Comments for A shoe in? Florsheim named LITE chief at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 51 out of 20 comments http://www.theind.com Fri, 24 May 2013 11:19:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1777 "Henry F. is not a "local boy", nor is he "a good old boy". Has anyone bothered to check his past employment records???? " What is his employment History? Hopefully it was not just government entities with no P&L responsibility! - Sounds like a mess Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:03:36 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1731 Henry F. is not a "local boy", nor is he "a good old boy". Has anyone bothered to check his past employment records???? - FYI Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:42:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1654 From the inside, watching the politics, I knew over a year ago that Henry would be the CEO. Why waste the time and money for a search? Despite the question of who would have been the best candidate, I don't think LITE will survive. It has too many problems... the biggest is that it is no longer (if it ever was) a cutting-edge facility (the original computers were several years behind the current state-of-the-art when the center opened). The equipment is outdated and all of the experts that were hired to work with the technology are gone (one by one they were fired or quit because of the large number of problems at LITE). The majority of the people that remain on staff have no experience with virtual reality/visualization technology... only post-production for film. I guess LITE might survive in that capacity only, but what a waste of money. The virtual reality equipment won't be used for anything other than demos (which don't really exhibit what can be done with the technology when it is pushed to its limits). If I had to make a choice for CEO, I would have hired someone who knows the technology and has national or international business connections. That was always a problem at LITE - business and research divisions did not work together well for the good of the center. In my opinion, that's what LITE needs to succeed - a good understanding of the technology coupled with business brilliance to market it. - Former LITE employee Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:18:01 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1623 If that is all you could derive from reading my post then I missed making the point i was making. Nevertheless, there are/were more qualified candidates than me who would have fit the bill. Cheers - The "64" million $$ ..... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:24:58 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1622 Mr. or Ms. "64 million" your subject verb agreement is horrendous. I agree that this whole process could have easily been a sham, but if you want people to perceive you as better candidate than Henry then you should at least sound educated and use better grammer. - Outrage Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:22:21 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1612 Some one just sent me the CEO search result announcement. I was one of the 64 applicants and I just realized that it was a sham search process. I saw very talented people on the list (from what this newspaper posted) from business, industry, academia - all over. I googled their names and most have their CVs posted on line. My understanding is not one was brought in for a personal interview. I wonder if they interviewed any one. Amazing - for this level of job most places will do multiple rounds of interviews. So it is a given that it was an inside job and the search was a sham. I cannot believe that none of the 64 was qualified enough to be brought in for a personal interview. Wow !!! To me that is the proof of a sham search. On the plus side, the board had the sense not to parade external candidates in front of Lafayette people for this sham and saved us (candidates) the embarrassment. In a way I am glad - if the politics in Louisiana is so bad and survival depends on butt kissing then people like me do not want to work there. Our qualifications speak for themselves and we actually have strong CVs (compared to ... ) full of accomplishments. I hope this is not perceived as being a sore loser. All the best to HF and hope LITE does well under his leadership. All I can say is you get what you deserve to the people of Lafayette .... I don't know the internal politics of your city but i hear its a very nice town - i hope the politics doesn't ruin it. - The "64" million $$ ..... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:15:46 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1586 "give me a break" is the same poster as "whatever." Under "whatever," you're using poor grammar and you're misspelling. Next time, give me a break/whatever - perhaps you shouldn't overuse the phrase, "give me a break" in a Net forum. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, are you? And, whoops. You just asked me if I'm "out of my mind." That could be construed as attempted slander. :) It's YOU who should be ashamed. Everyone who worked at LITE that first go-round with the tyrant knew EXACTLY what was going on. You won't find a SINGLE PERSON who wasn't savvy to how LITE was run into the ground during that period, the chaos, the insanity, the lack of a product, and the fact that "some" people were fashioning it into their own research project, without any intention of making it a commercial venture. Taking the state's money and disregarding producing profit. Who said anything about a "legal basis"? ROFLMAO! I just queried if YOU KNEW their respective CVs. Testy, testy, aren't we? Nay, dear. You're the illogical respondent here, and quite emotional, as well. Strike a nerve? And you wonder why I and others posting here are convinced it's YOU. My goodness. Speaking of slander...you're really getting into shakey ground, aren't you? Careful. - ROFLMAO Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:24:37 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1585 hear hear Proof. you said it all. - give me a break Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:01:37 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1584 goodness, ROFL, how on earth is henry qualified to create a "first class facility"???? are you out of your mind? if you are such an insider you should know what kind of knowledge, skill level and aptitude that henry has --- or hasn't. people who are showing up on the blog to toot henry's horn should be ashamed. you are just trying to justify a political sham of a "search" the independent did NOT print the leading candidates' names, they just printed the few they knew about. LITE's board has no legal basis for denying the public access to the complete list, as well as their resumes and CVs. btw, henry, a CV is something that people with experience have. ask gregg. Oh, wait. never mind. - give me a break Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:50:55 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1578 Let me reiterate-and this is FROM A CLOSE INSIDER: It has everything to do with how LITE was mismanaged since inception (tyrant rule) and how Henry will hopefully create in LITE what should have been, but was not created before-a first class facility that is for the TAXPAYERS, who are PAYING for it, and not someone's personal tyrannical pet project at the expense of Acadiana citizens. - ROFLMAO Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:42:31 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1577 Absolutely, positively, ShoeFits! Bravo (or brava, as the case may be)!!! That's EXACTLY the