New Orleans 500: James Martin

CEO of Gulf Wind Technology

Education: Tulane University (MBA), University of Plymouth (BS)

Hidden Gem: Nomiya on Magazine for their awesome Kuro

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On the Horizon: Our technology footprint at Avondale is world-class and GWT’s hurricane risk-mitigating technology will be on turbines soon.

Hobby: I am loving wing foiling on Lake Pontchartrain.


Did you know? James Martin is excited to be building out a renewable energy technology company out of the Historic Avondale Shipyard, which has involved building partnerships with a range of workforce institutions in the region. Gulf Wind Technology has also recently secured a lease at Port Fourchon to install Louisiana’s first wind turbine, which will be used as a technology demonstrator for the company’s novel innovations, as well as for engaging the renewable energy addition ‘workforce of tomorrow.’

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