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Your TourTools Team

Dedicated to Responsive Support & Quality Development

Every member of our staff has been chosen very carefully. Not only must each staff member possess excellent customer service skills, basic business knowledge, and comprehensive technical knowledge but also some of our key team members have something found very rarely in the travel software business – a background in the tour and travel industry. Some of our team members have front-line and management experiences with group tour as well as travel agency operations. This gives you a powerful advantage. When you talk to us about your business, we understand. We know what you are talking about. We can advise and show you how to utilize TourTools® features that give you the greatest advantage and efficiency in your day-to-day operation as well as those that speed the growth of your company. We have 8-12 developers on our support team at any given time, alongside our Admin, Sales, and Marketing team. Here are a few of our key staff members that you may come into contact with as a TourTools customer.

ARIN PRESTON

President / Sales / Project Manager

Arin has been a FileMaker developer since 1995. She has a B.S. in Information Technology with concentrations in web development and project management and an MBA in data analytics. She manages sales, client onboarding, and project management for TourTools.

She’s a U.S. Navy veteran, having served one tour during the Desert Storm Era as a Weapons Tech in Guam, M.I., San Diego CA, and Virginia Beach VA. After leaving the military at 22, she attended travel school and spent 3 years as a travel specialist for several agencies and scuba diving resorts in the Caymans and Honduras before going back to college to pursue a career in Information Technology.

Outside of work, Arin enjoys playing guitar and spending time with her dogs Molly, Oliver, Echo, and Tucker.

Lynne Stolk

VP of Client Services

Lynne serves as lead trainer for TourTools and provides post deployment support for our clients. With more than 30 years in the group travel industry, Lynne served as Vice President of Operations for a large Grand Rapids, Michigan based European tour operator, and became an end-user of TourTools while working in offices in Houston, Texas; and Columbus, Ohio. During that time, Lynne was involved in the selection, installation and implementation of several reservation and network systems; and spent a great deal of time on staff training, troubleshooting and problem solving.

For 10 years, Lynne worked in technical support and training for TourTech Systems, Inc. This combination of travel industry experience and technical knowledge brings a unique perspective to her work with TourTools clients.

Not surprisingly, Lynne has traveled extensively in the US and abroad. Her favorite destinations are those with historical significance, and – being a huge fan of Frank Lloyd Wright – she loves to visit sites designed by the famed architect.

E.J. Sexton

VP of Development / Senior FileMaker & Web Developer

E.J. has over 15 years of experience working as a professional Certified FileMaker and PHP web applications developer. He has a B.S. in Computer Information Science and an M.S. in Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum with a focus in Secondary Mathematics.

E.J. specializes in designing and developing e-commerce solutions customized to meet clients’ business needs. He is an expert in the development and integration of third-party microservices and APIs, including PCI-compliant payment gateway integrations with Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.NET, and more.
E.J. enjoys teaching, electronics, computers, music, and traveling. He currently lives in Naples, Italy, and teaches computer science classes at the local high school.

William Edmunds

Senior Web Developer

Born in London, England – William has been involved in software development for over a decade and is a graduate of the University of Chester. He runs a local football team and is interested in traveling Europe and learning languages.

William’s in-depth knowledge of secure & high-performance software development brings many ideas to clients of DataVast Technologies. His keen interest in the latest technologies helps to drive the TourTools product forward with state-of-the-art solutions.