In or out of cellular coverage, we have you connected globally.
Powered by patented technology deployed in mission critical environments, Everywhere Communications provides dual mode cellular and satellite communications. We deliver safety, security and increased productivity to enterprise and government customers, and deliver always-connected communications, even in the 80% of the world that lacks cellular coverage.
Team
Patrick Shay, Founder and CEO
Patrick has over 30 years creating and leading businesses connecting vehicles, assets and people, generating over $1B in new revenue. Previously Patrick held senior executive positions at Orbcomm, Iridium, DeLorme, Sirius Satellite Radio and Motorola. "I attract brilliant innovators who create and launch revolutionary businesses. In leading these teams and building these organizations throughout my career we have successfully connected vehicles, assets & people and generated more than $1B in new revenue. These businesses have been recognized for saving lives and providing connectivity for organizations around the globe." |
The Everywhere Communications team is headquartered in Annapolis, MD with a technology center in Portland, ME.
Mark McEneaney, CFO: Mark has more than 30 years of finance and accounting experience including 10 years at EY. Mark has since held several CFO positions in a variety of industries, including construction, technology, and business services, and raised in excess of $1B in private and public debt/equity. He led due diligence on more than 30 acquisition targets, successfully closing and integrating 8 of them over the course of his career.
Dale Beasley, Vice President of Products: Dale is a wireless industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in the development of mobile solutions in the location space for both Consumers, enterprise, and government customers. Dale spent 13 years at Verizon, where he launched VZ Navigator, the award-winning application that brought wireless navigation into the mainstream, lead their Enterprise and Government Products team, where he was responsible for developing custom solutions for both enterprises and the federal government, including launching the Voice Cypher encrypted voice and messaging solution. Dale initially spent 7 years in the defense industry, developing avionics systems for the F-16 and other fighter aircraft for General Dynamics, where he held a security clearance.
Brian Stam, Vice President of Engineering: Brian has worked to blend technical and business excellence with the management and team building skills to develop leading edge products. Brian has previously served as the engineering lead for DeLorme on the award winning InReach Satellite communicator. He has experience working in highly regulated fields including medical devices and non-medical safety-of-life devices including technology varying from Android and iOS apps to specialized laboratory equipment and high volume IOT devices.
Chris Sluss, Vice President of Sales: Chris has over 30 years of experience in wireless communications, content licensing, and telematics, including data and voice communication systems. He has also managed the Motorola US Government messaging device business, with distribution to both the GSA and other direct and indirect US government customers.
Eric Semle, Director of Software Development: Eric has over 12 years of software development experience. He started his career in military contracting, focusing on mobile blue-force tracking, messaging, and augmented reality. Eric then moved to consumer products at Delorme working on the award winning inReach Satellite Communicator. He also has 4 years of experience working in the financial sector on mobile applications that support millions of users.
Zach Magoon, Creative Director: For over 20 years, Zach has directed award-winning creative in the financial, fashion, technology and medical sectors. Working for agencies in Boston and Portland, he managed web, print, photography, branding, application and UI/UX design projects for companies such as Levi’s, Fidelity Investments, Walmart, Sam's Club, L.L.Bean, Olympus, Partners Healthcare, TD Bank, Con-way and WEX. From concepting and brainstorming, to implementing solutions across any medium or industry, Zach has done it all.
Amy Helie, QA Lead: Amy has almost 20 years experience in Quality Assurance and has worked in the financial, mapping and retail sectors. Amy spent 13 years at DeLorme where she worked on consumer products working with the inReach Satellite communicator and as the QA Team Leader for the professional product line. She also spent 5 years working at L.L. Bean on the mobile website and the mobile applications. Amy has also served on the Board of Directors for two non-profit organizations.
Jake Bailey, Customer Success Manager: Jake started his career on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant, managing the National Defense Authorization Bill mark-up process and constituent advocacy groups. Since then, he has specialized in policy analysis, implementation, and business process engineering in the defense and civil sectors. While at Deloitte Consulting, he was responsible for managing account pipeline growth, as well as large-scale governance transformation.
Cal Cassidy, Deployment Program Manager: Cal has over 35 years of experience delivering complex solutions and products to the commercial and defense markets. Mr. Cassidy joined Aether Systems, a Wireless Data startup, as the VP of Enterprise Solutions which provided real-time financial wireless solutions to Reuters, Discover Brokerage, and Charles Schwab, and was part of the Executive Team that had a successful IPO in 1999. Cal started his career at Westinghouse managing the development and deployment of software solutions for the F-16 fighter program.
