CEOs of Influence measure up at annual event
POSTED: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 10:46 AM PTBY: Jeanne Huff
Tags: CEO of Influence, MWI Veterinary Supply, Pioneer Title Co., Saint Alphonsus Health System, WhiteCloud Analytics, Women's and Children's Alliance
What began as a high-powered networking reception ended with a handful of story-telling videos that evoked audience response ranging from edge-of-the-seat hushed anticipation to out-loud laughter. About 275 people attended the Idaho Business Review’s CEO of Influence event held at the Boise Centre May 9. They honored five Idaho CEOs chosen as top leaders for [...]
Boise State commits to a larger computer science department 
POSTED: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 12:55 PM PTBY: Sean Olson
Tags: Boise State University, IGEM, software development, TSheets, WhiteCloud Analytics
Boise State University is committing itself to a beefed-up computer science program, a move tech companies say is a giant leap forward for the local industry. Mark Rudin, BSU research and economic development vice president, said the school will be funding more faculty and staff for the department, which graduates about two dozen computer science [...]
‘Spirit and vitality’ attract tech companies to downtown Boise
POSTED: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 02:16 PM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: Cameron Investments, Clearwater Analytics, Colliers International, WhiteCloud Analytics
Clearwater Analytics has enjoyed steady growth, but the company’s progress has also contributed to a space crunch in its 10th floor offices in the Banner Bank building at 950 Bannock St. in downtown Boise. “We needed space to accommodate growth, but we absolutely wanted to stay downtown,” said Clearwater Analytics CEO Courty Gates. The firm, [...]
Boise faces talent crunch
POSTED: Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 09:15 AM PTBY: Simon Shifrin
Tags: Balihoo Inc., Boise Young Professionals, City of Boise, CLM Marketing & Advertising, Dell Inc., EMSI, Hewlett-Packard, Idaho Department of Labor, WhiteCloud Analytics
Jon Carter hated to leave Boise, but he didn’t feel like he could risk staying around. Carter, who moved to the city in 2000 to take a job with the mobile software company Extended Systems and later worked as a product manager for Hewlett Packard, had too many friends who lost their six-figure-salary jobs and [...]
Stronger work force needed to grow Idaho high-tech
POSTED: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 11:44 AM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: high-tech, Idavation, Idea Champions, WhiteCloud Analytics
One of the greatest obstacles to further developing Idaho’s high-tech industry is its work force, say entrepreneurs who gathered May 26 in Boise for a workshop on business innovation. About 150 business owners, entrepreneurs and other leaders in Idaho met May 26 at the Idavation summit to talk about ways of increasing the area’s creative [...]
