TechPoint Announces 2022 Class of Tech 25 Winners
TechPoint, the nonprofit, industry-led growth accelerator for Indiana’s tech ecosystem, has announced the Tech 25 Class of 2022. Now in its eighth year, the Tech 25 Awards honor a prestigious selection of twenty-five individuals who are critical and exceptional performers helping to grow Indiana’s tech and tech-enabled companies, but who—not being the CEO or other top executive—don’t get […]
Tech apprenticeships are changing lives as well as company futures
If the word apprenticeship conjures images of tool belts and construction sites rather than computer science and software, you’re not alone. The skilled trades, such as carpentry and masonry, have been hiring apprentices based on their passion for or interest in the field and training them on the job since the 16th century. By contrast, […]
CNO Financial IT leverages people-centered strategy to achieve Tech Happiness
Mike Mead, the chief information officer at $3.8 billion insurer CNO Financial Group lights up when asked about his team of 250 corporate associates and 1,400 global partners, whom he passionately refers to as “One-Team”. Mead offers, “I get to work with some of the best in the business, a team focused on achieving Tech […]
Pride: Bringing your whole self to work in tech
Prior to joining the tech community, Stephen Phillips worked as a school counselor and therapist before moving into human resources and talent acquisition. One work environment was just plain discriminatory and one lacked basic knowledge of LGBTQ+ issues, but was at least friendly to its gay employees, he said. “I had my pronouns he/him in […]