Articles by Cheryl Reed

Ron Pelletier was one of the 30 million people who lost their jobs at the start of the Great Recession. As a cybersecurity specialist, he knew he could keep himself busy through independent consulting until a “real job” came along. From the basement of his home in 2008, he founded Pondurance. Twelve years later, with […]

For seven years now, the TechPoint Xtern program has become increasingly popular with college students across the U.S. Applicants have far out-paced the number of positions available from Indianapolis tech companies each year, even as companies outside the capital city wanted and needed young talent. More than 2,000 students from 222 universities and 43 home […]

Applications to take part in TechPoint’s Xtern program hit an all-time high this year, which means Indiana’s tech community is in for a spectacular Finalist Day on November 13. Student applications to participate in the coveted internship program totaled 2,035, which is an increase of 12% over previous years. Taking the usual recruitment efforts to […]

When the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to upend a five-year tradition of showcasing their high-tech advanced manufacturing operations to students via field trips, Allegion didn’t blink. In fact, the global company—which houses its Americas regional offices in Carmel as well as two manufacturing facilities and a technical center in Indianapolis—took the opportunity to expand its reach. […]

More than 14 million Americans work in sales positions. When their success rates falter, they often blame the strength of the leads sent to them by the company’s marketing department. Marketing (also in trouble for weak performance) blames Sales. Much finger-pointing ensues. There may be no better display of this love-hate departmental relationship than the […]

Investment into Indiana’s tech community is continuing to flow during the COVID-19 pandemic, and TechPoint isn’t letting up on its efforts to attract more investors to the state. What is new for the tech community growth accelerator is a focus on building relationships with more Black, Hispanic and women-owned venture capital firms, as well as […]

At the turn of the millennium 20 years ago, leading U.S. real estate think tanks were certain that technological advances would drive a great migration rivaling the Industrial Revolution in the first half of the 21st Century. Up to 70 million office workers were expected to be freed from traditional workplaces, which would inspire them […]

TechCongress is a nonpartisan non-profit, which was incubated at the Open Technology Institute at New America research center in Washington D.C., that seeks to bridge the gap between government and the technology community. It places computer scientists, engineers and other technologists to serve as technology policy advisors to Members of Congress through one-year Congressional Innovation […]