Greg Lawler, Government Sales: Greg has over 25 years of experience in the federal government. He brings extensive leadership in national program management in Washington, D.C. for the Secretary of the Interior and the National Park Service as well as expertise managing public safety functions including law enforcement, security, emergency medicine, search & rescue and fire management in several of America's largest national parks.
Tim Fallon, Account Specialist: Tim earned a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell and possesses a versatile skillset including vertical market research, customer relations, and data analytics. Tim previously worked as a business intern at the American Chamber of Commerce in Antananarivo, Madagascar where he developed intangible abilities to work with diverse cultures and individuals. Tim uses his skills to maximize relationships with both current and prospective customers.
Chad Nexon, Account Specialist: Chad started his career at memoryBlue, a technology sales consultancy, as an inside sales representative. In that role, he was responsible for research, outreach, and overall pipeline growth for a variety of clients across the cyber security, cloud architecture, and Marketing technology spaces.
Scott Hopkins, Consultant: Scott has over 30 years of technology analysis, implementation, product development, and business management experience in the national security and commercial sectors. Scott spent over 10 years at Blackbird Technologies, where he was responsible for managing the development of the Tagging Tracking Location (TTL) hardware and software technologies.
Board of Directors
John Belcher: John is the former Chairman and CEO of ARINC, which he sold in 2014, and is the former CEO of Hughes Aircraft of Canada. He has extensive experience in the aviation, aerospace, airports, information technology, communications and defense industries. He presently serves on the boards of 8 high tech companies in 4 countries and is an investor in each and is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Anne Arundel Health Systems.
Dan Colussy: Dan is the Chairman of Gemini Capital, a Venture Capital Fund investing in new technologies. He is the former Chairman of Iridium Satellite, which he took out of bankruptcy in 2000 and rebuilt into a global and profitable satellite network providing communications services for over one million customers worldwide. Took Iridium public in 2009. Dan is the former Chairman and CEO of UNC Inc., which he sold to General Electric in 1998. Prior to that, Dan was Chairman and CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines and was the President of Pan American World Airways.
Carolyn Groobey: Carolyn is an investor/advisor to the FounderTrac business accelerator and in several additional start-up companies. Previously she was a Vice President of Product Development at PayPal and Bill Me Later and a partner in McKinsey & Company, where she worked with many of the leaders in the data communications industry, including mobile, satellite, cable, and big data companies. She is currently the Vice Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and a member of Oceana’s Ocean Council. She and her husband have done over 25,000 miles of ocean cruising on their boat Toccata and are avid users of satellite voice and data products.
Toby Merchant: Toby is the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of McKenna & Associates, LLC, which is a boutique advisory firm that provides management and consulting services and manages its own proprietary capital. Prior to joining McKenna & Associates he was a partner at Squire Patton Boggs in the firm’s global corporate and financial services practice groups. At Squire Patton Boggs, he regularly advised numerous public and private companies in a variety of transactional, governance and compliance matters. Toby brings to Everywhere a wealth of experience in working with companies throughout all stages of their lifecycle.
Patrick Shay: Patrick has over 30 years creating and leading businesses connecting vehicles, assets and people, generating over $1B in new revenue. Previously Patrick held senior executive positions at Orbcomm, Iridium, DeLorme, Sirius Satellite Radio and Motorola.
Chuck Teubner: Chuck is a Director and CEO Advisor at Fonteva and Perceptics. He is the former CEO, COO and Chairman of numerous VC/PE early stage companies. Chuck was the Chairman of Skybitz, a satellite asset tracking company sold to Tellular. In addition, he was the Chairman of SpringCM, a SaaS enterprise content management software company recently acquired by Docusign. Chuck brings a great deal of expertise in building early stage venture-backed technology companies.
Dan Colussy: Dan is the Chairman of Gemini Capital, a Venture Capital Fund investing in new technologies. He is the former Chairman of Iridium Satellite, which he took out of bankruptcy in 2000 and rebuilt into a global and profitable satellite network providing communications services for over one million customers worldwide. Took Iridium public in 2009. Dan is the former Chairman and CEO of UNC Inc., which he sold to General Electric in 1998. Prior to that, Dan was Chairman and CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines and was the President of Pan American World Airways.
