Timeline

1996 - Michael Carr and Eric Allenspach co-found campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity (HFH) at University of Michigan.
1997 - Faced with managing thousands of student volunteers, Carr writes a web-based automated system for streamlining event registriation.
2000 - VolunteerHub v1 is created for HFH affiliates in Southeast Michigan.
2004 - VolunteerHub use exceeds 100 organizations and 3,500 volunteers.
2005 - VolunteerHub v2 released with streamlined user experience, new features, and enhanced performance.
2006 - VolunteerHub v3 released with fine-grained security controls. Colleges and universities begin using VH for coordinating student and alumni activities.
2006 - VolunteerHub use exceeds 200 organizations and 13,500 volunteers.

VolunteerHub

VolunteerHub is the latest version of a system first conceived in 1996 to facilitate volunteer registration for the University of Michigan's campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Since its humble beginnings, the service has grown to offer a wide range of features for event, event registration, and volunteer workforce management. Today VolunteerHub connects people and purposes for a variety of non-profit, educational, and commercial organizations.

Carr Engineering, Inc.

Since 2003, Carr Engineering has developed a variety of web-based database solutions that leverage creative use of technology to automate and streamline business and organizational workflow. Over 200 clients around the world use our products to manage their front line operations.

Michael Carr

Michael Carr is the founder and president of Carr Engineering, Inc. He holds a doctorate degree in computational electromagnetics from the University of Michigan Radiation Laboratory. In 1996, while a graduate student, he co-founded the University's campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. After graduating in 2003 he began building Carr Engineering while working as a research scientist at The Ohio State University ElectroScience Laboratory in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Carr managed teams of graduate students on a variety of research projects involving electromagnetic theory and techniques before leaving OSU in 2006 to dedicate his full attention to Carr Engineering and its products. Dr. Carr is an amateur radio operator (callsign N8YDC), an Eagle Scout, a private pilot, and an active volunteer.