talent

we are a small team of highly creative, strategic technology entrepreneurs with decades of executive management, development and digital media experience. we are proud of our strong track record of achievements on the internet, web and in other technology-based businesses.


todd carter
co-founder/cto

todd heads up the team bringing his experience as an accomplished entrepreneur & cto with a talent and passion for technology, business development and marketing. todd looks for complex and scalable software solutions and business functions the internet can revolutionize or replace.

todd has pioneered integrated solutions combining content-based multimedia, search retrieval and electronic commerce to enable secure and immediate purchase and download of digital media.

president & co-founder of OWL Multimedia, Inc. a music search company and co-founder/cto of busybox, “BUSY” a publicly traded technology company. a member of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 (MPEG) which develops international standards for audio-visual information representation.

todd is also an avid XC skier and road cyclist and is a director of think racing and team today, 501 (c)(3) charitable organizations that promote and develop amateur athletes for national for national and international competition.


Sharon Middenddorf

sharon middendorf
co-founder/business
& project manager

sharon is the organizer & business manager for tocarte, llc. she is super detailed oriented, a great multi-tasker and is as business savvy as they come. a perfect compliment to todd in life and business.

sharon is the kind of person who when she says your project will be done by the 1st of the month you know it will be. not only will it be delivered on time but more than likely under budget. sharon thrives on entrepreneurial creativity, everything from business & project management to web and brand design/development.

sharon has also been an international professional model and musician traveling and recording extensively throughout the world. to listen to her music please visit iTunes.com


Kalpesh Chhatrola
kalpesh chhatrola development manager

kalpesh is a great multi-tasker, is detail oriented and has excellent managerial skills. he is a master of agile development methodology, has a bachelor of engineering IT from the Gujarat University. he enjoys swimming and spending time with his family.


Vijay Aminvijay amin
software developer

vijay has excellent technology management skills and holds a bachelor of engineering in i.t.
he has extensive experience in symfony framework, cold fusion, asp, php, perl/cgi, and adobe air, flash and flex. he is also a chess champion, likes to listen to music, surf and watch films.


dr. frank geshwind PhD advisor/technology architect

frank has worked as a technology leader with the tocarte team for a number of years and continues to do so in his role as manager and technical lead at partner company shoreline tech. he is a serial entrepreneur and an expert in the design, construction and deployment of high-performance internet, software and technology products and services, security, web and it infrastructure, advanced mathematics, computer science, engineering and intellectual property. he holds a B.A. and PhD in Mathematics from CUNY.


Apri Mardirossian
dr. apri mardirossian PhD advisor/developer

arpi holds a PhD from the daniel j. epstein dept. of industrial and systems engineering at the USC viterib school of engineering. She also holds a B.A. degree from occidental college, double majored in mathematics and economics and has an m.s. degree in operations research engineering. she is also an artist and believes that mathematical truths and theories can be used to either symbolically represent or explain our world. she enjoys painting, her husband and baby daughter.


gigs we’re constantly looking for cool, talented people to add to our team and culture. think you got the chops? then please send us your resume, video and oh, we love photos too!