Our Great Team
Our team brings a wealth of experience from adventure and technology startups.
Atma Shetty
FounderAtma is a technology entrepreneur and adventure traveler. During a trek in the Ladakh and Zanskar region of Northern India, he connected with his guides who were local residents. One of the nights in the trek was spent at a guide’s home. During dinner with the guide’s family, he heard about the challenges and lack of business prospects for an adventure guide. He wanted to build a site that would benefit these guides and build a lasting experience for travelers. GreatGuides’s mission is to directly connect guides with adventure travelers seeking authentic experiences.
Vinit Jain
Technology LeadVinit Jain is a high-energy, dynamic, seasoned engineering and product leader with over 15 years of experience in building teams and driving product strategy and design. Vinit’s expertise ranges in Adtech, Electronic Health Record system, CRM platforms, mobile applications, to search advertising. Vinit has an entrepreneurial spirit and always considers current business trends, long-term scalability, and forward-thinkinginnovations while planning, coding, and testing. Vinit is truly passionate about ways in which to connect tech and business when building out products.
Dan Moore
Guide and Adventure ExpertDan has 20 years’ experience as an outdoor educator, professional adventure guide, workshop facilitator, adventure consultant and trainer. Dan sits on several non-profit boards and is a member of the faculty for Adventure EDU, the education and consulting arm of the Adventure Travel Trade Association. He also teaches Ecotourism, Adventure Travel, and Guide Training at Peninsula College in Washington State. He facilitated the creation of the international Adventure Travel Guide Qualifications and Performance Standard. He currently serves as the chair of the organization’s Governance Board.