Conner LeBlanc

Business Development Manager

General Informatics 

As a South Louisiana native born and raised in Morgan City, LA, I've always taken a great deal of pride in culture, people, businesses, and institutions that make this region unique.

As a lifelong LSU fan, it was an honor and privilege to have spent the better part of a decade in Baton Rouge where I: walked-on the football team as a long snapper, was elected recruitment chair of my fraternity, graduated undergrade with degrees in Philosophy and History, attend Law School and go onto become a bared attorney, meet my wife Victoria, receive my MBA with a specialization in tech-based entrepreneurship, and would eventually go onto start my own startup, Zenith, right at the outset of the Covid pandemic.

While my time in Baton Rouge was special and would lead me to join organizations such as Leadership BR, BRAC, BRAF, and Forum 225, about two years ago I began the next phase of my life where I could shift my attention east toward New Orleans. In July of 2021 I accepted a role as business development manager for a managed IT service provider called General Informatics and was tasked with heading up business development in the New Orleans Market.

While I did not have a background in sales (or IT for that matter) I've always had strong ties to New Orleans through my friends and family and was eager to accept this challenge now that I was set on not practicing law in the traditional sense.

In the time since accepting the role at GI, I have joined the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, joined both the Governmental and Young Professionals Boards of the Jefferson Chamber, the Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans Young Professionals Board, as well as recently joining the Son of a Saint program as a mentor.

It is due to these organizations that I have not only found a great deal of success in my career over the past couple years, but also developed many more close friendships in both Jefferson and Orleans Parish that bring me to town from my home in Gonzales everyday.

It is with this in mind that I now want to take part in the NORLI program and round out my commitment to seeing the New Orleans region become a better place for the people, businesses, and institutions that make this place special.

My ultimate goal is to develop a deeper understanding of the Greater New Orleans Area so that I may be a more valuable advocate for bringing organizations like GNO,Inc, BRAC, and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation together for the purpose of developing a stronger Super Region. I say this because I'm convinced the only way South Louisiana will be able to keep talent here and compete with the likes of Dallas, Nashville, or Atlanta is to create an environment that more effectively maximizes the resources at our State's disposal… and that begins and ends with a flourishing New Orleans.