by Amy McCullough Published: January 31,2012
Tags: Bob Tyler, Carol Hardwick, Filmmaking Is Economic Development, Jim Barksdale, Millsaps College, Mississippi, Mississippi Arts Commission, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Economic Development Council, Mississippi Energy Policy Institute, Mississippi State University, Nigeria, Panama Canal, Staying on Top of Effective Marketing Tools, Staying on Top of Your Game, Thomas Broadus, University Round Tables, Water Valley
Carol Hardwick is executive director and COO of Jackson-based Mississippi Economic Development Council, which serves economic development and chamber professionals statewide. Hardwick studied political science at Millsaps College before working for Sen. Thad Cochran, coordinating to his 1990 and 1996 campaigns and handling PAC fundraising. Hardwick joined MEDC in 2002. She and husband, Phil, a [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: January 15,2012
Tags: Buffalo Bills, Bulldog Sports Radio, Keith Jasper, MBJ Q&A, mobile apps, Rebel Sports Radio, Reggie Hicks, Reggie Kelly, Smoothie King, team-specific 24-hour online sports radio stations, Vsporto
Madison native Keith Jasper is founder and president of Vsporto, a start-up company focusing on team-specific, 24-hour online sports radio stations. Inspired by companies like Pandora, Vsporto launched in September 2011 and currently provides mobile apps for Bulldog Sports Radio and Rebel Sports Radio, which cover Mississippi State and Ole Miss football, respectively. Jasper got [...] [...]
Bill Rayburn is co-founder, CEO, and chairman of the board of FNC Inc., a Mississippi-grown mortgage technology company that delivered its first solution in early 1999. Under Rayburn’s leadership, the technology company invented and developed a residential real estate Collateral Management System (CMS) that revolutionized the mortgage industry. Rayburn initially tackled the responsibility of raising [...] [...]
University of Southern Mississippi President Dr. Martha Saunders is working to enhance the College of Business, as the university continues to partner with businesses and foster economic development in the Hattiesburg area. Saunders has a 30-year career in higher education and previously served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater before joining USM in 2007. [...] [...]
Richard Sun is vice chairman and chief strategy officer of Best Tech Brands, maker of Synergyn fuel additive, the first fuel additive to actually increase gas mileage. A transplanted Jacksonian, Sun is the son of an Air Force officer who worked in missile development and grew up traveling. Sun earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton [...] [...]
Eddie Smith is co-founder of Tremoto. He and business partner, Rob McIver, have just received their patent for a leaning vehicle suspension system that allows their retrofitted, three-wheeled motorcycles to ride with the feel of a traditional motorcycle. Smith earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Mississippi and works as a stamping engineer [...] [...]
Brooks Mosley is president of Jackson-based Independent Pensions Solutions, a retirement plan administrator catering to small companies in the region. IPS is a subsidiary of Security Ballew that oversees more than 7,000 participants in 250 plans and specializes in teaching small business owners about changes in 401(k) plan administration, including new rules taking effect in [...] [...]
Q: Right now you are finishing up a double major in computer science and engineering at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Any plans after that? A: I looked at Massachusetts Institute for Technology simply because their programs are incredible and they seem very open to letting people use laboratories. If they do not offer a [...] [...]
Long-time Mississippi resident Ralph Smith is president of Jackson-based edaptIT.com. To streamline his own online selling processes, Smith developed edaptIT software to better manage the backend aspects of selling online through multiple channels, such as eBay, Amazon and Buy.com. EdaptIT has four employees and is raising additional capital. He and wife Martha have three children. Q [...] [...]
Ginger Whitwell is president and CEO of The Donor Tree, an online marketing tool targeted to political and nonprofit causes that integrates social media and e-mail and tracks donations raised. Whitwell has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from the University of Mississippi and University of Southern Mississippi, respectively, and has a background in fundraising. [...] [...]
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