Aaron Gowell, Company Founder and CEO, SilverRail Technologies. Prior to founding SilverRail in 2009, Aaron built one of the largest travel technology and distribution companies in the US: National Leisure Group (NLG), a $1 Billion ecommerce leader in vacations & cruise.. NLG pioneered several early online travel technologies including the. cruise industry’s first online booking platform and one of the first dynamic packaging systems.. Previously, Aaron honed his survival skills in US Army’s 82nd Airborne and at global management consultancy Bain & Company. Aaron was also a founding member of General Catalyst Partners, a leading venture capital firm in Boston where he was most recently an Entrepreneur in Residence.