Carolyn Groobey: Carolyn is an investor/advisor to the FounderTrac business accelerator and in several additional start-up companies. Previously she was a Vice President of Product Development at PayPal and Bill Me Later and a partner in McKinsey & Company, where she worked with many of the leaders in the data communications industry, including mobile, satellite, cable, and big data companies. She is currently the Vice Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and a member of Oceana’s Ocean Council. She and her husband have done over 25,000 miles of ocean cruising on their boat Toccata and are avid users of satellite voice and data products.
Toby Merchant: Toby is the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of McKenna & Associates, LLC, which is a boutique advisory firm that provides management and consulting services and manages its own proprietary capital. Prior to joining McKenna & Associates he was a partner at Squire Patton Boggs in the firm’s global corporate and financial services practice groups. At Squire Patton Boggs, he regularly advised numerous public and private companies in a variety of transactional, governance and compliance matters. Toby brings to Everywhere a wealth of experience in working with companies throughout all stages of their lifecycle.
Patrick Shay: Patrick has over 30 years creating and leading businesses connecting vehicles, assets and people, generating over $1B in new revenue. Previously Patrick held senior executive positions at Orbcomm, Iridium, DeLorme, Sirius Satellite Radio and Motorola.
Chuck Teubner: Chuck is a Director and CEO Advisor at Fonteva and Perceptics. He is the former CEO, COO and Chairman of numerous VC/PE early stage companies. Chuck was the Chairman of Skybitz, a satellite asset tracking company sold to Tellular. In addition, he was the Chairman of SpringCM, a SaaS enterprise content management software company recently acquired by Docusign. Chuck brings a great deal of expertise in building early stage venture-backed technology companies.
Investors
John Belcher: John is the former Chairman and CEO of ARINC, which he sold in 2014, and is the former CEO of Hughes Aircraft of Canada. He has extensive experience in the aviation, aerospace, airports, information technology, communications and defense industries. He presently serves on the boards of 8 high tech companies in 4 countries and is an investor in each and is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Anne Arundel Health Systems.
Ari Blum: Ari serves as the President of U.S.A. Fund, LLLP a public equity, venture capital and real estate focused investment fund headquartered in Baltimore, MD and Denver, CO. As President of this fund, he manages all aspects of the portfolio, with active participation in certain private equity investments, including serving on the board or board observer for several portfolio companies. He graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in economics, lived for a year in both Japan and Germany, received an MBA from The Darden School of Business (UVA) and has worked in entrepreneurial ventures in the technology and medical device industries. Ari currently lives in Denver with his wife Melanie, daughter Amelie and son Asa.
City Light: Invests in companies where there is a direct relationship between financial outcomes and measurable social impact. Solutions where more revenue equals better lives at scale, every time.
Dan Colussy: Dan is the Chairman of Gemini Capital, a Venture Capital Fund investing in new technologies. He is the former Chairman of Iridium Satellite, which he took out of bankruptcy in 2000 and rebuilt into a global and profitable satellite network providing communications services for over one million customers worldwide. Took Iridium public in 2009. Dan is the former Chairman and CEO of UNC Inc., which he sold to General Electric in 1998. Prior to that, Dan was Chairman and CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines and was the President of Pan American World Airways.
Alex Dreyfoos: Alex is chairman and owner of The Dreyfoos Group, a private capital management firm that evolved from the success of Photo Electronics Corporation, which he started in 1963. Alex holds 10 US and numerous foreign patents and was the recipient of an Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is a lifetime trustee of MIT and a trustee of Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience.
Bill Elmore: Bill, who co-founded Foundation Capital in 1995, operates on the belief that substantial, sustainable companies are the result of matching technology and market opportunity with the right entrepreneur and management team.
Richard Franyo: Dick is currently the proprietor of Boatyard Bar & Grill. He spent 30 years as an investment banker and Managing Director for Deutsche Bank Alex.Brown. He also serves as a board member of The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, National Sailing Hall of Fame, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation, Friends of St. John’s College, and Eastport Business Association.
Mike Gerling: Mike served as Chief Operating Officer in North America for leading mapping provider Tele Atlas, which was subsequently acquired by TomTom. He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for digital mapping technology pioneer Geographic Data Technology, Inc. (GDT). Mike serves on the board of directors of Inrix and was on the board of DeLorme prior to its acquisition by Garmin.