question. But I don't think it's "dopes" - I think it's one "dope" pontificating here - and I think we all know who it is. If the tyrant fits. In my opinion. ;) - ROFLMAO Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:40:38 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1576 Did they publish all their qualifications and their CVs as well, "whatever"? Oh, and you can stop spelling Henry's first name as "Henery." It's painfully obvious to everyone here that you've used several monikers on this board, and now you're trying to appear to be someone else by misspelling and bad grammar. You fool no one. Silly? No. You are so anti-LEDA and pro-well-you-know-who - no wonder this board thinks you are you-know-who. God knows no one else is. In my opinion. lol - ROFLMAO Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:39:02 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1562 ROFLMAO give me a break the IND listed the top candidates in a article. They all had more experience then Henery. You are dead set on supporting him and that is obvious. I don't know who all 64 canidates were but the little written about the other top 4 showed he was not even in the same class. I don't personel know Henery and he may be very capable but he was clearly not qualifed for this job. There are alot of people in this town with BA and better experience then Two years VP at LEDA. You are completly silly. What has LEDA ever done. They hold lunchs, give infomation that is public available in nice packets and tell people about goverment programs. This is why Lafayette struggles to reach its goals. The community is insular as other have pointed out. If LITE is in so much trouble they should have hired the best to repair it. It sounds to me that your arguments are based on personnel leaning not logic. Oh wait that is the Lafayette way! - Whatever - Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:15:19 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1552 Carolina Cruz-Niera is a tyrant who ran LITE into the ground. She did so at the expense of everyone around her for her own purposes. She took trips around the world at the taxpayers expense. She was given housing, tenure, and $250,000.00 to create an economic development facility with research ties. She, in fact, created a silo, isolated herself from staff and university, and then proceeded to turn $27 million dollars into a 3 year old pile of of used technology. What everyone here should be asking is why does ULL still employ her. I am compelled to believe that Henry Florsheim is a good man with good intentions. His qualifications are irrelevant as he already has been performing the job in the boards vision, and they are satisfied. Like it or not, they are the stewards of LITE not you dopes pontificating on this post. - TheShoeFits Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:33:47 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1548 Actions speak louder than words... The current team has been in full control for more than 6 months, since November, when they took over a place that had been up and running for a good while and that was set up with and by them (both Marty and Henry had been there for a year or more at that point). The current decision to confirm Henry doesn't change anything about that, it just makes it permanent. Do I think he's the best choice? Probably not, but it doesn't matter at this point, the decision is made. If he's such a business development and management genius (and if he was picked over 63 other people from all over the contry he better be) that should be more than enough time to shape the place exactly as he wants it to be, so I'm expecting to see some good business development and paid projects coming out of LITE soon. And if not, I expect our elected representatives to start asking some poignant questions to the board and the LITE leadership, and not let it continue just as another tax-funded good ole boys club whose sole purpose is to make a few people feel important. And if they won't maybe we need to get ourselves some other elected representatives... - TheProofIsInThePudding Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:21:21 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1546 I tried to say this earlier but I think The Ind is censoring my comments for whatever reason it didn't show up. I like Henry as a person but he doesn't have a chance to save LITE. The place is already almost obsolete, there are kids with piles of XBOX360s that have the computing power of LITE. The place has been mismanaged, poorly (AWFULLY) marketed, lacks a clear purpose and is altogether too insular to be considered part of our community. This isn't about Lafayette, it is about power and prestige for those overpaid big brains that so far haven't produced a thing of consequence. How many years to get to this point? From what I've been told there have been a couple of people come through the doors with the potential to make a difference but they were run off. Now Henry gets to play big shot. We'll see, he's already had several months at the helm. What's changed? Just my opinion. - misterknowitall Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:31:48 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1539 Unless you work for LITE, 'whatever' you're going by in this newest comment LOL, no one has any idea the qualifications of the 64 other people. Henry has been involved with LITE for awhile now. It has nothing to do with liking. It has everything to do with how LITE has been mismanaged and how Henry will hopefully create in LITE what should have been, but was not created before-a first class facility that is for the TAXPAYERS, who are PAYING for it, and not someone's personal pet project at the expense of Acadiana citizens. - ROFLMAO Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:35:06 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1538 I really don't care about this little Lite feud going on here. I also don't care who likes Henery and who likes C. Cruz. The BOTTON line is Henery was NOT and is NOT the best qualifed out of the 64 people who applied period. This is sad. - Whatever - Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:25:13 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1537 Wow. No, in my opinion, you are vastly incorrect, give me (and I think we all know who you really are, even though you're now beginning most of your sentences with lowercase letters to change your writing style, so stop spamming). The comments are far from ignorant. The comments are very well-informed. Brilliant? Hardly. Unqualified? There I agree with you. Many, many horrendous moves were made, and there is a long history of just that involved. But you already know that, don't you? I agree with another one of the commenters here. Karma. Henry IS a brilliant business mind and he will be fantastic for LITE. - ROFLMAO Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:56:09 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4593#comment-1531 All these comments about Cruz are ignorant. it is known in the industry that she is a brilliant mind. it was a coup for LITE To get her. but it was stupid to put her in a management position, she's not a brilliant biz mind, she's a brilliant immersive technology mind. speaking of which, henry is a great guy but he is not a brilliant biz mind. he's inexperienced and he's just not the person who should have been selected -- given the people who did apply. there were some great applicants who were released in favor of him. Henry might be qualified for this job -- in about 20 years. but he's not qualified now. - give me a break Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:10:04 +0100