About Us
The Team
Patrick Ayres – Co-Founder
Patrick Ayres enlisted in the United States Army in January of 2008. He is currently serving on active duty as a Combat Medic and is stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Patrick helped to co-found JoeOnTheMove.com along with Larry Thorpe while stationed in South Korea. He specializes in web design, development and graphic design.
Larry Thorpe – Co-Founder
Larry enlisted in the United States Army in July 2007. Larry served two years active duty as a Cannon Crew Member and was stationed in South Korea with a field artillery unit. Currently, he is serving with the National Guard. Larry focuses on marketing and networking for JoeOnTheMove and he continues to focus on improving customer service.
Tom Standish – Treasurer
Tom Standish, JoeOnTheMove Treasurer, graduated from San Diego State University with a major in Business Administration & Finance. His brother is a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and recently returned from a deployment to Afghanistan. Tom currently works for the SigEp Educational Foundation as a Development Director responsible for donor cultivation and gift acquisition. Tom lends his support to JoeOnTheMove through managing company finances, corporate donations, project management and direction support.
Vocati Communications
A special thank you needs to go out to William McCarthy and his team at Vocati Communications for their continued support and faith in this cause from its very beginning. Vocati has a long history of responding to challenges and answering the call to action through their unique One World Program program which serves to demonstrate the belief that communication makes the world a smaller place. We are grateful to the entire team at Vocati for their continued support and experience.
Our Story
JoeOnTheMove was founded in September 2008 by two active duty U.S. soldiers, Patrick Ayres and Larry Thorpe. Larry and Patrick met while stationed in South Korea and quickly identified a common problem found by individuals that serve in the military – COMMUNICATION.
Anyone who has served in the military can tell you that communication with loved ones and friends can be difficult depending on where you are deployed or stationed. Larry Thorpe and Patrick Ayres, learned this first hand during their foreign tour. Together they resolved they would make a difference and solve this problem for other troops.
Key Accomplishments -
1 million minutes in free phone calls distributed to U.S. military (July 4th, 2009).
Over 1.5 million Facebook followers in 8 months “Join The Cause“.
Received non-profit status by Internal Revenue Service February 2010.
