Shane Chadwick: Winner of 2022 GIS WebTech Award for Technology Leadership

Economic developers typically utilize multiple technology tools, reflecting the broad requirements of the profession. For some economic developers the complexity of working across multiple tools can be overwhelming, and the challenge of remaining efficient and optimizing across the tools is daunting.

Shane Chadwick, Business Intelligence and Marketing Manager at Florida’s Great Northwest, took it as a challenge. FGNW is a regional economic development organization covering 12 counties in the northwest portion of the state, with unique economic development assets and a well-defined strategy. FGNW, along with its investors, are a unified voice promoting, advocating and collaborating for Northwest Florida as a top location for business.

Jennifer Conoley and
Shane Chadwick of FGNW

Shane joined FGNW in 2018 after completing the University of Southern Mississippi’s graduate program in economic development, and is responsible for proactive lead generation, economic development research, and project management. Shane immediately took responsibility for the multiple technology and data tools used by FGNW, and he set about developing a proprietary process for integrating the technologies to provide an end-to-end lead generation and outreach system. Shane’s proprietary process allows him to identify growing companies, develop leads, put together a prospect-specific prospectus, and launch a custom outreach campaign.

The results have been a game changer for FGNW. “Through Shane’s innovative work and development of a proprietary proactive lead generation program, we are providing our local communities highly-qualified leads with several resulting in site visits and project location announcements,” said Jennifer Conoley, President & CEO of FGNW. “The fusion of all our technology platforms is bold, cutting-edge and driving results, the mark of a strong leader. I couldn’t be prouder of Shane who is a critical member of our award-winning team!”

GIS WebTech is pleased to name Shane Chadwick one of three winners of the 2022 GIS WebTech Award for Technology Leadership for his ground-breaking work in developing a proprietary lead identification and lead management process. Our entire team congratulates him!