Venture for America Company Spotlight with Carrollton Technology Partners located in New Orleans, Louisiana:
Carrollton Technology Partners (CarrolltonTech) exists for the purpose of working with clients to improve their operations. They utilize two main lines of business to accomplish this mission. To serve a broader audience they also create their own software and solutions as commercial products.
Their two lines of business are:
- Custom Programming and Website Development: Whether integrating eCommerce and legacy systems or creating completely new internet-based applications for web and mobile devices, their Development Group can bring your ideas online and to market.
- Systems Analysis and Network Services: Surviving is hard to do surviving while growing is even harder. From security analysis to help desk to process consulting, their Systems and Network Group can help you get the most out of your IT investments and make IT a profit driver not a cost center.
Administrative Assistant, Stacy Toyer tells us more:
1. Tell us about Carrollton Technology Parnters.
In his engagements with clients, Christopher Reade has had a wide variety of management responsibilities. He has taken control of his clients entire IT Divisions, worked within client IT divisions, and developed solutions without ITs direct involvement on an as-needed basis.
As Carrolltons Chief Technology Architect, Mr. Reade is involved in a variety of aspects of the companys projects. In this capacity, he sets priorities and chooses key software vendors and solutions from both the sales and the production perspective. He works with the Vice President of Development to write application requirements, develop the application architecture, and provide high-level technical oversight on projects.
In post-Katrina Louisiana, Mr. Reade has been extremely active in working with various recovery agencies, both in government and non-profit sectors. In October, 2005, he helped found the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps which successfully used distributed technology to provide internet-based on-site case management for tens of thousands of families, a first in that industry. He was also instrumental in the creation of Louisianas Recovery Portal, LouisianaRebuilds.info, now re-named GNOInfo.com.
He is the past president of the Young Leadership Council in New Orleans and currently serves on the board of several organizations including Court Watch New Orleans, the Metropolitan Crime Commission, the Foundation for Science and Math Education and the Louisiana Technology Council. He was the 2007 Liberty Bell recipient from the Bar Association and provides daily information via his GNOInfo.com Minute radio spots on WWNO radio.
2. Name a fun fact about Carrollton Technology Partners.
Each day we have a 2:00pm group migration to PJ’s Coffee for fresh air and refuel!
3. What does your ideal Venture Fellow look like?
Our ideal fellow is someone who is sober and focused and biz-school savvy. Were free-wheeling and adventurous and unfocused if we had someone who was like us they might spin out into orbit.
4. What does the daily office routine look like?
Mr. Reade spends a great deal of time with clients and potential clients. He has knowledge of all aspects of clients accounts and the work that is done. Clients feel comfortable calling him to talk about projects being done.
To find out more about Carrollton Technology Partners:
Web: http://www.carrolltontech.com
Twitter: @CarrolltonTech