Recovery

Over the next few years, the disaster management industry in the
United States alone is expected to top $122 billion dollars,
which points to a lot of problems with our climate, but also to
the many opportunities that exist for companies able to respond
to the needs of city, state and local governments when they’re
hit hard by natural disaster.


Louisiana has a growing expertise in the disaster management
arena and is home to a handful of companies that are carving out
a space in the field and helping to define it as it becomes more
specialized. At the same time, the state’s tech industry is
become more sophisticated and competitive, and local companies
are providing services to clients in newer, different and more
effective ways.


Bart Farmer is co-founder and managing partner of The
Workforce Group, a local company that provides claims, staffing
and disaster assistance to private clients and state and local
governments.   


Rob Wise is CEO of IT Inspired, a local IT company that
helps businesses with all their IT needs, including
data—analytics, storage, security and networking;  cloud
services and voice—phone systems, telecom services and VOIP. In
other words, any service that has to do with anything technical.
IT Inspired approaches what can be a technical and intimidating
field with humor and a human touch: Rob, unlike some in IT,
actually interacts really well with his fellow humans. He’s a
former LSU cheerleader and, better yet, Mike the Tiger, who
enjoys working with people as much as working with
computers. 


You can see photos from this show by Karry Hosford, and
more, recorded live over lunch at Mansurs On The Boulevard,
here.


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