Larryhayes7 Waze Biography
Milestones
- Joined Waze November 2011
- R3 Promotion September 9th 2017
- First AM granted Sept 18th, 2017
- Received expanded AM into Middle TN November 2017
- Received expanded AM in NE TN 3/26/18
- R4 Promotion: January 8th 2019 (Mentored by USCWaller)
- Expanded AM into NE TN July 19 2019
- Expanded AM entire state of Tennessee March 12, 2020
- Expanded RTC ability to entire SAT Region April 13,2020
- Granted AM into MAR in SW Virginia - June 8 2021
- Won first ever Beta Battle September 2016 in the top 5
- Rewarded for being top reporter in all of Beta testers September 2016
- Joined Mentor program May 26, 2020
Meetups/Regional Meetings/Cafe's
- Attended Beta Meetup in Austin, TX - Sept 10-11 2017
- Attended SAT Regional Meeting in Louisville, KY November 17-19, 2017
- Attended SAT Cafe in Knoxville, TN February 24, 2018
- Attended Mega Meetup in San Francisco, CA – March 2-4, 2018
- Hosted/Attended SAT Cafe in Asheville, NC April 13, 2018
- Attended SAT Regional Meeting in Hilton Head, SC June 16-17, 2018
- Attended Mega Meetup in Los Angeles, CA - Feb 8-10, 2019
- Attended first combined meetup of SAT/MAR Nashville, TN June 22-23, 2019
- Attended Mega Meetup in Miami, FL Feb 7-9, 2020
- Attended MAR/SAT meetup via webinar March 14 2020 (Due to COVID-19)
- Attended Mega Meetup in San Francisco, CA May 13-15, 2022
MapRaids/Ad Campaigns/Misc
- Map raids – Eastern TX top 25 editors
- Mini Raid – Charlotte, NC
- West Virginia map raid
- Russia,Rajasthan (India) and other map raids
- Routing Beta Server tester since September 2017
- Kansas City, MO map raid August 2019
- Florida/Alabama map raid Nov 2019
- Falcon Map Raid - Nov/Dec 2020
- Iowa Map Raid - August 2021 acted as assistant lead in Region 5
- Help Center Documentation Raid #5 in Hall of Fame (global) #2 in US Nov 15-22 2019
- Assisted TN SM editing Google doc adding all Tennessee counties in drop-down form.
- Major edits on the Subway Pin Ads across the US
- Assisted in the Exxon/Mobile gas payment project March 2020
- Beta tester for BED (Back End Data)
- Beta tester for Waze app starting 11/22/14
- Became Beta Leader at Mega Meetup in San Francisco, CA – March 2-4, 2018
- Routing Beta Server tester (RBS)
- Beta tester in Alpha group for Start State
- Beta tester for Falcon started Feb 7 2020
- Created channel in Discord for helping fix Google Maps issues (Huge successes)
- Channel created on USA server for GM Help April 21, 2022 Approved by Global Champs by vote
- Met face to face with the local CCP to help them with RTC issues and understanding their needs
- Worked with NC AM to realign issues with GIS-L and published links for SAT
- Selected by Waze staff to represent Beta Leaders to be interviewed by the Wall Street Journal. Feb 8, 2019 Article published on March 21, 2019 I was quoted twice in the article!
- Railroad Crossing project covered most of Tennessee April 2020
- Fuel Payment project mapped in NE Tennessee March 2020
- Lanes Project mapped all of NE TN Interstates May 2020
- Falcon Map Raid Nov 20 2020 -Jan 16 2021
- Featured on Waze's Instagram account on the "Do You Know What Waze Knows" game show Jan 15 , 2021 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CKE5Pgong_j/?igshid=2crs4bsxctvs
- Presented GM Help Channel with Global Champ Nick Zahn at Mega Meetup in San Fran May 15, 2022
