Mandeville based PUSH Design Group Chief Executive Officer Cara Herrin is a creative marketing whiz and a New Orleans native. She studied at the University of New Orleans and is now devoted to marketing, helping her customers stand out from the rest through design, development, and more traditional methods. Cara is also a wife and mother [...]
Steve Peer was born on the East coast of Canada and raised in the rough jungles of Toronto. He says two things brought him to New Orleans. First, he fell in with his wife and then with the “live a happy life” culture down here. He learned to shuck oysters as a boy, and now [...]
New Orleans native Laurie Dickson is the New Orleans Managing Director at the creative agency Noble Mouse. She also has her own company, Lou Creative where she highlights her advertising skills. Laurie received her BFA in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art and Design. Following graduation, she worked for twelve years at Peter Mayer. Throughout the [...]
Aaron Grant Aaron is one third of the Crescent Unmanned Systems team, which builds small multi-rotor and fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Systems for law enforcement applications as well as civilian aerial photography and videography. He made the list last year, too. Since then, the company has been added to the South Coast Angel Fund’s portfolio. [...]
Ned Fasullo, a life long resident of Baton Rouge, is known to many as the “Southern Sinatra” because of his involvement in one of the only two big band orchestras in Louisiana. Amazingly, he plays over 60 private events per year all over the country and donates to several charity organizations. He lives with his [...]
Meet Max Walsh, Silicon Bayou News’ newest contributing writer. He’s a senior at Tulane who is interested in writing about venture capitalists, funding, and other finance news. As a Boston-area native, Max came down here for school and, like many of us, might not leave any time soon. Find him uptown or at the next [...]
Brett Connison is a co-founder at Beyond the Ballot, a political services platform targeted at connecting politicians and voters. Brett graduated from Louisiana State University in Information Systems and Decision Sciences and remained in Louisiana working in various aspects of IT. Brett has over 10 years of experience managing IT operations and software projects for [...]
Kurtis Rainbolt-Greene’s Twitter profile describes him as a hacker, author, minimalist, and father. He is the mastermind behind Nola On Rails and owner of Difference Engineers, LLC, a self-described firm and experienced development shop for MVPs and prototypes. Kurtis moved back here last year to take on a position at iSeatz where he built large scale rail applications. [...]
Austin Lavin has been the Director of Marketing and Communications and Corporate Realty since 2011. He develops and implements new strategies for connecting with current and future clients. Austin is also a licensed realtor in Louisiana who works with a wide range of clients to solve their commercial real estate needs. Prior to that, Austin [...]
As many of you already know, Chris Boyd has moved to New Orleans after this year’s NOLAbound program. An LSU graduate, Chris has spent the past ten years as a developer working for companies including Continental Airlines, WordPress, Hearst Corporation, and Rice University. After moving here, he started his own development firm Apptitude. The company [...]
