Our Services

Taimerica provides innovative answers to the location questions of states, communities, and businesses worldwide. While we are interested in novel projects that push the envelope of technology, most of our engagements are in the following areas:

• Strategic Planning
• Cluster and Technology Studies
• Organizational Design & Best Practices Evaluations
• Global & National Marketing Strategies
• Corporate Site Selection and Real Estate Evaluation
• Incentives Negotiation and Development

Our Associates

Ed Bee CEcD
Ed Bee is founder and President. Prior to founding the company in 1997, Bee led economic development programs in Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia, including the largest regional ED group in Louisiana. Bee has worked personally on over 50 office and factory projects during his 24 years in the economic development field. Among his career accomplishments are the development and passage of payroll based incentive programs in Louisiana and Oklahoma. Bee has recently published papers nationally on cutting edge topics like technology-led economic development and globalization

Charlotte Batson

Charlotte Batson has over 20 years experience in data collection and analysis, including survey design and implementation, interviewing, database design and development. Ms. Batson, who spent five years at the Center for Community and Economic Development at The University of Southern Mississippi, has experience in a a wide variety of economic development projects, particularly for communities with populations under 40,000.  These projects range from strategic planning workshops and retail studies to community development to the development of highly technical digital tools.  Ms. Batson also has professional experience in petroleum exploration, in defense contracting, and in health care.

David Kolzow, PhD
Dr. David Kolzow pioneered the concept of strategic planning in economic development. He has personally completed over 50 strategic plans in communities throughout the United States. Few onsulting firms have personnel with his depth and breadth of background. Dr. Kolzow wrote Strategic Planning for Economic Development, the most comprehensive "how to" textbook on the subject of strategic planning for development groups that is in its second revision and is published by the International Economic Development Council. Dr. Kolzow is also at the forefront on outcome-based performance measurement for economic development organizations and sustainable economic development concepts

Ardyn Thriffiley CEcD
Ardyn Thriffiley has spent 15 years in the field of research and marketing. Ms. Thriffiley spent many years with Entergy Louisiana's Economic Development Group where she established a research center containing resources used in the site selection decision making process including the AEDC award winning web site, a web-based searchable database of available buildings and sites, parish and community profiles, marketing materials on key resources in Louisiana communities, and research and analysis of target industries for Louisiana.