Bio
3x serial entrepreneur with exits in healthcare 🏥 and communications📱now working on a next-generation travel search and booking engine for global merchants 👨🏻✈️ ------------------------------------------- 🏗️ What I am working on: 🗺️ Raising capital from accredited investors for my travel technology startup company COPILOT TRAVEL 🧭 “Smart Travel Tech tools designed to help companies personalize and extend customer travel experiences for their brand without ever leaving their site” 🧳 Learn more about our Seed Round at seedround.copilottravel.com ------------------------------------------- 💻 More information about me: 📈 I am an advisor, architect, change agent, coach, connector, consultant, futurist, innovator, integrator, investor, mentor, serial entrepreneur, servant leader, strategist, technologist, thought leader, venture catalyst, and visionary. 💡My unique ability allows me to identify, discuss, and solve business, IT, and software challenges today while simultaneously architecting the forward-thinking solutions of tomorrow. ✔️ I am the type of person who loves to solve problems, and I draw great value from doing what others say cannot be done and cannot be accomplished. 🧱 My core focus in business relies on four simple pillars: 1. "People, Process, Product." - Marcus Lemonis 2. "Know the user, know the magic, connect the two." - Google 3. "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." - Bill Gates 4. "It"s always day one." - Amazon 🎻 I live outside Nashville, TN (Music City USA) and am married to my wife and have a fur baby. ------------------------------------------- 📜 One of my favorite inspirational quotes: “If you want to build a ship, don"t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ------------------------------------------- 🤳 My contact information: 🔗 linkedin.com/in/garysomerhalder 🐦 twitter.com/garysomerhalder 📷 instagram.com/garysomerhalder 📥 [email protected] 📅 schedule.copilottravel.com/garysomerhalder 📱+1 (615) 398-1806 -------------------------------------------