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SEP Wins TechPoint’s 2024 Innovation Service Partner of the Year Mira Award

SEP Recognized as Indiana’s Top Innovation Service Partner, Winning TechPoint’s Prestigious Mira Award Westfield, Indiana - SEP has been named the Innovation Service Partner of the Year by TechPoint at the 25th annual Mira Awards. The Mira Awards, Indiana’s largest…
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I Don’t Have Time

This phrase takes me back nearly 25 years to my first butt-kicking by a businessman with 40 years of experience on me. Nathan Fouch (father of one of SEP’s founders, Mike Fouch) was very blunt in saying that I needed to take better care of myself. It was great advice. Guess what I said? “I […]
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Gleaners and SEP Work Together to Feed Indiana’s Hungry

One in Six people in America are food insecure; unable to afford or access reliable sources of nourishment. No one organization is capable of meeting the food demands of an entire nation, and on local levels non-profits and charitable groups struggle to meet the demands of a hungry population. Serving much of Central Indiana, Gleaners […]
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The Optimistic Interviewer

The 2012 SEP Blog Battle continues. The Optimistic Interviewer is a fool. Consider the likelihood of failure. If you’re interviewing, you’re looking for a job. If you’re hiring, you need more people. What are the chances that either of you are in an ideal frame of mind to be evaluating each other? On top of […]
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Good Idea, Bad Idea (for interviewing)

As part of the recruiting team here at SEP, I’ve seen quite a few candidates over the past few years. I figured I’d share some of the good and bad ideas people have had in hopes that maybe some of our future candidates will get some benefit out of those who have gone before. As […]
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Pay It Forward…for Introverts

Sing it with me… It’s the most wonderful time of the year….it’s the hap-happiest season of all... Really Traci, Christmas songs already? No my friends, I’m talking about the season of giving and thankfulness and specifically Pay It Forward Month! Yep, it’s one of my personal favorite things we do at SEP! Here’s the skinny […]
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SEP Spreads Cheer to Community with Pay-It-Forward

As we near the holiday season, we often find ourselves in the throes of never-ending shopping and stressful familial commitments. The desire to do something for others—those in need or just to create a little holiday cheer—is strong but where does one find the time and the extra money? SEP found itself asking the same […]
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SEP Congratulates Carmel For Being The Best Place to Live in America

SEP is proud to call Carmel, Indiana home and congratulates the city and its citizens for being named as The Best Place to Live in America as determined by Money Magazine. SEP relishes being an active part of the community through our partnership with The Center for the Performing Arts and having the daily joy […]
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Inside SEP’s Best Place to Work Award

Software Engineering Professionals (SEP) takes pride in its work environment. Through active engagement of employees in and out of the office atmosphere, SEP strives to ensure everyone at the Carmel-based company feels part of the community. The employees are the reason SEP once again ranked among the Best Places to Work in Indiana, placing 4th […]
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Fitting SEP with a Quality System

SEP has had ISO-9001 Certification for nearly a decade. These credentials help support our work in FDA and FAA for clients. We’ve struggled with the notion of a quality system since the beginning. SEP enjoys a very strong advancement culture that continuously strives to organically improve most of its practice areas. The worry is that a […]
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