We love supporting your volunteer efforts!
VolunteerLocal is proudly based in Des Moines, Iowa. Our software works anywhere you can access the Internet.
The VolunteerLocal Team
There are four partners committed to making VolunteerLocal great. We all are ambitious entrepreneurs at various levels and love seeing customers use our service. Reach us at info@volunteerlocal.com or find us individually on Twitter (handles are listed with each bio).
Brian Hemesath, President (@bheme)
Brian is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on technology. In 2001 he founded a web development company, Diligent Information Services, which grew to over 100 local clients
before he sold it in 2010. He is also a co-founder of Catchwind, a white label SMS platform & mobile marketing company with clients nationwide. Brian is a past President of Young
Variety (Iowa Tent of Variety - The Children's Charity) which has given him tremendous insight to both volunteering and organizing volunteers.
Geoff Wood, Social Strategy (@geoffwood)
Geoff has a background in leading software teams and implementing emerging technologies. He's consulted for clients all across the country but has always held tight to his
Midwestern roots, basing his career at various times from Iowa, Nebraska and Indiana. In addition to VolunteerLocal, he's passionate about entrepreneurship and his community
of Des Moines. He's also on the team at Silicon Prairie News, the leading information source for information on innovation in the heartland. He can often be found speaking on
topics related to entrepreneurship in the community or collaborating with other local leaders on how to further the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the community.
Brad Dwyer - Strategic Adviser (@braddwyer)
Brad is a successful entrepreneur who founded Hatchlings, one of the most popular social games on the web, while still a student at Iowa State University. Buoyed by the
continued success of Hatchlings, Brad's advising VolunteerLocal on items related to social strategy and product development while maintaining his hobby of traveling the world and
immersing himself in new cultures.
Jeremy Harrington - Experience Strategy (@jharr)
Jeremy has been designing experiences for national brands and products for nearly 13 years. His background includes user experience and visual design for customers like Apple,
NASA JPL, Boeing, General Motors, BWM, Sony and Disney. Jeremy has spent the past several years speaking at national and regional conferences and developing presentations on design
thinking, user research and user-centered design. When not working he enjoys spending time with his wife and two children his passions include music, design and all things Disney.
Brian is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on technology. In 2001 he founded a web development company, Diligent Information Services, which grew to over 100 local clients
before he sold it in 2010. He is also a co-founder of Catchwind, a white label SMS platform & mobile marketing company with clients nationwide. Brian is a past President of Young
Variety (Iowa Tent of Variety - The Children's Charity) which has given him tremendous insight to both volunteering and organizing volunteers.
Geoff Wood, Social Strategy (@geoffwood)
Geoff has a background in leading software teams and implementing emerging technologies. He's consulted for clients all across the country but has always held tight to his
Midwestern roots, basing his career at various times from Iowa, Nebraska and Indiana. In addition to VolunteerLocal, he's passionate about entrepreneurship and his community
of Des Moines. He's also on the team at Silicon Prairie News, the leading information source for information on innovation in the heartland. He can often be found speaking on
topics related to entrepreneurship in the community or collaborating with other local leaders on how to further the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the community.
Brad Dwyer - Strategic Adviser (@braddwyer)
Brad is a successful entrepreneur who founded Hatchlings, one of the most popular social games on the web, while still a student at Iowa State University. Buoyed by the
continued success of Hatchlings, Brad's advising VolunteerLocal on items related to social strategy and product development while maintaining his hobby of traveling the world and
immersing himself in new cultures.
Jeremy Harrington - Experience Strategy (@jharr)
Jeremy has been designing experiences for national brands and products for nearly 13 years. His background includes user experience and visual design for customers like Apple,
NASA JPL, Boeing, General Motors, BWM, Sony and Disney. Jeremy has spent the past several years speaking at national and regional conferences and developing presentations on design
thinking, user research and user-centered design. When not working he enjoys spending time with his wife and two children his passions include music, design and all things Disney.