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Salesforce Marketing Cloud COO Glenda Akers and Kronos VP, Global Professional Services Kristina Lengyel join board of directors TechPoint has announced new leadership for its board of directors. Scott McCorkle, former chief executive officer of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, will become board chair replacing Kelly Pfledderer, founder and former CEO of Apparatus. Glenda Akers, chief operating […]

Revolution CEO, investor, and co-founder of AOL, Steve Case, recently announced a commitment to invest an additional $500,000 in startups across five regions as part of the sixth Rise of the Rest bus tour. That tour is coming to Indianapolis on October 12, and TechPoint is urging Indianapolis tech startups and scale-ups to participate. The […]

The Indianapolis 500 is a specially-rated event, with similar security standards to the Super Bowl. Working alongside law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, Rook Security set up a Cyber Command Center inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Emergency Operation Center (EOC), to detect and respond to digital threats.

For some, coming to Indiana is coming back home. For others, like Amanda Banach, coming to Indiana is a matter of circumstance, like the result of her fiance’s job transfer. Little did she know about the growing tech scene and the vast potential for new career opportunities. With past experience in retail purchasing, merchandising, marketing, […]

To accurately describe how I accidentally became a TechPoint Xtern, I first should explain what led me to apply for an internship at Mimir. As an incoming junior in Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, my area of study has been finance and marketing. Last fall, I began to pursue a summer internship and my […]

I’m going to do something that I probably shouldn’t do. I’m going to lift the veil on a closed-door leadership meeting at a company that I joined a mere few months ago. See, I recently joined the leadership team at Springbuk, a health analytics company in the heart of Indianapolis. Throughout my career, I’ve been […]

In today’s world, data is knowledge. That’s why it was one big leap for Indiana when the House and Senate voted to pass House Bill 1470 — also known as the Open Data Bill — to formally codify the open sharing of information between agencies. Although the bill was passed just this year, Indiana has […]

If you’ve looked at our Job Board lately, you’ve likely noticed the increase of customer success roles in Indiana tech companies. You likely have customer success managers who represent your company, regardless of the position or title they might possess. Think about every software-as-a-service application you or your company purchased in the last few months. […]