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Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program to host inaugural Air Show Innovation Showcase

The Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP), Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC), and the Air Force Reserve’s 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base present the inaugural Air Show Innovation Showcase to highlight innovative companies in North Louisiana. The showcase is open to the public and will be held at BPCC, 6220 E. Texas, Building H, in Bossier City, on the first floor in the Moran Room on Tuesday, May 14 from 5-7 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. with the event kicking off at 5:30 p.m. This event immediately follows the inaugural BPCC 2-Minute Drill competition.

The five innovative companies presenting at the Air Show Innovation Showcase are Perceptive Intelligence, a law enforcement network sharing solution; Oleolive, a super-oil with a polyphenol found in extra virgin olive oil that has been shown in studies to have strong therapeutic effects; Red River Range, a state-of-the-art indoor shooting and training facility in Shreveport featuring an innovative air ventilation system, programmable targetry systems, and a granulated rubber bullet containment system; Asteri, a digital content creator and large-scale testing solution provider; and CyberReef Solutions, a cloud-based service to deploy Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for Internet of Things (IoT) communications on carrier wireless networks.

“The Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program is excited to have some of the area’s top innovative companies present to the community and showcase the innovation happening in North Louisiana,” said Dave Smith, Executive Director of EAP. “North Louisiana is filled with innovation, and we are here to serve as a platform for them and their future successes.”

The public is invited to attend the showcase to see presentations from the five innovative companies. Food will be provided, and entry to the event is free, but you must register to attend.

Register here: http://tinyurl.com/EAPInnovationShowcase.

About the five innovative companies:

Perceptive Intelligence’s mission is to increase safety for the officers and the community by ensuring that actionable and timely intelligence is shared across law enforcement communities. Perceptive Intelligence’s product L.E.N.S.S. is a tool that allows officers to share intelligence across jurisdictions in real time.

Perceptive Intelligence’s founders, Robert Fortune and Russel Sarpy, are former law enforcement officers. Fortune is a former FBI agent, and Sarpy is a former drug task force investigator.

Website: www.perceptiveintelligence.com

Oleolive’s product, Super-Oli, contains Oleocanthal (OC), a monophenol found in extra virgin olive oil, and has been shown in studies to have strong therapeutic effects. Before Oleolive, OC was not commercially available due to difficult extraction, and no OC-focused consumer products existed.

Jim Cardelli, Ph.D. (CTO) and Alana Gray, Ph.D. (COO) are both former LSU Health Shreveport researchers.

Kiley Grant (CEO), former EAP analyst, has been through all phases of building a company with several different startups. Together, Cardelli, Gray and Grant span the gap between science and entrepreneurship.

Website: www.oleo.live

Red River Range is the premier indoor shooting and training facility in Louisiana. The intuitive effort placed on the design of the facility is like no other. Multiple design improvements not yet seen in the industry resulted in enhanced energy efficiency, shooter safety and aesthetics.

Brad Simon (founder) is a former US Army Blackhawk helicopter instructor pilot and air assault flight lead.

Website: www.redriverrange.com

Asteri creates engaging entertainment products through unique data analytics technology. Asteri’s development and publishing platform revolutionizes how entertainment is created by giving developers unique insights into what fans really want.

Asteri uses its network of 35 million users to test products at all stages of development, ensuring that creators will build hit content from day one.

Asteri provides both the tools and the services needed to evaluate, optimize, and create great applications for a multitude of uses, not just in entertainment, but across the defense industry as well.

Asteri’s founder and CEO, Steve Gray, has had a career spanning many forms of entertainment. Most recently, Gray was Executive in Charge of Production for eight years at Tencent’s Interactive Entertainment Group, a major player in China and the world’s technology and media industries.

Website: www.asteri-networks.com

CyberReef Solutions provides, patent pending, cloud-based SaaS mobile data bandwidth management and secure private networking solutions. On average, its customers experience a 50-70% reduction in data usage while also providing cyberattack protection.

Hilton Nicholson (founder) is a seasoned IT executive, with prior experience with companies like AT&T, 3Com, ADC Telecom and Sixnet.

Website: www.cyberreefsolutions.com

National beverage manufacturer Multipack Services to host job fair for wide range of open positions.
National beverage manufacturer Multipack Services, which packages and distributes beverages for nationally recognized brands, is hosting a job fair Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its Shreveport location.
Multipack is located at 2791 Valley View Drive in Shreveport.

Job titles for open positions include: Quality Manager, Quality Technician, Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Technician, Warehouse Manager, Warehouse Technician, Operations Supervisor, Operations Manager and Packaging Technician.

Starting wages will be $18 per hour and above. Some positions are salaried.

For more information on positions for hire, visit BRFLA.org/jobfair. Candidates should be prepared for on-site interviews.
“This job fair is an opportunity for people to join a new build and a national company at our Shreveport location in our first round of staffing. It’s not an everyday opportunity, and we’re looking for individuals who are high energy and want to start their new career,” said Justin Wilkinson, Vice President of Operations.

Louisiana Economic Development (LED), Multipack Services and regional and state economic development partners BRF, North Louisiana Economic Partnership and the Caddo Parish Industrial Development Board announced Multipack Services’ new location in December of last year.

The company expects to create 141 direct new jobs with an average annual salary of more than $51,000. LED estimated that the project would result in an additional 228 indirect jobs, for a total of 369 new jobs in the Northwest region.

“Multipack is ready to gear up its operation in its state-of-the-art facility to offer a wide range of services, including product specifications and design. The site is expected to produce more than 100 million cans of beverage products per year. We hope that the community is ready to join in on the ground floor of this operation and be a part of this scale-up,” said John George Jr., M.D., BRF President and CEO.

The job fair is sponsored by BRF, Career Adventures and Lagniappe Sourcing Consulting.