Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Joyride is a connected mobility software platform, enabling sustainable electric vehicles like golf carts, ebikes, and scooters to become IoT-connected, keyless, shareable, and trackable. Joyride's core offering is comprised of a branded user-facing app, backend fleet-management dashboard, and a connected IoT device to help fleet owners gain operational efficiency in managing their vehicles. All together, the Joyride platform has powered more than 25 million miles travelled on lightweight electric vehicles, contributing to more than 3.7 million kg in greenhouse gas offsets.
- First sales hire to join pre-seed founding team in commercializing a connected EV hardware solution - Led all business development efforts with manufacturing partners, resellers, and dealers
- Bootstrapped an electric bike and scooter business to >$1MM in sales, and profitability in Year 2 - Started as eCommerce only, then opened a 3,300 sq ft flagship retail store in downtown Washington, DC (502 23rd St NW), growing revenue by 34% YoY - Hired new management in 2023 to enable founder exit
- Owned P&L for 5 markets for Y-Combinator & Initialized Capital backed connected hardware startup - Launched the first permitted dockless scooter sharing operation in the US (DC), followed by Austin & SD - Operated 2,300 shared vehicles daily throughout the DC region, doing over 1MM annual rides - Managed a team of over 100 operations coordinators, technicians, drivers, and 200+ contractors - Developed and fostered relationships with government and external partners to secure competitive permits - 2nd Full Time Employee - Acquired in 2021 by Micromobility.com (Helbiz)
- Founded a dockless bike sharing company that launched on 4 college campuses including Texas A&M and JMU - Designed and managed development of an iOS and Android mobile application - Prototyped and manufactured a Bluetooth enabled bike lock that automated our operations