Meet Our Team

The Beaufort Digital Corridor is a highly collaborative organization with advisors hailing from the Beaufort tech community and beyond. This allows us to stay lean, relevant and highly responsive to the dynamic needs of our technology entrepreneurs and tech-related businesses. We believe in community-sourced intelligence as the preferred way to operate.

The BDC Foundation Board of Directors sets the priorities for the organization and the Executive Director carries them out. The Leadership team at the Charleston Digital Corridor mentors and assist as needed.

  • Jess O'Brien

    Executive Director
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    Jess O'Brien is the Executive Director and de-facto CEO of the Beaufort Digital Corridor (BDC) and Beaufort Digital Corridor Foundation (BDCF). Under her leadership, the BDC has grown from 18 companies in 2021 to 80+ companies today and is recognized as a model for high-wage, knowledge-based economic development.

    Prior to taking on this role, Jess was a digital marketing leader with a proven track record of managing agency teams and clients. She discovered her love of fostering start-ups during a previous stint at an agency located within Atlanta Tech Village. Since then, she has worked with companies of all sizes, from SMBs to national franchises. While Jess' career has taken her across the Southeast, she relocated from Atlanta, GA to Beaufort in 2014, and is proud to call the town her home. Jess served on the BDC as a volunteer Board Member, Secretary and Treasurer from 2018-2020, and has been employed full-time as the Executive Director of the BDC since 2021. Outside of the office, she enjoys singing, writing music, gardening, reading, and taking in the many beautiful Lowcountry views.

  • Angela Coxe

    Program Manager
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    Angela Coxe serves as the Program Manager at the Beaufort Digital Corridor (BDC), where she fosters growth and innovation within the local tech ecosystem. Angela connects tech professionals and startups with essential resources, mentorship, and opportunities critical to their success in the technology sector. Her expertise in organizing community-oriented tech events and marketing initiatives at the BDC has boosted the corridor's visibility and created a welcoming hub for tech entrepreneurs to connect, share, and thrive.

    In her personal life, Angela practices the concept of kaizen, also known as continuous self-improvement, and engages in reading, growing closer to God, and learning Japanese. She plans to travel to Japan once she becomes fluent in the language.