Owner at LaGrone Development
Houston, Texas Area
- Current
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- Operations at PrevExCorp.com
- Land Developer / Project Manager at City of Horizon
- Owner at LaGrone Development
- Project Manager at CasualChefs.com
- Project Manager at CoedCaddies.com
- Past
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- Project Manager at Anthem Services
- IT Director at American Academy
- Education
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- University of Houston
- University of Houston
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Benjamin LaGrone’s Summary
I've been brought on board as a project manager by a team of people who are building a new city off the Mississippi coastal area. The city is built to accommodate the 80,000 people living in FEMA trailers since Katrina. The first 30,000 houses will be built entirely of a new composite material, green, and able to withstand a category 5 hurricane.
In addition I have recently joined an export group, www.prevexcorp.com, that specialized in exporting American sports cars, and commercial/industrial equipment overseas.
Benjamin LaGrone’s Specialties:
Land development, building cities, Complex problem solving, strategic planning and execution, project leadership, offshore web application development/coding. Internet architecture, SEM/SEO, Server management, Marketing, Microsoft Server Technology, Importing/Exporting, selling muscle cars and industrial equipment.
Benjamin LaGrone’s Experience
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Operations
PrevExCorp.com
(International Trade and Development industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Prevex Corp. formed in 1995 in France. Initially, the company focused on exporting American cars to Austria. Throughout the years, as the company grew, our focus shifted to other markets. We work with corporations and individuals alike, shipping recreational and commercial vehicles as well as heavy machinery around the globe. We relocated our operation close to the port of Houston in 1999 to better serve our clientele. We have a wide range of expertise in the industry and take great pride in offering the best prices and services to our clients, whatever their needs might be.
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Land Developer / Project Manager
City of Horizon
(Civil Engineering industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Project manager and problem solver for a team of experienced land developers to bring in new ideas and out-of-the-box thinking. The Project has ended due to poor real estate market conditions.
•Built PHP, Java & MYSQL Content Management System for marketing, including Google maps, SEO
•Solved online reputation challenges for the principles using black and white hat SEO techniquies
•Created a 400 page online document of real estate market, demographic, and employment research
•Created automated news keyword search agents that notify if relevant news events occur which could add to the marketing or affect the project
•Designed duplex housing to minimize road and utility construction cost, while maximizing yard space and home square footage
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LaGrone Development
(Civil Engineering industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
This is the umbrella that all my projects are falling under.
I work on:
Online Reputation Management
Search Engine Marketing
Application Development
Media Development
Start-up Development
Land Development
Exporting & Logistics -
Project Manager
CasualChefs.com
(Internet industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Used RAD approach to Software Development Life Cycle to create PHP and Java social networking, recipe and video site for cooking.
• Designed software architecture, requirements, framework, interface, and media
• Manage overseas developers to develop application and ongoing feature rollouts
• Hired and manage staff for content creation
• Manage CPC marketing & SEO -
Project Manager
CoedCaddies.com
(Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Designed application and interface
Managed with overseas developers to develop original staff deployment application
www.coedcaddies.com
Project status: web application in beta testing, preparing for early spring launch. -
Project Manager
Anthem Services
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 9 months)
Started company and provided project management, remote server, network and desktop for support for multiple businesses. Responsible for Sales, Business Development, Bookkeeping, and Services.
•Used Active Directory, scripting/shell programming and Group Policy Objects to provide secure environments and support for 500+ desktops, 20+ servers, VPN connections
•Managed team of 3 employees, local POCs and sales, marketing, and accounting -
IT Director
American Academy
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1998 — March 2004 (5 years 10 months)
American Academy of Excellence began as an alternative public school and is developing a private online school to provide courses for home school children.
•Developed relationships with regional schools to create referral programs to build student population
•Wrote and managed technology plans, grants, including Pell, PLTW
•Managed support staff of 4 to design and deployed network architecture, and align IT goals aligned with organization goals
•Designed Active Directory and Group Policy Objects to manage users and reduce TCO
•Developed SQL & Access w/ VB based student user account management system to process mass user id creation and tracking with data exported from student records system
•Deployed Content Management System for class content management and led migration of content
•Created online and print marketing collateral for marketing campaigns
Benjamin LaGrone’s Education
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University of Houston
1999 — 2001
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University of Houston
1993 — 1998
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ehs
Additional Information
Benjamin LaGrone’s Websites:
Benjamin LaGrone’s Interests:
internet, coffee, surfing, electronics, books, programming, fast cars & machinery, building
Benjamin LaGrone’s Groups:
Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA)
Surfrider Foundation, Texas Chapter
Bullfalo Bayou Partnership
Houston Mod
Rotary Club of America
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Episcopal High School Houston Alumni
Benjamin LaGrone’s Honors:
Rotary Club of America - Paul Harris Fellow
Benjamin LaGrone’s Contact Settings
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