Jon Pratt
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Jon Pratt received his bachelor's degree in physics
from Centenary College in 1976 and his PhD in finance from the University of
Arkansas in 1986. Dr. Pratt has over twenty-eight years experience in banking,
investments, and small business, having founded several companies in agriculture,
aquaculture, food processing, and real estate development. In addition to his
commercial interests, Dr. Pratt is employed by Louisiana Tech University in
the Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology. At the center, he
works to foster collaboration between multidisciplinary groups of faculty, students,
and commercial interests in Louisiana to encourage new business creation. He
is lead instructor in several of Louisiana Tech’s new entrepreneurship
course offerings, including “Entrepreneurship for High Tech Start-ups,”
“Innovative Product Design,” and the new technology commercialization
course entitled “Innovative Venture Research.” The Governor of Louisiana
recognized Dr. Pratt as University Technology Leader for the year 2003.