08/27/2021
Check out our founder/CEO Jake Cantrell in the series “Portraits of a Community” from Center on Rural Innovation!
Ada is re-imagining what is possible and has begun creating a digital economy ecosystem that can meet the future head-on. As part of Ada's involvement with the Center on Rural Innovation's Rural Innovation Initiative, some of Ada's business leaders were showcased in CORI's latest installment of "Portraits of a community", a series which spotlights the people doing exciting and innovative things across rural America!
One of these portraits is of Jake Cantrell, President and CEO, Cantrell Jackson Oilfield Software. A self-described serial entrepreneur, Jake Cantrell built his first website for a commercial client in eighth grade and has been riffing from there ever since. An Ada native, he went off to college at Oklahoma State but soon returned — the desire to be near family drew both he and his now-wife back to the area. His enterprising efforts transitioned with the opportunities, from building sites to a proprietary content management system to his current venture, a software-as-a-service platform that streamlines billing for oilfield operations.
Read more about Jake and the other Ada businesses and leaders who were showcased here: https://ruralinnovation.us/community-impact/community-stories/portraits-of-a-community-ada/?fbclid=IwAR17tIGw8Bz0NGg7SmDCWytIOHPwKSQ6Un5ql80BPRL4q48LAjWP1gDIwU