pchargois
pchargois
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Bio
I am a 43-year advertising and broadcast veteran. My professional career includes on-air talent, broadcast station management and advertising agency management. In 1990, I left the corporate world and founded Chargois Communications, a regional advertising agency and first generation Internet marketing company.
Chargois Communications embraced the digital and Internet technology innovations of the early 1990's. The company has been involved in major web initiatives for companies from San Jose, California to Tampa, Florida.
In 1996, I founded Virtual Communities, Incorporated. Totally focused on the value-driven convergence of traditional media strategies and new media technology, I was among the first entrepreneurs in the United States to develop a local, community portal with the launch of SoutheastTexas.com on February 14, 1997. SouthestTexas.com is believed to be the first regional web portal in the United States to offer free online classified ads, job postings and singles profiles. It launched seven months prior to Craigslist.org.
On April 30, 2015, SoutheastTexas.com was acquired by the Hearst Corporation. I fulfilled a lifelong goal of retiring before age 60, hanging up my cleats at age 57.
I served my regional community as chairman of the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, an active member of Beaumont Crime Stoppers and a member of Saint Anne Catholic Church.
In 2014, I was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Southeast Texas Economic Foundation and The Office of the Texas Governor's Small Business Division.
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