Also known as: arron
Arron Merchlewitz lives in Winona, Minnesota, but has also spent time in Hollywood, Florida.
Also known as: kallena
Arron grew up in rural Alaska in a beach house that he helped his father and grandfather build. Summers were spent as a deckhand on his familys commercial fishing boat and winters were divided between school, snowboarding and teaching himself how to write code. In Arron moved to the Lower to study math, computer science and Cultural Anthropology at Western Washington University. An economic downturn in the commercial fishing industry prompted Arron to dropout of college and start Kalbay Systems, a web-based application development firm. Arron has been working in tech ever since. In Arron moved to Boulder, Colorado to participate in TechStars, a mentorship-driven seed stage investment fund. In Arron co-founded Olive Interactive, LLC. Olive Interactive built and released two products called Claim.io and DandyID, which offered social media identity management services to businesses and brands respectfully. In VaynerMedia, a social media agency co-founded by Gary Vaynerchuk, took an equity position in Olive Interactive. This provided Arron with the opportunity to work with Gary out of VaynerMedia's New York office throughout . In Claim.io and DandyID were both acquired by a Canadian tech company. Arron's firsthand experience being raised in a rural fishing community, combined with his intense interest in computer science and cultural studies provide much of the inspiration that he now applies toward Toutd.com. Specialties Project Management, Business Development, Fundraising, Investor Relations, Software Development
