Indy’s tech ecosystem is admired, aspired to by St. Louis leaders

Sometimes it takes a view from outside of our own community to remind us just how far we've come — to take a moment and acknowledge the enormity of Indy's tech sector successes over the past few years. Last week I received a call from a reporter at the St. Louis Dispatch in Missouri. He […]

By way of IndyXmas, Austin Stoltzfus joins the ExactTarget team as a UX developer

From Pennsylvania Amish country to Upland, Indiana to Florida to Turkey to Indianapolis (and lots of places in between), Austin Stoltzfus developed a love for computer science, stories (and the people who tell them) and true entrepreneurial spirit. After he graduated from Taylor University in 2013 with a  degree in Computer Science – New Media/Systems, […]

10 Things You Should Know about Millennials as Customers

Insights from the Interactive Intelligence Interactions Conference event — Meet Your New Customer: Panel Discussion with Millennial Aged Consumers  Now that half of all Millennials (born 1980-2000) have reached the magical 24-year-old consumer demographic, they are rapidly displacing Baby Boomers in buying power in probably every category except health care and retirement services. What this means […]

Interactive Intelligence draws 2,000 customer experience pros from 50 countries for Interactions conference

Interactive Intelligence CEO Don Brown’s passion for the company he founded was palpable as he welcomed 2,000 customer service professionals from 50 countries to Indianapolis at the company’s annual Interactions global conference. In his usual irreverent (but very likable) style, Don talked about “giving fits to the big guys out there” and the large, attentive […]

Eli Lilly and Company Invests in Tech Growth Initiative

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Mike Meadows Joins TechPoint Board of Directors  TechPoint, Indiana’s technology growth initiative, announced today that Eli Lilly and Company has invested in the nonprofit economic development organization, joining its Pillar Partner donors who contribute $25,000 or more annually. Lilly is one of the largest employers of highly skilled computer-related workers […]