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AT A GLANCE
Primary product/service: COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CONSULTING
Top local executive: CALVIN F. MILLS, JR.
No. of local employees: 5
Year founded: 2001
Web site: www.cvtechnologiesia.com
Phone: (225) 924-3791
Fax: (225) 341-3915
The "C" in C&V Technologies of Louisiana refers to company CEO and President Calvin Mills. But considering the company's inspiring rags-to-riches story, the "C" could also stand for "Cinderella," C&V is a full-service information technology firm offering wholesale and retail desktop and laptop computers, servers, hardware, wireless and wired LAN networking devices and installation, and computer-related education. Started just six years ago with a $1,000 investment, C&V has since posted revenues of $500,000 and taken home two major awards.
Adding to the Cinderella saga, C&V is a business with a heart for the underdog. It grew out of Mills' goal of bridging the "digital divide" separating society's least affluent citizens from the benefits of information technology.
There's a definite storybook aspect to Mills and his company, even if the former Southern University fullback with the allbusiness attitude...