Rising Star Award winner Chris Palmer learned entrepreneurship from father, grandfather

Growing up, Chris Palmer watched his grandfather and his father build successful businesses in Indianapolis, which inspired him to start his own company as a teenager, which he ultimately sold while he was still a student at Purdue University. After graduating, Chris was selected as an Orr Fellow and worked for Indianapolis-based parking software company, […]

Marketing Tech Award winner PERQ helps customers increase sales with FATWIN gaming technology

Indianapolis-based marketing technology and promotions company, PERQ, received the Marketing Tech Award for its FATWIN incentive gaming technology during the 15th annual TechPoint Mira Awards honoring the best of tech in Indiana. The technology collects valuable consumer information for future marketing efforts, while consumers become more familiar with promoted brands and they have fun while […]

Tech Educator of the Year Jonathan Blake Huer pushes boundaries of traditional education, opens students to digital frontier

Jonathan Blake Huer is an award winning app developer and filmmaker, an Apple Distinguished Educator, Adobe Education Leader, Campus Technology Innovator, an author who just published his first book, and now he is Tech Educator of the Year. Jonathan received the award during the 15th annual TechPoint Mira Awards honoring the best of tech in […]

Education Tech Award winner Social Net Watcher software scans social media to prevent school bullying and violence

Plainfield, Indiana-based cloud software firm Social Net Watcher received the Education Tech Award for its innovative scanning algorithm during the 15th annual TechPoint Mira Awards honoring the best of tech in Indiana. The technology monitors students’ social media posts and alerts teachers and parents to potential cyberbullying, suicide or violent threats. Once phrases are identified, […]

Tech Sales and Marketing Award winner Teradata earned eight-digit revenue bump from integrated content marketing campaign

A small Indianapolis-based team within Teradata’s Integrated Marketing Management unit (including the acquired Indianapolis-based company Aprimo) received the Tech Sales and Marketing Award for their highly effective integrated content marketing campaign during TechPoint’s 15th annual Mira Awards honoring the best of tech in Indiana. This team perfectly executed an integrated content marketing campaign that yielded […]