Industrial Genomics - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Don t let anyone tell you south Louisiana s only about food and
football. Startups in bio tech, high tech, and industry abound
between Baton Rouge, New Orleans and the North Shore. And they re
focused on some really cutting edge things. Will they succeed What
are the hurdles they re encountering as they try to launch John
Dowdle has answers. John is the coowner and founder, with his wife,
Annette, of Insight GX. It s a start up that is planning to do
genetic testing for large companies in order to help those
organizations and their employees become healthier and more aware
of their genetic makeup. The idea is to sell the service to
employers, instead of providers, and help them find out things like
what sorts of medicines their employees shouldn t take, and whether
they re genetically predisposed to certain diseases. John has spent
the past 25 years in the medical biotech industry. Annette was in
employee benefits. Recently, they went out on their own. Rex
Industrial is a Baton Rouge start up company that has developed a
software system which dramatically reduces the price and lead time
of the everyday structures required by companies. The software
enables clients to customize the structure they need a platform to
reach a pipeline, for instance and then a finished, engineered
structure is delivered to them. Allan Martin is the founder of Rex
Industrial. Both Rex Industrial and Insight GX are gettting ready
to launch. When you hear what s at stake, you ll be surprised how
stress free these guys sound. Photos at Mansurs on the Boulevard by
Ken Stewart.

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