Mark Petersen | Source | Founder & CEO at Arvie

Avid RV enthusiast, camp travel expert and business veteran, Mark Petersen has a substantial background in both the Fortune 500 corporate world and in private business ownership. Mark has been camping since he was ten years old and has first-hand experience visiting hundreds of the most sought-after and under-the-radar campsites alike. The sheer ability to get away and become more in tune with nature has been tantamount to his overall happiness in life and success as an entrepreneur.

Mark is so passionate about RV camping that he spent the past several years developing Arvie, the only multiplatform search for real-time inventory of more than 4,000 campgrounds across the U.S., including National and State Parks. Creating Arvie has given him first-hand access to the most popular public and private campsites across the country and can easily gauge RV travel trends. With Arvie, Mark selfishly solved a personal problem by modernizing the booking process which he hopes will excite more people to camp.