2016 CTO of the Year: Gerry McCartney
McCartney launched the Purdue Pathmaker Internship Program, which now has 11 corporations and the state of Indiana employing students part time to perform entry-level engineering and technical jobs.
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2016 CTO of the Year: Colin D. Joynt
Kite has embarked on improving its ability to support team members who are not based in Indianapolis, and the IT organization is playing a key role by rolling out new technologies, improving infrastructure and visiting remote offices to better understand their challenges and frustrations.
2016 CTO of the Year: Tim Horoho
Within about nine months of joining the company—which does business with such brands as Microsoft, Nike, Kohl’s and Bank of America—Horoho and his team hit their first billion-email month.
2016 CTO of the Year: Darin Brown
In Brown’s short time at Angie’s List, he has completed the redesign of the company’s consumer, professional and internal technical platforms, including dropping the paywall that had been in place for 21 years.
2016 CTO of the Year: Eric Sendelbach
Sendelbach and his team have rolled out software advancements that paved the way for Mobi, which helps companies manage mobile devices, rack up explosive revenue growth.
DINING: New treats to try at the State Fair
You could stick with the staples. But we went in search of new culinary offerings. Deep Fried Birthday Cake Pop anyone?
2016 CTO of the Year: Pat O’Day
(IBJ photo/Eric Learned) Bluelock Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Major company achievements during tenure: Bluelock focuses on disaster recovery—keeping businesses running even if a data center is destroyed or damaged. Bluelock’s work has earned the attention of IT analyst Gartner Inc., which named it a 2016 “Leader in the Disaster Recovery as a Service” category. […]
2016 CTO of the Year: Laura Breedlove
Breedlove and her team's CRM software helps personalize the health care experience by driving action and accountability.
LOU’S VIEWS: Great game hunting at Gen Con 2016
The mission: Find 10 new games that would appeal to a range of gamers. The results: A varied lot that includes test tubes, Vikings, bomb diffusion, and a charades variant.
2016 CTO of the Year: Matt A. Weaver
Among Weaver's achievements was rolling out a system that tracks employee performance and improves employee communication.
2016 CTO of the Year: Greg Clancy
Clancy and his team replaced and consolidated Farm Bureau Insurance's policy management systems, and implemented company-wide imaging and workflow systems.
2016 CTO of the Year: John Wolff
Wolff and his team implemented a new order-fulfillment system and accounting, network infrastructure, warehouse automation, fleet GPS, and HR software at the beverage distribution company.
Review: Cirque du Soleil’s “Toruk”
The show’s visual beauty is strapped to a series of plot devices as clunky as those in Marvel Universe Live.
Indianapolis Monthly lands new editor, a prior victim of layoff
Michael Rubino, former senior editor for Indianapolis Monthly, has been named editor-in-chief after the departure of Amanda Heckert, who ran the city mag since 2012.
Priority list includes an arena ‘Avatar’ show, State Fair concerts
Also, a festival celebrates arts and culture on W. Michigan St.
Ticket giveaway: Adult Swim at Old National Center
The TV cable channel gets the drive-in movie treatment at this touring event.
DINING: Latest Indian eatery on Michigan Road offers something different
Hyderabad House offers 16 varieties of biryani, a dish made with basmati rice.
LOU’S VIEWS: In ‘Underground Airlines,’ the Civil War never happened
Plus other book news, including a local writer about to enter the Marvel universe.
Priority list: Indiana State Fair and Gen Con make the cut
Plus First Friday first-stop suggestions and an oddity at the Tube Factory
Local retailers betting on board games
An expanding universe of specialty retailers in central Indiana and across the country is satiating an appetite for old-fashioned—and new-fashioned—board games.