INNOVATORS Gold Award - New Orleans City Business

Contents
Past honorees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
INNOVATORS
Gold Award: BK Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Silver Award: Old New Orleans Rum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Bronze Award: The Receivables Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . .9
A-Y2K Marine Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Alternative Energy Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Art Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Bull Sweeper — SDT Waste and Debris Services . . . . . .13
CommTech Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
The Domain Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Express Lien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Fit as a Firefighter — Slidell Memorial Hospital
and St. Tammany Fire District No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
GreenStar Coatings and Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Imagination Movers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Landscapedia.info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
The Lifestyle Revolution Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
M.S. Rau Antiques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
New Orleans Firefighters Pension Fund —
Lakewood Golf Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
On My Way — iSeatz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
On the Move — Elmwood Fitness Center . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Optical interferometry — Sanichiro Yoshida . . . . . . . . . .29
PhytoCeutical Formulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Schonberg and Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Sucré . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Tulane University Center for Public Service . . . . . . . . . . .33
Zapp’s Potato Chips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
MEDICAL
The Aquadex System FlexFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Cryoplasty — Touro Infirmary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Deep Brain Stimulation — Ochsner Health System . . . . .37
Neevo — Pamlab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Orthopaedic Associates of New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Patient Comment System — Touro Infirmary . . . . . . . . .40
TDI Team — East Jefferson
General Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
ThermoSuit System — Ochsner Health System . . . . . . .42
NONPROFIT
Arc of Greater New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
The Campaign to Build a Teen-Friendly New Orleans . . . .44
Latino Apostolate of the Episcopal Church . . . . . . . . . . .45
Louisiana ArtWorks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
New Orleans Music Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Puentes New Orleans/LatiNola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Tipitina’s Music Office Co-op . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Urban League of Greater New Orleans
Young Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
ON THE BRINK
CJ Creations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
ex-cessories.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Green Door Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
HIV research — Tulane University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Human Angiogenesis Assay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Peptide Research Lab — Tulane University . . . . . . . . . . .56
Precast Building Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
SouthCoast Solar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Virtual Staging — The Occasional Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
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