John Carr developed a passion for travel at a young age. His formative years spent living in Trinidad, London, Chicago, Cairo and Paris only fueled his desire to see more of the world. After getting an MBA from Thunderbird in 1989, John began a 7-year career at Baxter, a global medical/pharma company, where he managed a variety of marketing programs in Europe, the Middle-East and Latin America.

With corporate marketing experience under his belt and an abundance of sky-miles to his name, John embarked on a sabbatical in 1997 to explore the world from a decidedly more local perspective. For 18 months he hiked, biked and hitch-hiked across Asia and parts of Latin America. Highlights from his journey include swimming with whale sharks in the Philippines, riding shot-gun on a cargo boat up the Mekong in Laos and attending the christening of his godchild in Mexico.

John laid down his backpack and took up the corporate sword again in 1998, joining GlobalSight, a software and services start-up company based in San Jose, California. As director of globalization strategy, he pioneered the development of global branding and e-commerce strategies for companies such as HP, Gartner and Dupont. After 4 successful years in the corporate trenches, John decided it was time to hang up his corporate hat and focus on his love of travel which led to co-founding Off-the-Rails in 2003.

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