Adam Seever

Adam is a technology entrepreneur based in Seattle, Washington. He is the founder of towncry, a local events site designed to make it easy to find interesting things to do. He was also half of the team that created the custom point of sale and online ordering systems for cookiedelivery.com. The thing that makes Adam most excited about his job is the way he gets to wear each of the hats involved in a startup - he enjoys brainstorming ideas, designing great user experiences, creating visual designs and branding, learning new programming languages then writing efficient, scalable code with them, obsessing over the details involved in getting a product out the door, and being an evangelist for his creations.

Biography

Adam was born in Jacksonville Beach, Florida in late summer 1977. He soon moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he spent his childhood climbing trees, riding bikes, playing Legos, and hacking his parents' Commodore 64. He also spent a lot of free time with family in Miami and Key Largo, Florida. For high school he attended the Galloway School and grew his hair really long.

He moved to Arkansas to attend Hendrix College in 1995. He completed his studies in December 1999 with a BA in Computer Science and Mathematics with a minor in History. He worked briefly at Alltel in Little Rock, Arkansas, before being swept up in the dot-com boom in mid-2000 with Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting wing in Dallas, Texas. His most noteworthy project was a stint with then pre-launch XM Radio in Washington, DC.

In late 2001 he moved to a client company, the student insurance company UICI, where he remained until late 2003 when he returned to the remnants of his old company, now using Hitachi Consulting letterhead. He remained there until early 2007, working his way up to become a successful project manager. He worked on some really cool projects for the healthcare, energy, and construction industries; mostly in the custom development space but also with some big packaged apps. He got good at MS Project, Powerpoint, and Excel, and learned how to delegate stuff.

In a move that surprised many, he requested a sabbatical to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail in the spring of 2007. Orthodox thru-hiking involves walking all 2174 miles of mountainous trail between Georgia and Maine in the span of one year. Supplies are retrieved by walking or hitchhiking to small town post offices along the way, where packages previously sent ahead are retrieved. He also ate a lot of pizza and ice cream, but still lost ten pounds. Adam kept a very detailed journal of his trek, which was completed successfully in August, 2007.

Adam immediately returned to Dallas to pack up and move to Seattle, Washington. Adam had enjoyed his time there on a Microsoft project years before, and was anxious to try something new. He moved in with his long time companion Jocelyn Coe, who had spent the last month on the trail with him. Jocelyn transferred to the Seattle office to remain with Hitachi Consulting.

Adam currently lives in downtown Seattle near his brother Luke, enjoys not owning a car and watching the sailboats from his balcony. He is an avid motorcyclist but has yet to replace his beloved Ducati Monster 1000, totalled during a bad month in 2006.

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