Who Knows What

As our economy and society have become more complex, we’ve
started to rely on big data, data driven solutions and AI
analytics to describe what we do, what we buy, and where we
choose to invest. Where does all this data and information come
from? And how can these analytics really help us and our
businesses do better?


Rachel Verron is founder and CEO of Ruby Research, a Baton Rouge
based company that offers data, research and analytics services
to nonprofit and government clients. Ruby Research helps clients
use data to learn, improve and grow.


Rachel is a mixed method policy researcher with a personal
specialty in human services, child and family policy and a
passion for the nonprofit space. Before founding the firm in
mid-2021, she was director of business intelligence and analytics
at the LSU Foundation. Prior to that she was an analyst Louisiana
Economic Development.


Rachel says Ruby Research represents a coming home to what she
feels is her true vocation: putting the best of her knowledge and
energy to work in loving service to her community.


Lex Adams is CEO of Crimer, a software company that uses AI and
analytics to predict patterns of a crime, to stop crime BEFORE
it’s committed.


Lex and some of his computer science buddies created Crimer in
2018 while they were still students at LSU. In the years since,
they’ve gotten a lot of attention with their software, which
pulls data from a variety of sources, feeds it into an A.I.
system, then it spits information predicting where crime will
happen.


You may remember Lex’s name: he was a guest on this show in 2020,
during the height of the COVID lockdown when we recorded
remotely. Since then, Lex has gone on to form two spinoff
companies – Vigilus, a startup that specializes in web and app
development for businesses, and Griffin Games, a tiny startup
that does video game development. 


Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs on the
Boulevard. You can find Photos from this show at
itsbatonrouge.la.


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