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Interface Web School joins AIM team
Omaha’s Interface Web School is now part of AIM, a not-for-profit organization that grows, connects and inspires tech talent to ensure a world-class tech workforce for the region. “I am honored to be joining AIM,” said co-founder Shonna Dorsey, in a press release. “I am wholeheartedly committed to AIM’s mission and to providing more opportunities to…
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Agape Red brings a personal touch to development
In 2010 David Kerber, founder and CEO of Agape Red, started the company part time with the goal of providing quality development to startups. Developing everything from accounting software to video games, Agape Red now serves a variety of companies including: Woodhouse Auto Group, Red Basket and Phillips 66 Lubricants. The team has worked with…
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Custom software company Agilx finds its “sweet spot” in Lincoln’s Haymarket
About 18 months ago SPN profiled Dustin Clonch and Jake McElroy, co-founders of Lincoln technology company Agilx. We sat down with them again to get an update. For starters, the custom software company has moved from the Nebraska Technology Park into space formerly occupied by FUSE Coworking in the Haymarket. How’s that working out “We love…
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Slack Chat: Shonna Dorsey, Brent Comstock on JumpstartLabs for tech talent training
This summer BCom Solutions and Interface Web School announced the launch of JumpstartLabs, an education program designed to help unemployed and underemployed adults get tech skills training that will lead to their next job and a new career. JSL serves participants in Nebraska’s CONNECT program, a federally funded grant that helps unemployed workers transition into IT careers. …
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QA with Rob Hruska on Hudl’s approach to microservices
Rob Hruska is an Engineering Director for Hudl in Lincoln, Nebraska. He will be giving a presentation, “A Microservices Architecture that Emphasizes Rapid Development,” at this year’s Heartland Developers Conference (Sept. 7-9). SPN caught up with Hruska at Hudl’s offices in downtown Omaha. SPN: How’s Hudl doing? RH: We’re doing pretty well. We’re expanding our global reach this year…
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QA with Aviture’s Kathy Andersen on software development
Kathy Andersen is a Business Analyst and Quality Analyst for Aviture in Omaha. She also works with Decision Logic, a restaurant management software company based in Lincoln, Nebraska. She will be giving a presentation, “Something’s Rotten in the State of Quality,” at this year’s Heartland Developers Conference (Sept. 7-9) with her co-presenter Nicholas Tuck, Software Gardener at Aviture. SPN caught…
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Omaha Code School opens Star City Code School in Lincoln
Omaha Code School is expanding its world-class education program to Nebraska’s capital city. The Omaha Code School (OCS) has had a successful first two years in the community. Now OCS is expanding into the Lincoln market with the Star City Code School (SCCS). SPN sat down with Sumeet Jain and Andrew Ek to learn more. So why Lincoln?…
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Meet Kat Slump: Student, software engineer, Apple intern
Kat Slump is a junior studying IT innovation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), a software engineering intern at Flywheel, a social engagement strategist at Interface Web School and the president of UNO’s Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. She also recently received news that she will be heading to California this summer to intern at…
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Meet the 5 finalists for Technologist of the Year
As we get closer to the Silicon Prairie Awards, we still need you to help us determine which individuals and companies will take home these shiny golden analogs. We’ve compiled a few highlights from the massive number of nominations we received, so you can get to know the finalists a little bit better. Remember, you can…
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Better Know A Developer: Tara Stava, BuilderTREND
“I actually love VB.Net. Most developers are C# all the way. I’ve always been a VB.Net girl. And people are like, Why? I’m like, ‘It does everything C# does, and it’s easier to write!’ And they’re like, ‘OK.’ Most developers are hardcore into C#.”