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Founder + Technology Strategist

Brian J. Jones.
Beyond the job title.

Brian works at the intersection of people, operations, and technology. Since 1998, he has led teams, modernized systems, built software, guided complex implementations, and stayed accountable for what happens after launch.

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Founder + CEO Brian J. Jones BayouNorth
Strategy Direction
Technology Delivery
Operations Continuity
New Orleans Asheville

People · Process · Technology · Accountability

200+Projects + implementations
50K+KrewesCtrl® users
$500M+KrewesCtrl® transactions
2002Tulane Award for Excellence

How Brian approaches the work

A technologist who starts with the operation—not the tool.

Brian's career began inside university operations, where technology had to work for students, staff, policies, budgets, facilities, and real deadlines at the same time. That people-centered foundation still shapes every system, strategy, and implementation he leads.

His experience now spans department leadership, business operations, program and project management, software architecture, application development, systems integration, disaster response, security, compliance, documentation, and long-term technical support.

The goal is not more technology. It is a clearer, more reliable way to work.

Professional path

Leadership built across the whole technology lifecycle.

Brian's career moved from working inside an organization, to leading a multidisciplinary technology company, to founding a company designed to connect strategy, delivery, and long-term accountability.

  1. 1998–2003
    Tulane University · New Orleans

    From student affairs operations to Director of Projects and Innovations

    Brian assembled student and professional development teams, introduced new web-based processes, helped lead one of the nation's early RMS housing-system integrations, and represented Student Affairs on a university-wide Oracle accounting initiative.

    • Reduced expenses by more than $150,000 during his first year as Assistant Director
    • Received Tulane University's Presidential Award for Excellence in 2002
    • Presented nationally on technology innovation and student development teams
  2. 2003–2009
    Carrollton Technology Partners · New Orleans

    Director of Development to Chief Operations Officer

    Brian helped build and lead a growing technology services company, with responsibility spanning software development, networks, projects, sales, administration, human resources, and business operations.

    • Managed multidisciplinary teams of more than 25 staff
    • Led company and client recovery work after Hurricane Katrina
    • Supported complex state modernization, acquisition, and resource-management initiatives
  3. 2009–Present
    Mirliton Media → BayouNorth · New Orleans + Asheville

    Founder and Chief Executive Officer

    Brian founded the company now known as BayouNorth to help organizations connect technical decisions with operations, people, policy, continuity, and long-term outcomes.

    • Managed more than 200 custom projects and implementations
    • Designed, developed, and continues to lead KrewesCtrl®
    • Consulted across government, education, commerce, nonprofits, healthcare, and disaster response

Selected work

Complex systems. High stakes. Practical outcomes.

These examples show the range of Brian's work—from product development and enterprise modernization to emergency response, compliance, and operational continuity.

Product leadership

KrewesCtrl®

Brian conceived, designed, developed, and continues to manage the organizational platform used by Mardi Gras organizations for membership, accounting, payments, events, stores, parade operations, communications, and more.

50K+Users
$500M+Transactions
8+ yearsOperational history
Disaster response + change control

Deepwater Horizon response and claims operations

Brian developed change-control and software-deployment practices for the economic and property damage claims process and separately built an emergency information-management system for Homeland Security's regional response coordination.

International project systems

USAID · Bien Hoa Airbase remediation

Brian architected a SharePoint-based document and data-management system supporting more than 150,000 files, with versioning, data integrity, security, user guidance, Google Drive integration, and disaster-recovery documentation.

Government modernization

Louisiana systems and program planning

Brian supported modernization planning for the Department of Social Services' Common Access Front End and represented Louisiana during implementation planning for a statewide workforce evaluation and training platform.

eCommerce + compliance

Bai Brands and Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Brian led planning for direct-to-consumer ecommerce operations and developed policies covering PCI compliance, access controls, data use, customer support, breach response, disaster recovery, and ongoing review.

Higher education

George Mason University modernization

Brian led a consulting team evaluating Housing and Residence Life operations, systems, staffing, integrations, custom development needs, resource use, and short- and long-term modernization priorities.

K–12 education + software

RegisterMe professional development platform

Brian led the creation of a web-based professional-development system for K–12 districts, connecting course discovery, registration, approvals, attendance, certificates, calendars, reminders, reporting, and grant-support data in one workflow.

Selected organizations and projects are listed as work-history context and do not imply endorsement.

What Brian brings

The technical depth to build it. The operational experience to make it work.

Brian is most effective where the technical problem cannot be separated from the people, process, risk, policy, and long-term ownership surrounding it.

Strategy + management

Needs analysis, strategic planning, stakeholder alignment, program and project leadership, staff utilization, team building, conflict management, and vendor coordination.

Software + systems

Application architecture, web development, databases, APIs, integrations, cloud platforms, network architecture, legacy systems, reporting, and technical documentation.

Security + continuity

Risk assessment, PCI and HIPAA planning, access controls, data management, incident response, change control, disaster recovery, and business continuity.

Communication + change

Requirements gathering, facilitation, technical writing, policy development, training, implementation planning, user experience, and translating complex issues into practical decisions.

Education + recognition

A human-centered foundation for technical leadership.

Brian's graduate work in higher-education management and undergraduate study in psychology support the part of technology work that is often overlooked: how people learn, make decisions, adapt to change, and operate inside organizations.

Education

MA, Management in Higher Education

Slippery Rock University

Education

BA, Psychology

Slippery Rock University

Recognition · 2002

Presidential Award for Excellence

Tulane University

Why BayouNorth

Brian built the company he wanted clients to be able to hire.

A partner able to understand the operation, challenge assumptions, define the path, build the system, document the decisions, and remain available when the work becomes real.

Read the BayouNorth story brian@bayounorth.com

Start with a conversation

Talk directly with the person leading the work.

Bring the complicated system, the unfinished plan, or the operational problem hiding behind a technology request.

Email Brian
Brian J. Jones brian@bayounorth.com General inquiries info@bayounorth.com BayouNorth · Asheville (828) 484-6962