In 2005 Angel Ortiz the owner and president of ZITRO Construction Services had been out of the construction business for three years. Angel was working in New Orleans as a pressman for a printing company when Hurricane Katrina hit. After the storm he returned home to help repair the break in the levee. “That turned into people saying ‘Hey we need your help ’ so we started gutting houses and I naturally got back into the industry.” Hurricane Gustav brought him to Baton Rouge when contractors called him to help with the recovery. “I ended up meeting so many good people and the business community was so strong here I decided to stay.” Angel ended up working as an independent contractor for six years and in 2011 opened ZITRO Construction Services.