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Austin, TX, March 17, 2009 – New Orleans technology entrepreneur, Chris Schultz of Flatsourcing, an internet development company, packed the house at his SXSW Interactive Festival panel on the controversial topic, “Outsourcing 2.0: Is the World Flat or Not?” on Monday, March 16. Schultz’ panel was one of the first chosen for the esteemed Austin tech conference, a nod to the high level of interest it was expected to generate and did. Other panelists included New Orleans software developer Matt Tritico, who works in the custom applications department at the LSU Health Sciences Center, Sandeep Sood of Monsoon Multimedia in Silicon Valley, and Andrea Azdril of Startech Global in Los Angeles.
“I am a huge advocate of the New Orleans tech community and had hoped that my panel would help raise awareness at SXSW for the Net2NO cause,” said Schultz. “So it was great to look out at the packed crowd and see all these techies who now know that New Orleans is open for business.”
Schultz led Net2NO, a delegation of representatives from Louisiana’s technology and economic development industries, who were in Austin to spread the word about the Greater New Orleans Region’s emerging Digital Media industry. Delegates manned a booth at the SXSW trade show March 14-16, 2009, armed with materials on Louisiana’s Digital Interactive Media Tax Credits for technology businesses, Angel Investment Tax Credits for start-ups, and personal success stories.
Kurt Weigle, President & CEO of the Downtown Development District said, “In just a few days we have put New Orleans and Louisiana on the digital media map. We exposed industry leaders to Louisiana’s Digital Media Tax Credits and to the quality of life and cost benefits of doing business in Downtown New Orleans – and it’s clear that our message was well received. This trip will pay dividends for years to come.”
The New Orleans business community is in full support of Net2NO. Sponsors included the Downtown Development District, Greater New Orleans, Inc., the City of New Orleans and the Idea Village.
In addition to Schultz, Tritico, and Weigle, the over 30 delegates included: Damien Lamanna, Tiffany Starnes and Jessica Rohloff, Net2NO co-founders; representatives from the Downtown Development District, GNO, Inc., and The Idea Village; local tech entrepreneurs; and ex-pats who evacuated after Katrina that are looking for technology opportunities so they can return to the city.
About Net2NO: Net2NO is the New Orleans chapter of the national organization Net2NO. Co-founded by New Orleans techies Damien Lamanna, Tiffany Starnes and Jessica Rohloff, Net2NO has facilitated an impressive array of speakers, and developed a shared sense of purpose by people of all ages and industries, including technology, to meet monthly for substantive discussion on innovation in the City of New Orleans. At 175 members in just 6 months, it is the third largest chapter and the fastest growing.
About Chris Schultz: Schultz is the founder of Voodoo Ventures and Flatsourcing. Flatsourcing is a global software development firm that integrates outsourced programming talent directly into our clients’ development teams, employing the tools, transparency, and workflow that make outsourcing work. The company specializes in developing web applications in the Ruby on Rails framework.
They target the large but under-served market between hiring a freelancer or unscreened overseas team through oDesk or eLance and hiring a full-time programmer.
The Flatsourcing development team is based in Kazan, Russia.
Contact:
Flatsourcing, Inc.
Street: 757 St. Charles Ave. Suite 301
City: New Orleans
State: LA
Zip/Pin Code: 70130
Country: United States
Website: http://www.flatsourcing.com
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 5045816446
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