Boat Planet elevated a long-time part-time employee to CTO. Cory Welch brings 22 years experience as a full-stack developer, 17 years e-commerce experience, 10 years experience building mobile apps as well as experience in several computer languages and experience with APIs. Welch has been part of Boat Planet as a part time employee since its start in 2019.
Michael Kiel, Boat Planet CEO
“We’re building the first AI powered platform to connect boaters with local marine professionals,” CEO Michael Kiel told bizblip. “Bringing Cory on was a huge milestone for us.”
Boat Planet was has grown to over 9000 marine businesses with an estimated 10,000 by summer. Starting in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri it spread to include close to 2000 marine businesses in Florida with strong pockets of adoption around the Great Lakes and along the Atlantic coastline. Kiel believes this new platform is the key to future growth for the company.
“This platform is going to open up so many opportunities for our company,” Kiel said. “It‘s going to revolutionize the way boaters and local marine professionals interact, and it‘s going to be a huge boost for our growth. We‘re really excited to be launching this platform early next year.”
According to Kiel, the new platform will help protect boaters‘ money by making sure their job is completed correctly, and will also help marine professionals get paid faster than ever. Boat Planet is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and currently employs two co–founders, a CTO, a sales director, and four summer interns.
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