Heather McWhorter Regional Center Director, UNCW SBTDC and Director, SBTDC Business Launch Initiative   McWhorter uses technology to increase efficiency and effectiveness, help businesses make good decisions and communicating and interacting with others.   Newspapers and magazines she reads include the Greater Wilmington Business Journal, Entrepreneur Magazi ...

Jerry Coleman Regional Director, Small Business Center at Cape Fear Community College   At CFCC's Small Business Center, Coleman has become a fan of video conferencing platforms such as Zoom.   “Zoom saves time and expense by reducing travel,” Coleman said. “It also enables us to share documents and include additional resource provide ...

Zane S. Bennett Executive Director at Plantation Village Inc.   As executive director at Plantation Village, a nonprofit retirement community in Porters Neck, Bennett relies on his iPhone calendar, apps and an online platform.   “I live by my iPhone calendar and I go where it tells me to go. I also enjoy apps like MyFitnessPal, LinkedIn, Calm and the ...

Ann Revell- Pechar President, Fluent Public Relations   As the president and co-founder of a public relations firm in Wilmington, Revell-Pechar is trying to use less devices.   “I’m working toward simplicity, so I live on my teeny-tiny Lenovo Yoga. It goes everywhere I do, and folds over to double as my tablet. Also love a great android phone & ...

Adam Hooks CEO, EMS LINQ   As the CEO of Wilmington- based EMS LINQ, which provides administrative software to K-12 schools across the U.S., Hooks uses video conferencing technology to facilitate communications.   “The use of video conferencing has saved me hours,” Hooks said. “Companies like Zoom and GoToMeeting allow group collaboration ...

Ed Wolverton President & CEO, Wilmington Downtown Inc.   Ed Wolverton works with a board of directors and local government officials to promote the economic growth and development of downtown Wilmington.   He uses technology to gain new information and organize his schedule. “To expand our economic development reach, WDI recently subscribed to on ...

JC Lyle Executive Director, Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry (WARM) As the executive director of WARM, JC Lyle uses technology for everyday life and work tasks such as online banking, shopping, weather and social media as well as to unwind after a day’s work at the rebuilding nonprofit.   Lyle regularly reads WILMA, Salt, The New York Times and Wright ...

Logan Thompson Executive Director, Welcome Home Angel   As the executive director of a local nonprofit that renovates homes for local children who are chronically ill, injured or have significant developmental disabilities, Thompson uses Salesforce, a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform for work.   “Salesforce is Welcome Home ...

Claire Holroyd CEO & co-founder, Skilly-do  Holroyd uses her experience from producing digital services like the PlayStation Network to run Skilly-do, an online toolkit that promotes early learning through play.   “Because we’re a distributed team building a digital product, tech is essential to my day-to-day,” Holroyd said. “We ...

Jim R. Roberts Founder, Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington (NEW) and Wilmington Angels for Local Entrepreneurs (WALE)   Roberts has been helping entrepreneurs by starting organizations in Charlotte, Asheville, Durham and Wilmington. “I find the best startup entrepreneurs to put in front active angel investors in WALE with 12 regional investments since ...