About Us | Loblolly Tech

I founded Loblolly Technologies because I believe that high quality data, properly interpreted, can unlock many mysteries of the world we live in.

I believe that all organizations, large and small, public and private, for profit and non profit can and should benefit from the insights that data can provide, and that consistent use of data will lead to smarter decisions, more consistent achievement of goals, and better service for customers and constituents.

Nicole Weaver

Leadership

Nicole Weaver, Principal

Nicole has spent over 30 years in strategic and technical leadership positions, in organizations in the public and private sector. She has redefined the use of data in large and small organizations and built systems and cultures to more effectively and regularly use data for decisions.

Nicole believes that every organization, large or small, sophisticated data user or just starting out, can get massive benefit from a sustained focus on increased use of data in making decisions

Stephanie Butler, Executive Advisor

Stephanie has spent her career listening to executives across many industries struggle with the challenges of data collection, data management and effective data use.

Stephanie believes It is not the volume of the data that counts, rather that the data is answering the right questions to drive business focused outcomes. Asking the right questions is often the biggest challenge.

About Our Name

Why “Loblolly”?

Well, glad you asked. Firstly, it’s very hard to name a new company, so we were looking for something memorable. I mean why Amazon or Bluetooth?

"Loblolly" is memorable and kinda fun to say. But it turns out that the Loblolly Pine (pinus taeda) is a pretty interesting tree! Native to the south eastern United States, it is fast growing and incredibly beneficial, serving as a nesting site for eagles and osprey and providing food for many songbirds. It’s very adaptable but often grows in swampy muddy puddles. It is also the first pine tree to have it’s DNA completely sequenced and it turns out it has over 22 billion pairs of chromosomes, about seven times as many as a human!