Jade Kurian, technology entrepreneur, covered stories around the world during her time as a television news reporter, including natural and environmental disasters, a Pope’s funeral and a number of presidential candidates and elections. Every story she produced intersected with communities, and often with communities where the environment was neglected. Now the mother of a ninth generation Texan, she’s grown more passionate about advocating for environmental issues and helping reduce pollution. Jade transitioned from being a journalist to co-founding latakoo – an Austin-based video workflow company that makes news teams and content creators more efficient. This gives latakoo users more time to focus on the storytelling, and better educate the communities they serve. Jade serves on the Board of Directors for the International Trade Association for Broadcast & Media Technology, holds a patent and has been honored with multiple awards celebrating her success as a female entrepreneur who has pioneered new technologies and significantly influenced the development of media industry technology. In addition, latakoo is a longtime sponsor of TCE Fund efforts, including the Trash Makeover Challenge.