Nolasoft Development

Founded in 1997 as Paradigm Computer by Jason Cross of Indianola, Iowa, the name was changed to Nolasoft Development in 2000. This was done to greater reflect the increased focus on web site design and programming being done by the company and its partners. Nolasoft's founder and principal is Jason Cross, a technology entreprenuer who started CrossPaths.net Internet while attending Simpson College, which he sold at the age of 21 to Des Moines-based Lighthouse Communications. As Director of Consumer Internet for Lighthouse, Jason was also responsible for the creation and operations of FBX Internet, an Internet service formed with the cooperation of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. FBX grew to become the third-largest Internet Service Provider in Iowa in the space of two years, after which it was sold to Iowa Telecom.