Cleveland Spears III
President and CEO, Spears Group
New Orleans native Cleveland Spears III launched his own strategic communications and public relations firm nine years ago....
Alejandra Guzman
Vice President of Program Development and Strategy, New Orleans Business Alliance
Alejandra Guzman has a passion for creating positive social change, and the Crescent...
Alex Reed
Co-founder and CEO, Fluence Analytics
Imagine a system that could monitor a manufacturing facility in real time. Instead of a company pulling a sample...
Molly Hegarty
Founder and CEO, RDnote
Molly Hegarty was working as a nutritionist for offshore oilfield workers in the Gulf of Mexico in 2014 when she...
Nicholas Pashos
Founder and CEO, BioAesthetics
Nicholas Pashos is not quite finished with school yet — he will be defending his Ph.D. thesis at Tulane University...
Benjamin Swig
Ready Responders
In Israel, the threat of terrorism has created the need to deploy rapid critical care in response to attacks of mass destruction....
Andrew Petersen
Lead Developer, Bluefin Data
Andrew Petersen is not afraid to make a bet. Before his current role, he was a professional online poker player. ...
Caitlin Cain
CEO, World Trade Center
On January 17, Caitlin Cain became the new CEO of the World Trade Center (WTC), a nonprofit organization with over...
Jess & Erin Bourgeois
Owners, Lula Restaurant-Distillery
What better time to launch the city’s first restaurant-distillery than Mardi Gras, when spirits are top of mind for...
Crystal McDonald
Founder and CEO, Acrew
Job seekers need every advantage when looking for work, and employers are looking to find the best candidates as easily...
David Holtman
Managing Partner, R&D Design
When he left the Northeast after graduating college, David Holtman looked for the best place to find opportunity and found...
Greg Latham
Founder and Director, Intellectual Property
Consulting, LLC
Intellectual Property Consulting, or IPC, as it’s known, was a one-man firm from its launch in 2007 until...
Greg Rhoades
Marketing Director, Leviton Security & Automation
“Alexa, turn off the lights!”
Smart electronics are taking over the way homes and businesses function, and Greg Rhoades...