Carolyn Groobey: Carolyn is an investor/advisor to the FounderTrac business accelerator and in several additional start-up companies. Previously she was a Vice President of Product Development at PayPal and Bill Me Later and a partner in McKinsey & Company, where she worked with many of the leaders in the data communications industry, including mobile, satellite, cable, and big data companies. She is currently the Vice Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and a member of Oceana’s Ocean Council. She and her husband have done over 25,000 miles of ocean cruising on their boat Toccata and are avid users of satellite voice and data products.
Terry Jones: Terry is the Managing General Partner of Syncom Venture Management, LLC, whose portfolio has included more than 120 companies, including Black Entertainment Network (BET), XM Radio, Radio One and TV One, and was a key investor in Iridium Satellite.
Bill Karpovich: Bill has 20 years of technology startup experience, having held senior roles at some of Maryland’s most successful innovators including cloud pioneers Digex and USinternetworking. Bill earned EY Entrepreneur of the Year honors in 2011 for his leadership as CEO and Co-founder of Zenoss, a disruptor in the IT operations software market. Bill was recruited to join IBM in 2015 where he led key transformation efforts and was GM of the IBM Cloud Platform business. Bill is now serving as EVP of Strategy and Corporate development for Sonatype and advises several Maryland-based startups.
Bob Kelly: Bob has extensive experience as a Senior Executive for both government and industry in addition to as Corporate General Counsel for technology companies. He is a former member of the Reagan and Bush White House staffs and is also a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. A Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Owner of CenTauri Solutions, a high technology Defense and Intelligence consulting firm, Bob headed the transaction team when CenTauri was acquired by Computer Sciences Corp. in 2010.
Toby Merchant: Toby is the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of McKenna & Associates, LLC, which is a boutique advisory firm that provides management and consulting services and manages its own proprietary capital. Prior to joining McKenna & Associates he was a partner at Squire Patton Boggs in the firm’s global corporate and financial services practice groups. At Squire Patton Boggs, he regularly advised numerous public and private companies in a variety of transactional, governance and compliance matters. Toby brings to Everywhere a wealth of experience in working with companies throughout all stages of their lifecycle.
Mark Ordan: Mark has been the turnaround CEO of several public and private companies including The Mills Corporation, Sunrise Senior Living, WPG, and most recently Quality Care Properties. Previous to these he was the founder and CEO of Fresh Fields Markets, which he sold to Whole Foods. Mark serves on the boards of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, The US Chamber of Commerce, The Holton Arms School, Vassar College, Vereit (NYSE:VER) and Forest City (NYSE:FCE).
Jim Papineau: Jim spent 23 years in government service as a Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Officer in a variety of command, staff, and operational billets, participating in combat and sensitive operations worldwide. After his retirement from the Navy, Jim joined Applied Marine Technology, Inc. (AMTI) in July 2000, and was promoted to President and CEO in July 2006. As President and CEO, Jim led the successful sale of AMTI to SAIC in December 2006.
Chuck Teubner: Chuck is a Director and CEO Advisor at Fonteva and Perceptics. He is the former CEO, COO and Chairman of numerous VC/PE early stage companies. Chuck was the Chairman of Skybitz, a satellite asset tracking company sold to Tellular. In addition, he was the Chairman of SpringCM, a SaaS enterprise content management software company recently acquired by Docusign. Chuck brings a great deal of expertise in building early stage venture-backed technology companies.
Ari Blum: Ari serves as the President of U.S.A. Fund, LLLP a public equity, venture capital and real estate focused investment fund headquartered in Baltimore, MD and Denver, CO. As President of this fund, he manages all aspects of the portfolio, with active participation in certain private equity investments, including serving on the board or board observer for several portfolio companies. He graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in economics, lived for a year in both Japan and Germany, received an MBA from The Darden School of Business (UVA) and has worked in entrepreneurial ventures in the technology and medical device industries. Ari currently lives in Denver with his wife Melanie, daughter Amelie and son Asa.
City Light: Invests in companies where there is a direct relationship between financial outcomes and measurable social impact. Solutions where more revenue equals better lives at scale, every time.
Dan Colussy: Dan is the Chairman of Gemini Capital, a Venture Capital Fund investing in new technologies. He is the former Chairman of Iridium Satellite, which he took out of bankruptcy in 2000 and rebuilt into a global and profitable satellite network providing communications services for over one million customers worldwide. Took Iridium public in 2009. Dan is the former Chairman and CEO of UNC Inc., which he sold to General Electric in 1998. Prior to that, Dan was Chairman and CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines and was the President of Pan American World Airways.
