Lauren Smith spends most days at work with her head in the clouds, the cyber clouds that is. As communication and marketing strategist for Venture Technologies in Ridgeland, Smith carries the water for one of Mississippi’s pioneers in the datacenter and cloud computing industries. Founded in 1986, the company also operates locations in Alabama, Louisiana [...] [...]
Venture Technologies welcomes five new staff to its Ridgeland headquarters and Jackson Data Center. Natalie Schenck and Carra Keith join the sales team in Venture’s Ridgeland headquarters. Schenck joins Venture as an account manager. She is an experienced IT account manager with over 25 years of sales experience. Keith joins as an inside sales associate. [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: March 4,2012
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What does Iran have to do with Mississippi? Controversy over the country’s nuclear program has caused oil prices to rise again. When oil prices spike, gasoline prices do, too, and that means higher travel expenses for businesses nationwide. Mississippi businesses are increasingly saving on travel costs by embracing web and video conferencing technologies. They are [...] [...]
Scott T. LeBlanc, PMP, recently joined Venture Technologies as project manager. As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), LeBlanc is uniquely trained in the global standards and methodologies for managing projects. Prior to joining Venture, he worked as a project manager for EduCOM Consulting Group in Biloxi, a technology consulting firm, where he focused on [...] [...]
Kassie Duvall has recently joined Venture Technologies as a sales associate. Duvall received her bachelors in business administration from Mississippi State University. In college, Kassie was an active member of the MSU campus activities board. She also served as head of marketing research in MSU’s EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge. She was a member of the [...] [...]
Only U.S. company with Mobile Cloud For businesses wondering whether they should take the plunge and embrace cloud computing, Ridgeland-based Venture Technologies has a new test solution — the Mobile Cloud — which can be rolled into an office for a virtualized computing test drive. The Mobile Cloud, the only known tool of its kind, [...] [...]
Pictures (starting top, left to right): CEO, Gerard Gibert, addresses the crowd Senator John Horhn, Norman Katool, Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee Tarrien Williams, Daphne Matchen, Mark Frye Ryan Allen, Kristen Hinton, Ellen Freeman, Mark Frye, Debra Stewart, Daphne Matchen, Kassie DuVall Raphael Semmes and Jazz and Blues Ensamble Norman Katool, Gerard Gibert Norman Katool receives [...] [...]
JACKSON- Venture Technologies CEO Gerard Gibert sits down with MBJ-TV for an inside look at his 25-year-old IT firm. [...]
Lauren K. Smith, MBA, recently joined Venture Technologies as the director of marketing and communications. Smith received her MBA from Millsaps College and bachelor’s degrees in marketing and economics from Mississippi State University. Previously, she worked as an Account Executive in a Jackson ad agency and served as a marketing consultant in industries including nonprofit, [...] [...]
His head is in the clouds Mississippi native leads successful tech company Gerard Gibert is the CEO of Ridgeland-based Venture Technologies. Gibert and partner Norman Katool founded Venture Technologies in 1986, and will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. The company has 98 employees and additional offices in Baton Rouge, Birmingham and Memphis. Gibert is [...] [...]
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