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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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SEP launched our new Community Involvement Program this year. We really do aim to make the world a better place…even if it’s one good deed at a time. We’re half way thru the year and off to a good start. We’ve been able to impact some great organizations with our money and our time while […]
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Training using Study Groups
Since I have started working at SEP I have been invited to a number of training sessions where an outside trainer is brought in and we get a mix of lecture and exercises for a couple of days then the trainer goes home. The last training I attended was a Jeff Patton training on Story […]
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Case Study: SEP Use of MadCap Flare
Leading Provider of Customized Software Solutions Uses MadCap Flare to Synchronize Three Online Help Systems and Print Manual with New Software Releases New case study from MadCap Software examines how single-sourcing and Microsoft TFS integration for version control enable SEP to deliver three online Help systems and a PDF manual from one central Flare-based project. […]
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Unwinding
Though this blog has focused on a means to improve one’s professional success, there are many other means by which life can be measured, and although I don’t feel my job defines who I am, I accept the fact that I will spend a significant portion of my life at my job. Even assuming I […]
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On Recognizing Good People
As a leader, recognizing good people for their work and effort is both the most important and most difficult things that you can do. I learned this during my time in the Army and have carried it through my life for the past ~16 years. As a leader you must earn the trust of those […]
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SEP Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
Carmel, IN – January 19, 2012 – Software Engineering Professionals (SEP), a leader in custom software development, announced today the promotion of Traci L. Dossett to become their new Chief Operating Officer (COO). “Moving Traci into the COO position is really just a reflection of what she is already doing. We managed operations together for […]
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5 Benefits of Outsourcing Software Development
Outsourcing is the business practice where a company uses outside firms to do select projects and special work that might normally be performed within that company. Some examples of what might be outsourced (besides software development) include payroll processing, shipping and distribution, and accounting. You are essentially sending your work to be done by an […]
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Jeff Gilbert to Lead Indiana Vistage Group
Software Engineering Professionals (SEP) would like to congratulate Jeff Gilbert on being selected as a Vistage Chair. Vistage Chairs™ make up an exclusive group of highly trusted advisors and coaches who are experts in business leadership coaching. With over 600 Vistage Chairs worldwide, these individuals provide fresh perspectives and insights while helping executives overcome obstacles […]
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Being Selfish
Dear Reader, I must confess a deep dark secret of mine. This blog… it’s not about you. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate someone out there reading what I write – it keeps me honest and motivated to continue writing, but I have my own selfish reasons for posting to this blog and setting a […]
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