Alex is responsible for operations, financing, business development and product management of the TripChill mobile travel assistant platform.

Alex joined Newmarket International, Inc. as a principal engineer focused on architecting enterprise server platforms and integrating with hotel reservations systems. He was very involved with building a standard web service framework for the Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) association. Prior to Newmarket, Alex was an Engineering Manager for Valco Data Systems, leading a new technology architecture team through the design of secure, cutting edge hospital software systems. Alex was also Co-Founder of Altech Marine Systems, LLC where he invented a Launch/Haul Marina web scheduling product.

Alex was part of the mobile device revolution at Puma Technology (makers of Intellisync, acquired by Nokia), where he worked on the Palm and Windows CE device platforms, developed expertise in mobile device form factors, and created competitive consumer and enterprise software targeted at a mobile workforce.

Alex holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. He has over 15 years of software engineering and design experience.  Alex is an instrument rated pilot and an avid sailor.

David loves to start new things. He is the inventor of the TripChill service and is actively involved in the vision and implementation for this new start-up company.

Prior to Skyward Innovations, David has over two decades of technology experience in various industries and especially in the area of mobile devices. David joined Puma Technology (makers of Intellisync) to build their new Intellisync for Windows CE consumer product. Eventually David became the Technology Manager responsible for all of Puma's consumer products. Among the management at Puma, David became known as the "Version 1 guy". David has a keen ability to pull together and focus new technology teams to produce a successful result. David applied these management skills to help Puma successfully deliver their first 3 Enterprise platforms.

After Puma Technology, David moved on to Valco Data Systems where he became Director of Engineering responsible for the development and support of their paper-less hospital system. At Valco, David managed all technical aspects of their solution including development, quality assurance, release, and support. David played an active role in customer escalation and improving customer satisfaction.

David returned to his roots as Lead Architect for Alase Technologies where he built a state-of-the-art laser etching embedded system and then Kronos, Inc. designing custom solutions in the Workforce Management market. Although it is exciting to build technology and "push the edge", David believes these solutions must ultimately be understandable and usable by a customer.

David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with high honors from the University of Lowell in Massachusetts.

Chris is the architect for Skyward Innovations. He was formerly the Lead Architect at Convergence Data Services, which is also a startup company. At Convergence Chris was responsible for designing their next-generation product called "Design For Retrieval". He also built the engineering infrastructure to support their development and customer support efforts. Prior to Convergence, Chris was Lead Design Engineer at Valco Data Systems and prior to that a Project Lead for SDK development at PumaTech.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with high honors from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He graduated top of his class in Computer Science.

When Chris is not working (which is not much these days) he loves sailing and spending time with his family.