Say hello to the team
Sandor Scheeres
Co-Founder
Sandor makes sure everything works together and Uplao continues to help the people of Upland communities in Northern Lao. Sandor is a graduate in Social Antropology at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He has years of experience in working for the Dutch government managing several European Union funded agricultural projects. Recently he has been working in the ecotourism sector in Lao PDR
Vongchanh Raxamountry
Co-Founder
Vongchanh is an expert in rural development and has years of experience in working with rural communities in northern Laos. He used to work for the Lao government, the United Nationas World Food Program and is currently working as project manager for Oxfam-Novib in Laos.
Tom Khammountha
Local Ecotourism Expert
Tom is the local expert in community based ecotourism. He started his career as a guide in different places in Laos. He was keen to make a career in ecotourism as he soon became manager of Green Discovery Laos and later he became manager of a large zip-lining project in the jungle near Boten. Now he runs his own ecotourism office in Luang Namtha called The Hiker.
William Ruzek
Creative Director
William helps to keep the ball rolling in Uplao, from marketing, website development to mapping and data collection. William holds a M.Sc in Geography and has worked extensively in S.E. Asia in a variety of NGO and conservation orgnaziations. He also currently works as a Freelance Cartographer and Geospatial consultant.
