ahead of the curve // April 18th, 2015 // Business Education Complex
A conference that gives students the rare opportunity to connect with professionals and get that crucial
competitive edge when it comes to getting hired.
conference Schedule
10:00 – 10:30 //
Br unch/Admission
10:30 – 10:45 //
Opening remarks
10:45 – 11:30 //
“Client and Agency Panel”
11:45 – 12:30 //
“Whose AE is it Anyway?”
12:30 – 1:30
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Lunch by Rotolo’s
1:30 – 2:15
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Keynote Speaker:
Joe Qualls of Qualls Benson
2:30 – 3:15
// “Web Exper ts Open Up”
3:30 – 4:15
// “Q&A Panel”
4:15 – 4:30
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Closing remarks
4:30 – 5:30 //
Por tfolio reviews
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Keynote Speaker // Joe Qualls of Qualls Benson
Joe Qualls is one half of QuallsBenson, a full service creative agency located in NYC.
Before creating QuallsBenson, Joe Qualls lent his creative flair and strong design esthetic
to award-winning print, radio, television, and outdoor advertising campaigns for DIRECTV.
While serving as Executive Vice President and Creative Director of The ParksideGroup,
Joe’s work played an essential role in the election of dozens of members of Congress, the
New York State Senate, New York State Assembly, and New York City Council.
Client & Agency Panel
Christy Chachere
Communications Coordinator VBR
Robyn Lott
Account Supervisor at Zehnder
Featured Speakers and Panelists
Marie Powell // Owner + Creative Director at Brew Marie has more than 15 years of branding, design and advertising
experience that ranges from developing multi-media advertising campaigns to creating high-powered designs for national
brands. Her background extends 2500 miles across the country from Baton Rouge, LA all the way to Portland, OR. Over the
course of her career, Marie has worked her way up the creative ladder from graphic designer, to art director, to creative
director and now business owner — and most importantly wife and mom.
Stuart Feigley // President + Creative Director at Wright Feigley Stuart has more than 25 years of marketing strategy and
creative direction experience working with local, regional and national brands. A copywriter by trade, he has helped
create successful brand and promotional campaigns for such clients as the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Campus
Federal Credit Union, Bayou Health, Perkins Rowe, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Big Lots, Tony Roma’s restaurants and others.
John GibbY // Senior Interactive Lead at X Design As Xdesign’s interactive leader, Gibby manages the development,
maintenance, programming and coding of all websites, mobile websites and mobile apps. Gibby earned his BFA in Graphic
Design at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette.
Quinton Jason // Front-End Web Developer at X Design Quinton comes to Xdesign with several years of interactive experience
and an incredible passion for continuing his growth in future web technologies. Quinton has a passion for animation on the
web with his focus in the growing field of SVG graphics.
Christine Maggi // Designer at Envoc Christine is an Envocean from California that loves taking websites that ‘may need a
little help’ and organizing them into beautiful works of art. Although she may be small in stature, her love for design is
large. This collage extraordinaire has a talent for branding, print design, web design, and art direction.
Adam Culpepper // Software Developer at Envoc Adam Culpepper is one of our very talented and trusted front-end web
developers. When he’s not coding, he is very active in his community; organizing, founding, and sitting on the board of
many industry-related groups and organizations in his area.
Lynsey Gwin // User-center Design Lady at Envoc At the helm of the Envoc creative team, Lynsey ensures quality is instilled
in every design and execution down to the smallest detail. With experience in web and print design, web development,
and user interface design, Lynsey’s favorite activity is still churning out some front-end code. Never afraid to express her
feelings or concerns, clients new and old have come to view Lynsey as more of a consultant and collaborator of design
instead of just an executor of design.
Scott Hodgin // Art Director at Tilt Scott is the owner and creative director of Tilt. Tilt is a graphic design & web development
firm located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Capabilities include graphic design, web site design, corporate identity, promotion,
tradeshow, flash, interactive, multimedia and digital tinkering.
Patrick Box // Account Executive at The Moran Group Patrick is an Account Executive at the Moran Group and works towards
one goal of delivering measurable results to ensure optimal search engine marketing performance for tier2 and tier3
automotive clients across the country. This includes maintenance of paid searches in the Google and MSN/BING platforms,
online display messages and digital promotions that complement these mediums.