Email has been around since the 1970s. It’s quick, it’s convenient — and it consumes your life.  If you’ve got an office job, chances are you spend most of your working life in an inbox. 

Email may be the engine of modern commerce, but it might also be the slowest way to get things done—especially in industries where precision and timing are everything. That’s the pain point Chuck Perret set out to solve. Chuck is the founder of Centerline.Co, a cloud-based data management platform for the construction industry. 

Chuck started his tech journey as a teenager working in his family’s blueprint shop, and eventually launched Centerline in 2021 after seeing firsthand how digital communication was breaking down in the construction world.

Centerline helps architects and contractors collaborate more effectively by ditching the messy world of long email chains.  It offers project-specific communication tools, document sharing, and bid coordination—all in one place. Today, Centerline serves over 75 architecture firms, with 12,000 users and more than 800 projects managed through the platform. 

If you’re going to hang a shingle in the digital world, you’ll need a different kind of architect: a web designer. Brandy Arnett is the CEO of Vibrandt Websites, a Lafayette-based web development company.

Brandy's not competing with Squarespace or Wix on volume—she’s competing with them on care. Vibrandt builds custom websites with an emphasis on both technical precision and creative polish. 

Since founding the company in 2019, Brandy and her team of four have launched over 125 websites. And they’re not just building—they’re staying with their clients long after launch, offering same-day support and multiple redesigns over time. 

Eighty percent of their clients are local, ranging from SLEMCO to CASA to the City of Abbeville, but their reach is growing nationwide. 

Out to Lunch Acadiana was recorded live over lunch at Tsunami Sushi in downtown Lafayette. You can find photos from this show by Astor Morgan at itsacadiana.com.

Email has been around since the 1970s. It&rsquo;s quick, it&rsquo;s convenient &mdash; and it consumes your life.&nbsp; If you&rsquo;ve got an office job, chances are you spend most of your working life in an inbox.&nbsp;
Email may be the engine of modern commerce, but it might also be the slowest way to get things done&mdash;especially in industries where precision and timing are everything. That&rsquo;s the pain point Chuck Perret set out to solve. Chuck is the founder of <a href="https://getcenterline.com/">Centerline.Co</a>, a cloud-based data management platform for the construction industry.&nbsp;
Chuck started his tech journey as a teenager working in his family&rsquo;s blueprint shop, and eventually launched Centerline in 2021 after seeing firsthand how digital communication was breaking down in the construction world.
Centerline helps architects and contractors collaborate more effectively by ditching the messy world of long email chains.&nbsp; It offers project-specific communication tools, document sharing, and bid coordination&mdash;all in one place. Today, Centerline serves over 75 architecture firms, with 12,000 users and more than 800 projects managed through the platform.&nbsp;
If you&rsquo;re going to hang a shingle in the digital world, you&rsquo;ll need a different kind of architect: a web designer. Brandy Arnett is the CEO of <a href="https://vibrandtweb.com/">Vibrandt Websites</a>, a Lafayette-based web development company.
Brandy's not competing with Squarespace or Wix on volume&mdash;she&rsquo;s competing with them on care. Vibrandt builds custom websites with an emphasis on both technical precision and creative polish.&nbsp;
Since founding the company in 2019, Brandy and her team of four have launched over 125 websites. And they&rsquo;re not just building&mdash;they&rsquo;re staying with their clients long after launch, offering same-day support and multiple redesigns over time.&nbsp;
Eighty percent of their clients are local, ranging from SLEMCO to CASA to the City of Abbeville, but their reach is growing nationwide.&nbsp;
Out to Lunch Acadiana was recorded live over lunch at&nbsp;<a href="https://lafayette.servingsushi.com/">Tsunami Sushi</a> in downtown Lafayette. You can find photos from this show by <a href="https://www.astormorgan.com">Astor Morgan</a> at <a href="https://itsacadiana.com/2025/04/07/theres-a-better-way/">itsacadiana.com</a>.

OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him for sushi at Tsunami in downtown Lafayette. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.

OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him for sushi at Tsunami in downtown Lafayette. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.

OUT TO LUNCH finds The Current Publisher and Editor Christiaan Mader conducting business Acadiana style: over lunch. Each week Aileen invites guests from Acadiana's  business community to join her. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.

It's Acadiana: Out to Lunch

OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan Mader invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him for sushi at Tsunami in downtown Lafayette. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.

OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan Mader invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him for sushi at Tsunami in downtown Lafayette. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.