It Started With
A Favor For A Friend.

Two Friends Who Grew Up In The Rink.

Years before RinkWare existed, its founder, Harold Herrin, and his lifelong friend had already grown up together in the roller skating world. They started as helpers at the rink before they were even old enough to be employed, became employees when they were old enough, speed skated together, and eventually worked side by side running his friend's mother's rink in Humble, Texas while Harold was in college. After college, Harold left the rink business and became a software developer, but the experience of growing up inside a rink never left him.

Then His Friend Called.

About fifteen years later, Harold's lifelong friend — now a roller rink owner himself — called with a problem. He was spending a lot of money on online booking services and website services, his webmaster was slow to respond when he needed changes, and neither his website nor his online booking solution really fit the style or needs of a roller rink. He asked Harold if he could build an online booking system and website for him instead. With years of software development experience behind him and a firsthand understanding of rink operations, Harold knew he could build something that would save his friend money, give him more control, and actually feel like it belonged in the roller skating business.

Word Started To Spread.

Other rink owners saw what Harold had built. They liked it and wanted it for their own venues. Harold put a commercial front end on the system and began making it available to other rinks. As more rinks started using it, Harold and those operators continued identifying other things that would be useful to build specifically for the rink industry.

One rink became another. Then another. RinkWare grew largely through word of mouth — and the product kept growing because rink operators kept helping us identify the next problem worth solving.