Winning ‘Rising Star’ helped Lindsay Siovaila grow Girl Develop It and spotlight tech diversity

Lindsay Siovaila is the graphic designer and self-taught software developer who accelerated her career into full-time development at Salesforce after creating an app on her own that caught the attention of then CEO Scott McCorkle and influenced the Marketing Cloud’s enterprise email tool. Today she’s a lead solutions developer with Salesforce and she’s a well-known […]

HR’s important role in fast-growing startups and scale-ups

HR is a critical component of startup and scale-up technology companies, but it is often seen as a priority for hiring talent as a company grows quickly to bring a product to market. A founder or company executive might be used to “playing HR” when making hires or developing policies, but how do you know when […]

Kyle Potts believes in the creativity and artistry of programming

Born in Highland, Ind., Kyle found his passion for technology not in a classroom but in a dumpster. When he spotted the old discarded computer, he took the opportunity to learn more about it by attempting to boot it up. Eighth grade Kyle didn’t have the resources to purchase a new operating system for the […]

Winning a Mira Award was a powerful talent recruitment tool for Schneider Corporation

After quietly reinventing itself from a 50+ year old land surveying and development company into a national e-government software powerhouse, The Schneider Corporation decided to apply for a Mira Award for the work it’s technology team had done in 2015 for local governments all across the country. According to Jeff Corns, executive vice president at Schneider Corporation, […]

Lightbulb Moments: Working Together with Education to Fill Indy’s Tech Pipeline

The Pike High School freshman cafeteria last Thursday, November 9, 2017, was noisy. The air was filled with buzz of poignant discussions, probing questions and the start of friendships forming. Any other day those would not be newsworthy activities. What makes this particular Thursday so unique was who was filling the cafeteria chairs. Sixteen of […]