders Chris McWade and Sarah Hoit realized that simplified computer technologies combined with personalized support services could significantly improve the quality of life for senior citizens--a large, growing portion of the population.[1]
Products[edit]
Senior community residents can access a customized home page that allows them to choose from a variety of activities including sending and receiving electronic messages, sharing and viewing photographs, listening to audio books and music, recording their own personal memoirs, and receiving notification of events happening daily in their community.[2]
Ambassadors[edit]
MyWay Village provides on-going support to retirement communities, residents, and their families through a team of "Ambassadors," who provide invididualized help for seniors, and who lead group activities and classes on computer use, memoir sharing, and book clubs.[3]
Executive Team[edit]
Chris McWade -- Co-Founder & Chairman
Formerly founder of Team Enterprises, Inc., an integrated marketing company. He also co-founded, incubated, and sold two successful Web 1.0 companies: beer.com and diamond.com. [4]He holds a BSBA from Nichols College.[5]
Sarah Hoit -- Co-Founder and CEO
Formerly founder and CEO of Explore, Inc. and Director of White House Business Planning, Deputy Director of Americorps. She has also been Managing Director and Partner at Thomas Partners Investment Management and Managing Director with Sylvan Learning Systems. She has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard University.[6]
Andrew Lowenstein -- CFO and President
Formerly VP of Business Development[7]atFirefly Mobile and Executive Vice President of Global Operations at Convey Software. He has a BA from Yale University and both an MA and MBA from Stanford University.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "MyWay Village - About Us" (html). MyWay Village Official site. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "MyWay Village - Services" (html). MyWay Village Official site. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "MyWay Village - Ambassadors" (html). MyWay Village Official site. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Boston Business Journal: E-commerce web site casts a wider net for customers". Boston Business Journal article. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Chris McWade--LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn Profile. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "LinkedIn Profile: Sarah Hoit". LinkedIn Profile. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Firefly Mobile, Yahoo Finance Profile". Firefly, Yahoo Finance Profile. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Plaxo Profile". Plaxo Profile: Andrew Lowenstein. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.