Engineering firm exec started at the bottom
Donna Gadient has risen to the top ranks of engineering firm R.W. Armstrong through hard work, and without a college education.
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2010 Women of Influence
IBJ’s Women of Influence program recognizes central Indiana women who exemplify the traits required to be outstanding leaders in their chosen fields.
Local MBA programs score with women
Female enrollment in Indianapolis master’s programs surpasses the national average. Telamon Vice President Sunny Lu said her MBA has helped her grow business.
IPL chief Ann Murtlow is ‘personable’ power
Ann Murtlow's ability to connect with employees and the community has helped her thrive in a male-dominated field. She is one of a only a handful of women in the country to lead utilities.
INSIDE DISH: Iozzo’s endures heat of first year
In a first year filled with adjustments, fledgling restaurateur Katie
Harris of Iozzo's outlines lessons learned from the $350,000 start-up and fluctuating sales.
LEADING QUESTIONS: IPL chief takes charge
Ann Murtlow describes taking control of the troubled utility and how she handles the demands of serving on a dozen different boards.
Pearl IRB first firm in state to pre-screen clinical drug trials
Two former Eli Lilly and Co. employees launched the firm that promises to attract more clinical trial business to the state.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Gleaners chief gets wake-up call
CEO Pamela Altmeyer reevaluated her priorities
and decided to step down after a family tragedy and the agency's latest capital campaign.
INSIDE DISH: Kelties eyes return to salad days
Owner and chef Keltie Domina is relying on cost-cutting, an uptick in sales and her talent for shifting strategies
to dig out of a recession-based deficit.
JPMorgan’s wealth advisory group led from Indianapolis
Elizabeth Schlueter started out in Fort Wayne and rose through a series of promotions that landed her not on Wall
Street but in Indianapolis.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Burd Ford flies after tragedy
Richard Burd's suicide led to shrewd cost-cutting at the family auto dealership. For Christine Burd, returning to profitability is both heartening and heartbreaking.
LEADING QUESTIONS Not-for-profit prez: ‘Take a breath’
Keira Amstutz of the Indiana Humanities Council has counterintuitive advice for fundraising pitches, plus counsel on
finding balance and avoiding overthinking.
INSIDE DISH: Tulip Noir owner learns as she goes
Dina Romay-Sipe, a designer turned novice restaurateur, cooked up Tulip Noir from scratch. Good advice along the way:
Stick to your budget, pay your bills, and get it in writing.
Contract pharmaceutical research firm expands to New Jersey
Concentrics grows in spite of recession as drug companies look for help to handle patent expirations
Women leading local food movement
Women are leading the movement toward healthful, organic food grown close to home. Farmer’s markets, CSAs, food co-ops are
sign of growing trend.
Health care reform bringing changes to Caregivers
Caregivers anticipates coping with declining Medicare reimbursements while having to offer insurance to its employees.
Veteran attorneys Pence and Hensel leave Taft to launch own firm
Linda Pence and David Hensel will concentrate on complex civil and business disputes, as well as white-collar criminal defense work.
In-car spy device could drive sales
Carmel-based CarCheckup LLC has created a cell-phone-size device that plugs into a car’s “OBD II” diagnostic port to track
a plethora of data, such as speed ranges, graphs of RPM, and numbers on how hard the car accelerated and braked. The company
is marketing the device to parents of teen drivers, among others.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Small-biz tips from finance whiz
Jean Wojtowicz, whose firm has helped fund more than 1,200 Indiana companies, recommends the "front-page test,"
looking seriously at expanding, and pulling the trigger quickly on toxic employees.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Lead-foot Skillman takes tactful route
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman left behind the hot-rod racing of her youth
for the hallowed halls of the Statehouse. Polite persuasion is her secret weapon.