My career in media didn't just begin in a classroom—it began in a broadcast booth. At Louisiana State University in 1979, I helped build the school's first FM radio station from the ground up, serving as its founding Program Director and second Station Manager. That experience lit a fire.

From there, I moved to WYNK AM/FM in Baton Rouge—South Louisiana's dominant country station—where I built an on-air presence during one of the most commercially explosive moments in American music history: the Urban Cowboy era. I wasn't watching that wave. I was riding it.

In 1991, I founded Chargois Communications and pivoted toward the digital frontier before most people knew what the internet was. I led major web development initiatives for companies stretching from San Jose to Tampa, developing an instinct for what was coming next.

Then came February 14, 1997. I launched SoutheastTexas.com—the first regional web portal in the United States to offer free online classified ads, job listings, and singles profiles. We beat Craigslist to market by seven months. At the time, eBay was still operating as AuctionWeb. I wasn't following the digital revolution. I was ahead of it.

For 17 consecutive years, I maintained an unmatched presence on Southeast Texas airwaves—600 sixty-second spots per month, across five stations. My voice shaped a market. It still echoes there today. In 2015, I sold SoutheastTexas.com to a major regional media company.

In 2023, I made my next calculated move—investing in a leading SaaS marketing platform and launching Texas Marketing Communications. Three decades of hard-earned media expertise, now operating at the intersection of AI and marketing strategy.

I've been at the forefront of two major technological shifts in my lifetime. I have no doubt I'm standing at the edge of a third.