Alex Dreyfoos: Alex is chairman and owner of The Dreyfoos Group, a private capital management firm that evolved from the success of Photo Electronics Corporation, which he started in 1963. Alex holds 10 US and numerous foreign patents and was the recipient of an Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is a lifetime trustee of MIT and a trustee of Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience.
Bill Elmore: Bill, who co-founded Foundation Capital in 1995, operates on the belief that substantial, sustainable companies are the result of matching technology and market opportunity with the right entrepreneur and management team.
Richard Franyo: Dick is currently the proprietor of Boatyard Bar & Grill. He spent 30 years as an investment banker and Managing Director for Deutsche Bank Alex.Brown. He also serves as a board member of The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, National Sailing Hall of Fame, Annapolis Maritime Museum, Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation, Friends of St. John’s College, and Eastport Business Association.
Mike Gerling: Mike served as Chief Operating Officer in North America for leading mapping provider Tele Atlas, which was subsequently acquired by TomTom. He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for digital mapping technology pioneer Geographic Data Technology, Inc. (GDT). Mike serves on the board of directors of Inrix and was on the board of DeLorme prior to its acquisition by Garmin.
Carolyn Groobey: Carolyn is an investor/advisor to the FounderTrac business accelerator and in several additional start-up companies. Previously she was a Vice President of Product Development at PayPal and Bill Me Later and a partner in McKinsey & Company, where she worked with many of the leaders in the data communications industry, including mobile, satellite, cable, and big data companies. She is currently the Vice Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and a member of Oceana’s Ocean Council. She and her husband have done over 25,000 miles of ocean cruising on their boat Toccata and are avid users of satellite voice and data products.
Terry Jones: Terry is the Managing General Partner of Syncom Venture Management, LLC, whose portfolio has included more than 120 companies, including Black Entertainment Network (BET), XM Radio, Radio One and TV One, and was a key investor in Iridium Satellite.
Bill Karpovich: Bill has 20 years of technology startup experience, having held senior roles at some of Maryland’s most successful innovators including cloud pioneers Digex and USinternetworking. Bill earned EY Entrepreneur of the Year honors in 2011 for his leadership as CEO and Co-founder of Zenoss, a disruptor in the IT operations software market. Bill was recruited to join IBM in 2015 where he led key transformation efforts and was GM of the IBM Cloud Platform business. Bill is now serving as EVP of Strategy and Corporate development for Sonatype and advises several Maryland-based startups.
Bob Kelly: Bob has extensive experience as a Senior Executive for both government and industry in addition to as Corporate General Counsel for technology companies. He is a former member of the Reagan and Bush White House staffs and is also a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. A Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Owner of CenTauri Solutions, a high technology Defense and Intelligence consulting firm, Bob headed the transaction team when CenTauri was acquired by Computer Sciences Corp. in 2010.
Toby Merchant: Toby is the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of McKenna & Associates, LLC, which is a boutique advisory firm that provides management and consulting services and manages its own proprietary capital. Prior to joining McKenna & Associates he was a partner at Squire Patton Boggs in the firm’s global corporate and financial services practice groups. At Squire Patton Boggs, he regularly advised numerous public and private companies in a variety of transactional, governance and compliance matters. Toby brings to Everywhere a wealth of experience in working with companies throughout all stages of their lifecycle.
Mark Ordan: Mark has been the turnaround CEO of several public and private companies including The Mills Corporation, Sunrise Senior Living, WPG, and most recently Quality Care Properties. Previous to these he was the founder and CEO of Fresh Fields Markets, which he sold to Whole Foods. Mark serves on the boards of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, The US Chamber of Commerce, The Holton Arms School, Vassar College, Vereit (NYSE:VER) and Forest City (NYSE:FCE).
Jim Papineau: Jim spent 23 years in government service as a Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Officer in a variety of command, staff, and operational billets, participating in combat and sensitive operations worldwide. After his retirement from the Navy, Jim joined Applied Marine Technology, Inc. (AMTI) in July 2000, and was promoted to President and CEO in July 2006. As President and CEO, Jim led the successful sale of AMTI to SAIC in December 2006.
Chuck Teubner: Chuck is a Director and CEO Advisor at Fonteva and Perceptics. He is the former CEO, COO and Chairman of numerous VC/PE early stage companies. Chuck was the Chairman of Skybitz, a satellite asset tracking company sold to Tellular. In addition, he was the Chairman of SpringCM, a SaaS enterprise content management software company recently acquired by Docusign. Chuck brings a great deal of expertise in building early stage venture-backed technology companies.