Earl B. Heard is the founder and CEO of Business and Industry Communications (BIC) Alliance, which includes BIC Media Solutions (BMS) - a custom publishing, event planning, and media investment company. He is the publisher of BIC Magazine, the Western Hemisphere's largest multi-industry energy publication, and has written and published seven books through BMS: It's What We Do Together That Counts, Energy Entrepreneurs, Industry Achievers, Earl's Pearls, Michael Learns to Listen, Louisiana Sports Legends and Heroes-Leaving A Legacy, and Rock Bottom and Back - From Desperation to Inspiration. In 2014, BMS expanded its media investments into co-producing and marketing inspirational, faith-based filmed entertainment. Earl Heard is credited as Executive Producer on feature film A Gift Horse (2015), starring John Schneider; Rock Bottom and Back inspirational television series (2016), starring Danny Trejo; and feature film Urban Country (2017), starring Brighton Sharbino, C. Thomas Howell, and Lou Diamond Philips.