Team Members

Judy Weitz, 5th generation New Orleanian
Chief Executive Officer

Judy has been designing, maintaining and marketing web sites for businesses since the company was founded in 1994. An active member of numerous internet and hospitality-related organizations, her continued study of the ever-changing field of internet marketing has led to her being a speaker on the subject for universities, visiting conventions, and on behalf of the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association and New Orleans Chamber of Commerce. Recent awards include Small Business Champion for 2006 for the State of Louisiana and finalist for the 2007 Women Business Owner of the Year for the National Assocation of Women Business Owners.

Programming Team

Our team of programmers built one of the first World Wide Web servers in the early 1990s, and have a combined total of over 30 years of experience in the field of Computer Technology. Our programmers include a faculty member at the University of North Florida's College of Computer and Information Sciences and a Ph.D. in the field. They have been programming custom interactive solutions for our clients since 1996. Two examples are the employment database for the Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association (GNOHLA.com) and the reservations engine for 50 hotels (BestNewOrleansHotels.com).

Director of Programming / Systems Analyst
Cliff Addy

Cliff is a devoted member of the Compucast Web Media team. A one-time programmer for NASA, he built one of the first World Wide Web servers in the early 1990s while working as a faculty member at the University of North Florida's College of Computer and Information Sciences. This project led him to see the commercial possibilities of the World Wide Web.

Since 1996, he has been a full-time member of our team, programming interactive solutions for Compucast Web Media and its clients. The reservations engine he worked with us to provide is now used for over 50 hotels in the New Orleans area, and includes unique features such as auto-generated comment cards. The employment engine he was instrumental in helping us create is now free to the hospitality industry, developed in cooperation with the Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association.

Cliff has 25 years of general programming experience and 14 years experience developing Internet applications. His experience also includes multiple programming languages and operating environments. He has a Master's Degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems.

Programming/Technical Support
Jim Sander

Jim has been with Compucast Web Media since 1998. Advanced education in Computer Science, he provides custom programming solutions to our clients, helping them establish dynamic and interactive sites on the web. He also provides continuing technical support for all aspects of our clients’ web sites, including email addresses and statistical reporting.

Web Applications Programmer/SEO Specialist
Shawn Plep

Shawn is a PhP web applications developer, specializing in SEO as well as search engine marketing applications.  He recent joined the Compucast Web Media team after working with a major e-commerce company overseeing and managing tens of thousands of web site pages with a online marketing budget of $15,000 monthly.   He currently provides online programming solutions for our clients as a full-time member of Compucast Web Media.  He will soon graduate from Tulane with a Bachelor of Computer Science.

Project Manager/Pay-per-Click Specialist
Marica Mackenroth

Marica received a BA in Communications from Loyola University and has worked with  several agencies in New Orleans managing their top accounts in PPC (such as Ochsner and New Orleans Tourism Marketing Board).  As Project Manager for Compucast Web Media, she also will ensure your project is brought to completion with efficiency. Her background in online marketing strategy make her an excellent addition to the Compucast Web Media team. 

Web Development/Design
Jason Mangone

A Tulane graduate with a B.A in Digital Design and Web Development, Jason joined the Compucast Web Media Development Team after working with Compucast as an intern before graduation.  He specializes in CSS coding and video editing.  His creative talent combined with an eye for design ensures our clients are professionally represented to the public, and that all changes and updates to their sites are accurately made.

Web Development/Design
John Dixon

John graduated Chowan College with a B.S. in Graphic Design with an emphasis on Printmaking, Photography, and Interactive Design. With over 10 years of experience in all manner of marketing ranging from Identity Design, to Flash Application Development, John fashions layouts that are suffused with texture and detail, and works to bring those compositions to life using the web’s latest technologies.

Creative Team
Our designers have over 40 years combined experience in web design, brand marketing, logo development, and Flash.

Lead Designer
Alyson Schultz
Alyson has designed hundreds of web sites for over 10 years, working with Compucast Web Media for over 6.  Her creative eye will always provide you with exactly what you are looking for. 
 
Creative Designer
Todd Maysonave
After honing his design skills in NYC for the last 15 years, Todd is happy to be back home in New Orleans working with Compucast Web Media to provide creative design services to our clients.

Creative Designer
Ginger Noah
Ginger has also been creatively designing sites in the New Orleans area for over 10 years.  She has a flare for knowing just what the client is seeking.

Flash/Graphic Designer
Thomas Lanaux
Thomas has been involved in internet design since the early 90s when he worked in Silicon Valley.   A project consultant for national media such as the Food Network and HGTV, Thomas now provides his creative talent to the flash, php programming and design used for Compucast’s web sites and marketing CDs.

Director of Public Relations & Marketing
Bobbi Mannino
Bobbi brings with her over 30 years experience in the tourism industry including 10 years as a client of Compucast Web Media (while Marketing Director for Steamboat Natchez and Director of Sales for Harrah’s Casino New Orleans).  Past President of the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association, her enthusiasm for the results we bring our clients, her love for New Orleans and stellar reputation in the hospitality community of Louisiana combine to make her an excellent addition to our team.

Finance Director
Gayla Rogers

Gayla is a recent addition to the Compucast Web Media team.  After working with us part-time throughout the past year, we were able to convince her to join us full-time.  Her accounting experience with the New Orleans 911 system and her acute eye for detail makes her an integral addition to our staff.

Systems Engineer
Andrew Leblanc

Andrew has 14 years of experience as a computer consultant in the New Orleans area and is an acknowledged expert in the computer science field. His specialties include Networking and computer technical support. If you're having trouble with your computer, we like to say…"if he can't do it, it can't be done!"

Technical Support/Founder
Marc Weitz

Marc was the founder of ExperienceNewOrleans.com - the site from which Compucast Web Media grew. His vision of the future of the internet compelled him to spend days studying code when most of us did not have a computer.

Computer Consultant
Matthew Weitz

Matthew, LSU graduate in 2004, has helped Compucast Web Media since his high school days at Jesuit High School (when he helped maintain the first website for Jesuit designed by Compucast Web Media). He was the only LSU student selected to work for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) where his work with others programming to find gravitational waves was published. Now an engineer on the programming team for the Navy's Peoplesoft Project, he continues to be a tremendous asset to the Compucast team as our programming consultant.