Stanford Rosenthal – Independent Consultant

Web strategy combines business, technology, and community. Too many great ideas and businesses fail because they neglect one of these three aspects of business. Whether you are trying to promote a brand, sell a product, create a service, or expand a non-profit organization, you need a web strategist to make sure you do not waste your resources in any one sphere.

stanfordrosenthal.com | linkedin.com/in/nolastan | twitter.com/nolastan

Chris Schultz – President, Voodoo Ventures, LLC

Chris is an entrepreneur and community leader in New Orleans, LA.  He is the founder of Voodoo Ventures, home to several successful technology companies he has built.  Chris is active blogger and a passionate mentor of young entrepreneurs.  He organized attended his first BarCamp in 2006 and was inspired by the openness warmth of the community. He hosted the first BarCamp in Russia and New Orleans.  In 2009, Chris spoke at the SXSW conference, hosted the first WordCamp in New Orleans and opened a co-working space called Launch Pad.  Chris loves connecting people and nurturing the New Orleans tech community.

VoodooVentures.com | Flatsourcing.com | LaunchPadNOLA.com | Twitter.com/cschultz

Chris Laibe - President, inFRONT

inFRONT is an OEM of Workforce Management applications like Time &
Attendance, Staff Scheduling, and Facility Access Control (security).  Our
current focus is the launch of Schedulist, a revolutionary Staff Scheduling
application designed to help healthcare facilities improve retention of key
employees.  This development was driven by the expanding shortage of nurses
in the US that results in $40B to $60B in staff turnover costs every year.

I’ve owned inFRONT for 6 years. Prior to that, I managed a variety of
manufacturing businesses for DuPont in the US, Europe, and MEA.

www.schedulist.com

Will Donaldson – Investor Relations Manager, Resource Conservation Fund

Resource Conservaiton Fund is a for-profit private fund that restores America’s wetlands in advance of environmental impacts. We preserve the wetlands in perpetuity so that they may only be used for recreational purposes. In exchange for restoration, the Army Corps of Engineers gives us “offset credits,” which we sell to developers to provide for the “no net loss” policy established with the Clean Water Act of 1972.

RCF’s managment put $25mm of investor capital to work, which was converted into $125mm of saleable credits and preserved 12,000 acres of wetlands. Currently, we are raising a $200mm fund that we hope to convert into $1.5B worth of credits and thousands more acres of restored property. We deliver better than 20% returns to investors using agricultural farm land, no debt, and no management fees.

resmitigation.com | Linked In | Twitter

Patrick B. Comer - Senior Vice President, OTX Solutions

OTX is a $55mm market research firm headquartered in Los Angeles.  I
run the business development for the RSX division which should break
$15mm this year.  Having recently moved to Luling in St. Charles
Parish, Launchpad is a way to get out of my home office.

www.otxresearch.com | Linked In

Marla Peirce – Girl on the Moon

Girl on the Moon is a web and graphic development partnership. Our aim is to provide economical branding, graphic and web solutions to small to mid-sized companies.  Girl on the Moon also provides invitation design and production for special events.

Marla is a web designer for Girl on the Moon.  Marla believes in a balance between the technical and the aesthetic and enjoys implementing this balance with each site that she develops.

Girlonthemooncreative.com | twitter: GOTMCreative