Union Pacific

  • 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…

  • Prairie Portrait: Zach Leatherman of Union Pacific

    Silicon Prairie News: You’ve worn a couple different hats during your tenure at UP. What do you enjoy most about your latest gig, as a front end architect? | Zach Leatherman: I love building stuff. It’s the process of creation that gets me up in the morning. But what’s the point of building something in…