About Us
Company History
SweepsU.com was initially conceived in 2007 when Gwen Beauchamp (organizer of the 2008 19th Annual National Sweepstaking Convention in San Antionia, TX) approached Gerald Anderson about doing a simple website for the convention. After throwing ideas around a while they finally came to the conclusion that there was a need for more high-end features in the online sweepstaking community.
SweepsU.com Team Biographies
Name: Gerald Anderson
Title: Founder, Sr. Software Developer
Gerald is a 19 year veteran of the IT industry having served in a multitude of capacities including sofware engineering, software architect, systems manager, network manager, and departmental management. He has been involved in several different industries including higher education, web hosting, wireless communications, insurance, medical, entrepreneur, and of course web development and advertising. He's been working on SweepsU.com since 2007 as one of the founders.
Gerald is an on-again, off-again sweeper as time permits. He looks forward to a day when he can sit back and actually use the SweepsU.com Sweeps Management System and hopefully get some good wins under his belt. His best win to date was a $500 cash win from Chase in 2008.
Name: Gwen Beauchamp
Title: Founder, Sweepstaking Advisor
Gwen Beauchamp has been entering and winning sweepstakes and contests for 22 years. Together, she and her husband, Robert, have won 90 trips, 4 vehicles and countless other prizes. In addition, Gwen headed up the 1999 National Sweepstakes Convention in Arlington, Texas and the 2008 Convention in San Antonio, Texas. Gwen’s Sweepstaking abilities have also been featured in articles in Woman’s World magazine, Parade magazine and the Dallas Morning News. A photograph of Gwen's first win, a "Wedding On Ice" appeared in the March 25, 2010 issue of Wall Street Journal along with comments from Gwen and other sweepstakers. Another article about Gwen appeared in the Dallas Observer on the same date. She has appeared on Good Morning Texas, The Today Show & Food Network TV (Sweet Dreams hosted by Gail Gand). Gwen is well known in sweepstakes communities for her expertise in skilled contests. In 1993, she was named Mother of the Year by the M&M Mars Company, in 1999 she was one of six women nationwide selected to be on the first Kraft M.O.M. Council (Moms On Mealtimes), She has grilled on Wall Street in New York City (Battle of the PAMazing Grillers), baked in Atlanta, GA (Whirlpool Accubake Unique Cake Contest) and competed in the 2008 Pillsbury BakeOff where she was awarded the prize for America’s Favorite Recipe. She was also one of 15 semi-finalists selected to be on the America’s Favorite Mom NBC television special celebrating the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day. During the show, she was awarded the title of America’s Favorite C.O.E. Mom (Chairman of Everything). Most recently, Gwen was named the Grand Prize winner in a grilling competition at Texas Motor Speedway (April 2009) where she competed against other finalists from Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Gwen was the original owner/editor of Sweeping The Metroplex, a newsletter for the North Texas area, for 8 years. She sold it in 1999 and is now ready to try a new concept in reaching out to her fellow sweepstakers and contesters.
Name: Erica Anderson
Title: Social Media Maven
Erica has been in the customer service industry for over 10 years, specializing in finance. She started out answering phones and ended up being a customer service trainer. She is avid blogger, twitterer, and facebooker. She has made countless friends on the internet and looks forward to making more. She is a new sweeper and has yet to have any big wins, however she is confident that SweepsU.com will give her all the tools she needs to be a sweeper of Gwen's calibur!
Name: Robert Beauchamp
Title: Product Evangelist
Robert Beauchamp watched his wife win prizes for well over a year before he made the leap and started entering himself. When Gwen won their first cruise (Coca-Cola Isle of Dreams, 1989), they sailed the seas with 499 other winners and their guests. It was a Sweepstaking convention on the water. After a week of hearing others tell about their wins, Robert decided he could do this too! His technique is totally different from Gwen’s in that he only enters sweepstakes, but his track record is every bit as amazing. Two of the four cars they have won were from his entries and their largest cash prize, a check for $30,000, was from a field goal Robert kicked during half time at the 1999 Cotton Bowl game. Although that sounds like a contest, he was only allowed to compete because his name was randomly drawn, from there he kicked his way to the finals. Robert has consistently entered and won sweepstakes for over 20 years now. He has won trips all over the world including a trip for three to Paris, France for the World Cup Soccer tournament (Coca-Cola 1998) where his daughter was a ball girl. Most recently, Robert received an affidavit from the ExxonMobil Personal Card $2,000 Daily Prize Giveaway.
