Luke Christiansen

  • Valvora Innovation Station a “suggestion box on steroids” for corps

    Valvora Innovation Station a “suggestion box on steroids” for corps

    OMAHA—There are 46,000 employees at Union Pacific, making it one of the larger employers in the Midwest. And with that, comes a lot of hierarchy out of pure necessity. But hierarchy can make it difficult for lower level employees to get an idea heard and executed quickly…

  • The startup that grew from inside a 152-year-old Fortune 150 company

    One of Nebraska’s newest software companies looks and sounds like a startup, and it tends to act like one. It’s got five young developer employees. Its products are mobile-based and innovative like a lot of startups. Its website looks like any other. The team practices lean principals. But there’s something inherently different about Valvora, a…