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IIB: State of Tech in Indiana, TechPoint CEO Ting Gootee

Raquel Bahamonde2023-02-20T11:08:05-05:00February 20, 2023|

In a recent Inside INdiana Business interview with Gerry Dick, TechPoint President and CEO Ting Gootee and Elevate Ventures CEO Christopher Day, talked about the state of the Indiana tech sector. Gootee says despite major layoffs by tech companies such as Microsoft and Amazon, the outlook for the Indiana tech sector is much better. Day says the national situation creates an opportunity for Indiana. In the 2022 Indiana Tech Venture Report, TechPoint reported that more than 130 tech companies reported $441 million in capital investment in 2022. [WATCH] (Sources: Inside INdiana Business, TechPoint)

TechPoint announces nominees for 24th annual Mira Awards Honoring the ‘Best of Tech’ in Indiana

Raquel Bahamonde2023-02-24T06:50:26-05:00February 14, 2023|

INDIANAPOLIS — (Feb. 14, 2023) — TechPoint, the industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s digital innovation economy and overall tech ecosystem, today announced the nominees for its 24th annual Mira Awards program presented by UKG. The Mira Awards are the state’s largest, best known and most prestigious technology awards, and the annual gala celebrates the “Best of Tech” in Indiana. TechPoint received a record-breaking 236 nominations and entries for the awards this year — 38 percent more than the previous highwater mark set in 2018. The 141 entries advancing as 2023 Mira Award nominees include individuals, educators, community organizations, state agencies, investors, entrepreneurs and tech employers with remarkable achievements in the prior year. In aggregate, the company nominees that provided data employ more than 57,000 people in Indiana and represent more than $20.1 billion in annual revenue. “The record number of entries and [...]

TechPoint 2022 Indiana Tech Venture Report

Raquel Bahamonde2023-02-08T15:14:28-05:00February 2, 2023|

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Seismic Shifts in the Talent Landscape: 2023 TechPoint Indiana Tech Workforce Report

Raquel Bahamonde2023-02-08T14:46:25-05:00January 31, 2023|

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TechPoint announces 2023 executive committee and personnel changes

Raquel Bahamonde2023-01-24T09:46:37-05:00January 24, 2023|

INDIANAPOLIS — (January 24, 2023) — TechPoint, Indiana’s industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s digital innovation economy and overall tech ecosystem, today announced its new executive committee and recent personnel changes. “Going into what some predict will be a nationally challenging economy, the Indiana tech community is well positioned but must continue to focus together on important challenges like access to talent, capital and the resources needed to encourage digital innovation,” said TechPoint President and CEO Ting Gootee. “Fortunately, we have the leadership and team necessary to provide support and drive innovation.” The organization’s executive committee will continue to be led by Cummins’ Chief Digital Officer Sherry Aaholm and will also include the following members. Asterisks denote those new to the executive committee. Latoya Botteron, president and chief financial officer, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership* Aman Brar, general partner, Ground Game Ventures [...]

IndyStar: TechPoint’s CEO on her job and challenges of growing Indiana’s tech sector

Raquel Bahamonde2023-01-13T15:40:16-05:00January 13, 2023|

In a recent IndyStar article, reporter Alexandria Burris sat down with new TechPoint President and CEO Ting Gootee to talk about the key areas of growth in the tech sector. Gootee says tech workers and digital innovation are two of the key elements to the growth of the Indiana economy, especially in advanced industry sectors such as agriculture, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and logistics. Gootee, who was named to the new role in 2022, wants Indiana to keep pace with tech job growth by adding 41,000 tech workers by 2030. [READ MORE] (Source: IndyStar)

Office of Career and Technical Education opens applications for Education Readiness Grants; Partners with Conexus Indiana and TechPoint

Raquel Bahamonde2023-01-12T10:43:34-05:00January 12, 2023|

(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE), in partnership with Conexus Indiana and TechPoint, has opened applications for Education Readiness Grants, which provide funding for selected schools to implement high school CTE programs in high-demand career fields, specifically advanced manufacturing and information technology. The grant aims to strengthen partnerships between industry and local schools, while increasing student access to opportunities in these career fields. Schools seeking to implement or expand select programs of study in advanced manufacturing and information technology are eligible to apply. Applications are available here and open through February 15. Grant recipients must demonstrate a direct connection with local employers in advanced manufacturing or information technology with the goal of recruiting more students to CTE and graduating job-ready students with experience and credentials needed by local employers. Schools using Education Readiness Grants must [...]

TechPoint acquires, expands and rebrands Indy CIO Network to Indiana CIO Network

Raquel Bahamonde2023-01-03T08:39:36-05:00December 21, 2022|

INDIANAPOLIS — (December 21, 2022) — TechPoint, the nonprofit, industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s technology companies and overall tech ecosystem, has taken over management of a networking organization. For more than 10 years, this group has helped Hoosier tech executives learn, collaborate and lead tech innovation in companies across central Indiana. Launched by author, speaker and IT leader Jeff Ton as the Indy CIO Network, the networking group catered to Chief Information Officers (CIO) in Central Indiana and grew from a 2011 lunch gathering with a handful colleagues. “We ‘talked shop’ and exchanged ideas at that first meeting about how to approach various workplace information technology challenges, and it was so valuable that we decided we needed to meet every month and later added dinner events to keep each other up on the latest issues and trends,” Ton said. “It’s only [...]

TechPoint powering a venture support ‘Dream Team’ to help cross-sector Hoosier startups drive digital innovation throughout Indiana

Raquel Bahamonde2022-12-14T09:19:56-05:00December 14, 2022|

INDIANAPOLIS — (December 14, 2022) — Building a business – even for the most innovative products and services – is hard. Building a venture-backed high-growth company from the ground up is even harder. But Indiana is full of eager entrepreneurs with innovative ideas who are ready to take on the challenge. That’s why TechPoint is working with some of its Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) initiatives and the nation’s venture capital community to supercharge programs and services that connect Hoosier founders with industry experts and investment professionals to help support innovative ideas. Most of the suite of services is available free-of-charge to Hoosier entrepreneurs and will grow as additional needs are identified. TechPoint President and CEO Ting Gootee said the collaborative effort is designed to help Hoosier entrepreneurs fully activate their startups and elevate them to scale-up status whether they [...]

TechPoint opens nominations for 24th Mira Awards championing tech talent and digital innovation

Raquel Bahamonde2022-12-13T03:35:52-05:00December 13, 2022|

Entries accepted now through Friday, January 27, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 13, 2022) — TechPoint is accepting nominations for its 24th annual Mira Awards, Indiana’s largest, best known and most prestigious technology awards program. People are encouraged to enter themselves or nominate others in 18 different “Best of Tech” award categories, 10 of which are brand new this year. Entries are expected to come from across all industries throughout the state including technology, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and logistics, agribiosciences, academia and more. The award categories reflect the importance of technology as an enabler of all other industries, as well as TechPoint’s focus on talent pathways into tech careers and the digital innovation that continues to drive disruptive change on a global scale. “CIOs, IT departments and other tech innovators and entrepreneurs rose to the challenge of growing digital connectivity and [...]

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