About Zimride

For too long we have driven our cars with empty seats. Zimride is a simple way to find friends, classmates and coworkers going the same way you are. Combining social networks and our proprietary route-matching algorithm, we’ve made it easy to share the seats in your car or catch a ride. Zimride empowers you to create social, sustainable and convenient transportation. Together we can get anywhere.

It's simple! Zimriding is a fun way to get where you need to go. Connect with friends, reduce your carbon footprint and save money.

By focusing on college, university and corporate communities, we are able to build the critical mass of users necessary to sustain Zimride as a reliable form of transportation. Our approach leverages social trust and hands-on marketing efforts to deliver significant savings for schools and corporations of various sizes and commute profiles.

We embrace ridesharing as a social activity and Facebook provides a rich social context to connect and establish trust. Zimriders can view profiles for common networks, interests and friends before deciding to share a ride. The Zimride community has also greatly benefited from a recent Facebook (fbFund) grant, recognizing Zimride’s useful and innovative integration with their platform.

The Zimride Team

Whit Gaither, Vice President Sales

Whit is currently focused on finding academic, corporate and municipal customers for Zimride. During 18 years in emerging software and technology market sales, Whit has helped launch 2 software companies including a subsidiary of Intel. A Bay Area native, Whit received his BA from Grinnell College and his MBA from the University of Washington.
Contact: whit [at] zimride.com

Tessa Petrich, VP Marketing

Tessa has always believed that the best car rides are full ones and she is thrilled to join the Zimride team. After graduating from Harvard, Tessa managed the on-campus pub, then headed back to her native Los Angeles, working in Business Development for Atomic Online. Tessa's favorite Zimride is from Palo Alto to SF or any trip that involves Disney sing alongs.
Contact: tessa [at] zimride.com

Dylan Fried, Application Developer

Dylan is currently taking a year off from his undergraduate study at Brown University to work at Zimride. He started as a summer software intern and is now working full-time as a part of the development team. Dylan is probably majoring in computer science at Brown, though he still has some time to figure that out.
Contact: dylan [at] zimride.com