Amiia Jackson [Humanoids of Huntsville]

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Amiia Jackson [Humanoids of Huntsville]

If you come to CoWorking Night these days, you’re almost guaranteed to see Amiia Jackson – whether she’s greeting people at the front desk or polishing her networking skills among Huntsville’s startup community. What you might not see is the impression it’s all making on the 17-year-old.

“CoWorking Nights inspire me,” she says. “I sit at the front desk and greet people as they come in. I like how everyone wants to be there to talk about their ideas or help people with theirs.”

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Urban Engine Turns 4 as A Driving Force for Local Entrepreneurs

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Urban Engine Turns 4 as A Driving Force for Local Entrepreneurs

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle delivered the keynote address to a packed audience.

“We have seen the vision, the driving force, making it a reality,” said Battle. “We need to make sure our city thinks outside the box. We are a city on the move, with 25,000 jobs added over the last year. 15,000 of those have been in high tech.

“The end result is that you’ve made this count. We’re more competitive, there’s more jobs, thank you for the job you are doing. Huntsville is a place that’s made for the future. The job we do today sets us up for the next 10 years. What you’re doing today will be the technology of tomorrow.”

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L.J. Abrams [Humanoids of Huntsville]

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L.J. Abrams [Humanoids of Huntsville]

“I feel like we’re the poster child for what Urban Engine really is about – propelling those ideas forward,” LJ says. “Dustin (Poisson) had an idea and then he went and found a group of people who could help him accomplish his goals.”

That entrepreneurial spirit, LJ says, comes directly from his grandfather, Lawrence Jeremiah (the First). And the organizational know-how is a product of his dad, Lawrence Jeremiah (the Second). Together, those different traits add up to LJ, or Lawrence Jeremiah the Third.

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Meet our Humanoid of Huntsville; Jonathan Heath!

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Meet our Humanoid of Huntsville; Jonathan Heath!

The Real Superman: Jonathan Heath

Jonathan Heath was involved with a startup before he decided to move on to a more established company. His reasoning? It was the best way to eventually get back to startup life. 

“I knew that startup was now in a different phase and was not a growth environment for me any longer,” Jonathan says. “I wanted to learn a bit more about how product development can be done before using that in any new ventures."

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J. Langley [Humanoids of Huntsville]

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J. Langley [Humanoids of Huntsville]

When he finished his degree in 2000, J Langley did what any recent college graduate would do - surveyed his job options! But, as a young engineer in Mississippi, those options weren’t exactly what he was looking for…

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