Heartfelt hackers help Hoosiers halt hassles

Steve Hodges is happy that he and his teammates won $1,500 cash and a whole host of prize package perks for winning one of the five different challenges from the Indy Civic Hackathon. What he’s really proud of, however, is using his skills as a developer to help the community. “It’s great to have the […]

5 Chris Heivly articles every Innovation Showcase attendee should read

If you’re planning on going to the Innovation Showcase in Indianapolis on July 9th, you really need to brush up on your Chris Heivly — the opening keynote speaker. Sure, Chris helped co-found MapQuest (sold to AOL for $1.2B) and he’s held leadership roles with companies ranging in size from $200,000 to $20 million, but it’s […]

Technical skills ‘mismatch’ threatens Indiana’s economy

It is an inescapable fact that Indiana faces a growing gap between the number of jobs that require technical skills and the number of workers who possess them. This reality was made abundantly clear in a recent study by HireUp Indy and TechPoint. It found that computer and information technology (IT) jobs in Indiana grew […]

CELEBRATION: Even if you haven’t yet built it, they will come.

This week is all about entrepreneurs in the state of Indiana. At events across the state, entrepreneurs are being recognized and celebrated for turning their passions into reality and igniting Indiana’s economy. Nearly 1.2 million Hoosiers are employed by a small business and more than 97 percent of all Indiana businesses are classified as small. Indiana Entrepreneurship Week celebrates all […]

VIDEO: Teradata’s Tommy Richardson on the CTO role and risk-taking

Just before giving the presentation during a very special TechPoint Tech Thursday in conjunction with Indiana’s Entrepreneurship Week Celebration, Teradata Marketing Applications CTO Tommy Richardson sat down with  us for an interview. We talked about the changing role of the CTO throughout his career, which started as a computer specialist in the Army National Guard leading […]