Our Story
Watchkeeper started with my dad. He's spent his life doing hard, honest work on the water — the kind of job where showing up is everything. Then one week, he couldn't. His TWIC card had expired and no one had told him: no warning, no reminder, just a card that quietly ran out and a week of work he never got back.
Why Watchkeeper
That week shouldn't have happened. My dad didn't cut a corner — he was just never given a heads-up. A credential's expiration date sits buried in a wallet or a drawer, and for most mariners the first reminder comes too late: at the gate, at the terminal, at the start of a hitch they can no longer take.
I built Watchkeeper so that never happens to him again — or to anyone who works as hard as he does. You add your credentials once, and Watchkeeper keeps watch, sending a reminder by email and text at 90, 60, and 30 days before anything expires. Plenty of warning, every time. No lost weeks, no surprises at the gate.
Where we're headed
Watchkeeper will always be built for the people who keep this industry moving — not for spreadsheets, and not for data brokers. It stays simple, private, and honest: we track your dates, we warn you before they pass, and we never sell your information. Every decision we make comes back to the question that started it all — does this make a hardworking mariner's life a little easier?