Sep Articles

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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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Starting Full-Time At A Place That Is Hard To Define

I knew I could grow there—fast. That’s how I respond when asked why I chose to work for SEP. Subsequently, my co-workers later told me they felt they ‘just knew’ I was a fit for this culture and the work we do here when I asked them why I was chosen. Knowing which job to […]
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SEP Partners with Gleaners to Provide Food for Hungry Hoosiers

One in eight Hoosiers struggles with hunger. Gleaners Food Bank was founded in 1980 with the simple mission to fight this crisis. Annually, more than 260,000 Indiana residents receive assistance from Gleaners Food Bank, of which more than 30,000 are seniors and nearly 100,000 are children. That’s why the work Gleaners does in 21 counties […]
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ESOPs – Why They Work

October is employee ownership month and we’re celebrating our ownership throughout the month here at SEP. When we became in an ESOP in 2010, I didn’t quite know what this would do to our culture. We were already a pretty unique company that did great things for our employees, but would it change us? As […]
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SEP Celebrates 25 Years of Culture, Good Practices, and Vision

Hitting the 25-year milestone at SEP is a source of pride. We have built a great company proving that it can and will last. For me, I hit the second 25-year mark this month as well so there is naturally some thought towards the next generation. Becoming an ESOP in 2010 was certainly a big […]
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SEP ranks as the Fifth Best Place to Work in Indiana for Medium-Sized Businesses

May 2, 2013 (INDIANAPOLIS) — Companies that have set the standard for workplace excellence were recognized before a crowd of more than 1,200 at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis. The occasion: The Indiana Chamber of Commerce unveiled rankings for the record 100 companies from throughout the state that made the 2013 Best Places to […]
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SEP Named a 2013 Best Place to Work

Carmel, IN. – Software Engineering Professionals (SEP) is once again being recognized by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce as one of Indiana’s Best Places to Work. The Carmel based company joins 100 Indiana companies named as honorees of the award. The top companies in the state entered a two-part process to determine the Best Places […]
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SEP Startup Weekend

SEP Startup Weekend is by far the most fun thing I do at work. A couple years ago, in a conference room, a handful of SEPeers were discussing the book ReWork. We all had mixed reviews on the book, but one thing was for certain: We all needed to participate in this current startup culture. […]
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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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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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