About ShareMyToolbox
Our Team Builds for Field Workers First
Our team knows contractors make a significant investment in tools, equipment, and other Items each year. And, while each individual item may have minimal value, the total asset value of all tools can be substantial. Here’s the fact: Annual small tool costs are often higher than they need to be due to several factors:
- Tools are left on job sites
- Tools are stolen or procured for personal use
- Employees hoard tools since there is no visibility into what the company owns or who has them
- Employees buy duplicate tools since they don’t know who has the tool they need
- Employees have little accountability for what is in their possession
- Tool administration can be labor intensive for the shop or tool crib manager
Because most small tools are not capitalized, they are very difficult for a business to track. And, most legacy tool management software that tried to address the small tool issue approached it as an inventory or accounting problem. This really isn’t the way to do it. These legacy systems are expensive, cumbersome, and don’t solve the right problems. That’s where we come in. ShareMyToolbox built a better way to manage small tool inventory.
We Are Different
ShareMyToolbox is an authentically mobile field tracking and tool management software solution for small tools based on peer-to-peer sharing. In a nutshell, a company catalogs their tools and makes connections to their users to assign tools. Users can then share tools, transferring both the tool and responsibility for the tool from user to user with a barcode tool tracking system, removing the need for an office or warehouse person to manage the transfer. Our tool management software empowers employees to make better use of tools. Search for what they need before they buy new. Share when it makes sense. Most of all, it enables the company to track all their tools with a mobile barcode tool tracking system and reduce the annual cost of buying and managing those tools.
Who’s Behind ShareMyToolbox?
Chris
Co-Founder and CEOWith 20 years in construction technology Chris has worked with thousands of contractors improving estimating, accounting, project management and tool tracking.
Kyle
CMO and Product DesignerFrom construction technology to leading marketing and content for one of the worlds most downloaded apps, Kyle brings over 20 years of leadership experience.
Ian
Chief Technology OfficerIan has 15 years of experience developing a wide range of commercial applications. He has a BS with Honors from the University of Teesdale in Middlesbrough, UK.
Josh
Head of Customer Support and TrainingJosh brings years of experience providing customers with a high-level of product support and training.
Gary
Technology AdvisorGary has 22 years experience in commercial application development. He has a BS in Electronic & Information Engineering from The University of Huddersfield in Huddersfield, UK.
A Bit of History
ShareMyToolbox was originally designed and built in an innovation lab inside Viewpoint Construction Software, a large software company, as part of its “Viewpoint Business Incubator”. Viewpoint recognized the value and importance of experimenting and taking risks with tool management software that could significantly help contractors through technology innovation. Viewpoint’s size and technological expertise enabled a small team to work together to design a tool inventory application that could scale to handle the needs of the largest contractors in the nation.
The incubator provided the environment to tap a wealth of intellectual capital while quickly building a market-ready product that could not be designed without such backing. After 15 months of development the director of the incubator program, Chuck Elyea, saw the vast potential of this barcode tool tracking system to change how contractors manage tools. Chuck spun if off and launched ShareMyToolbox as a standalone business in 2015. ShareMyToolbox is now an independent thriving business.
Chuck
FounderThe late Chuck Elyea, a former CFO of a general contractor, owner of several construction-focused technology businesses, and chairman of ICCIFP, founded ShareMyToolbox. Chuck built the company from the ground up, dedicating over a decade of hard work to turn his vision into a successful platform. His extensive leadership experience in construction and technology, combined with his talent for simplifying processes and building strong connections, laid the foundation for ShareMyToolbox’s lasting impact.