Mission

Gulliver is a brand new website for students interested in Studying Abroad. Our mission is to help students do three things:

1. pick the perfect Study Abroad program
2. get ready to go abroad (and not forget anything!)
3. meet other Study Abroad students, travelers, and locals around the world

We believe that Study Abroad can be an incredible, life-changing experience. Our goal is to do everything we can to help as many people as possible have that experience.

Team

A great group of people is behind the creation of Gulliver, including: Lauren, Mollie, John, Andy, Ashley, James, Nicole, Nathalie, Courtney, Julien, Alyssa, Larry, and Adam. The Gulliver Management Team comprises:



James Rohrbach - Founder and CEO

James founded Gulliver in order to use his technology expertise to advance a cause he loves. Prior to Gulliver, James served as a management consultant in the High Tech practice at McKinsey & Company. There he was a founding team member of the firm's Online Services practice group, for which he co-developed the core intellectual property. In his general practice he focused on strategy, marketing, operations for media and internet companies.



After receiving his BA in English Literature from Yale University, James served as an English teacher in France through the CIEP "assistant de langue" program. James has also worked in various roles in Fine Art, including positions at Christie's and Nevin Kelly Gallery.



Shampa Banerjee, Ph.D - VP Product & Engineering

Shampa brings to Gulliver more than 15 years of experience in managing and developing large-scale internet based information systems and e-commerce services. Most recently Shampa served as VP Products and Engineering for the internet video start-up, MeeVee Inc. (acquired by Live Universe in May 2008) where she led and executed Product and Technology strategy for the company. Prior to Meevee she was Sr. VP of Technology for IGE/Affinity Media a Goldman Sachs and Oak VC backed global start-up, and CTO for Ziff Davis Media’s Games Group where she was credited with Application Development Trends distinguished Innovator Award for building 1up.com, a leading destination for video gamers.



Prior to joining Ziff Davis, Shampa spent six years at AOL/Netscape serving in a number of strategic roles including senior director of AOL channels product and core manager for AOL travel. Shampa received her BS in Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, her MS in Physics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and her Ph.D. in Physics at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.

Jobs

Do you love Study Abroad, travel, startups, technology, and/or making the world a better place? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Gulliver is hiring for a range of positions across all of the company's functions. Send us an email at jobs@gullivergo.com to apply today!

Press

For press inquiries, please contact us at press@gullivergo.com.