Distinguished Lecturer Series

Tony Zanders

Topic: Building a Technical Career in the Intelligence Age 

Thursday, October 15, 2026 – 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Email [email protected] to be added to the RSVP list

The lecture is held in the Envoc Lab, Room 2026, Computer Science Technology Building (801 N. Oak Street), Southeastern Louisiana University and via Google Meet.

Tony Zanders is a tech entrepreneur and innovation leader serving as President & CEO of Nexus Louisiana, where he is guiding a strategic transformation and relocation of the state’s leading innovation hub through 2030. He is also the Founder & CEO of Skilltype, Inc., a B2B SaaS platform used by hundreds of institutions worldwide to manage workforce development with data-driven insights.

With two decades of experience at the intersection of technology, higher education, and economic development, Tony is passionate about building talent pipelines, advancing digital skills, and expanding opportunities for entrepreneurs in Louisiana and beyond.

Calvin Fabre

Topic:   The Nature of Work in the Age of AI: Prevailing When the Brain Meets the Machine 

Thursday, September 17, 2026 – 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Email [email protected] to be added to the RSVP list

The lecture is held in the Envoc Lab, Room 2026, Computer Science Technology Building (801 N. Oak Street), Southeastern Louisiana University and via Google Meet.

Serving as the President of Envoc (pronounced “invoke”), Calvin Fabre heads up a stellar team of over 45 employees developing applications aimed at helping businesses and individuals attain a “better reality”. For over 10 years, Envoc has been writing software you can’t “buy off the shelf” and seeing a client’s brand from creation through consumption whether in web, print, media, corporate dashboards, portals, or mobile applications. Envoc’s Hammond office is home to 10 Envoceans with virtually all graduates of Southeastern.

His company Envoc has chosen not to participate in the economic recession and was recently recognized on Inc. Magazine’s Fastest Growing Private Companies for 2014 ranking the 18th fastest growing private company in Louisiana.

Calvin is a Southeastern Lion with a degree in Computer Science and started the company after moving his lawn mower out of his utility closet and asking his wife to cut the grass while he wrote code. Calvin continues to serve on the Computer Science Advisory Boards for Southeastern and LSU helping our colleges produce software craftsman ready for the technical workforce Louisiana demands.