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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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Competitive Audits: 3 Key Wins to Amplify Your Product

Comparison is the Gateway to Growth “Comparison is the thief of joy” was often echoed to me as a kid. I grew up a ballerina, so it was common for me to compare my skills and appearance to those around me. But as I progress in my career as a user experience designer, I have […]
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The (Dis)Advantages of Swift’s Flexibility

Over the past 3–4 years of learning and writing Swift code, I’ve had an interesting experience with the language. During this time, I have followed many online courses, started work on an iOS app that I plan to release on the App Store, and even created a prototype and internal tool for one of SEP’s […]
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SEP’s Ryan Schade Named Finalist for Tech 25 Emerging Leader Award

Westfield, IN—SEP proudly announces that Ryan Schade has been named a TechPoint Tech 25 Emerging Leader Award finalist. This award shines a spotlight on Indiana’s most innovative and impactful tech leaders – those who are leading innovation, creating solutions, and driving their organizations forward in incredible ways. Ryan began as a software engineer with a […]
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SEP Named Finalist for the 2025 Exceptional Employer Mira Award

Westfield, IN – SEP is excited to share that it has been named a 2025 Exceptional Employer Mira Award finalist. This award, presented by TechPoint, honors companies that support talent development, diversity, and community impact while fostering a great workplace culture. The Mira Awards are known as Indiana’s biggest celebration of technology and innovation. They […]
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Thriving In Our ESOP Era 🫶
Since 2010

At SEP, we’re passionate about what we do but even more about the amazing people behind it all. We’ve always cared about our team, but things really kicked up a notch in 2010 when we launched our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). So, what’s an ESOP? The details get complicated quickly, but it’s essentially a […]
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AgileIndy 2024 Recap: Learning, Networking, and SEP Insights + Jeff Patton Keynote Replay

We had a fantastic time at AgileIndy 2024! SEP was well-represented, with multiple speakers sharing their insights during the event, and we truly enjoyed the sessions. From engaging breakouts to networking opportunities, it was a great chance to connect and learn alongside fellow Agile practitioners. If you missed the event or want to rewatch your […]
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Agile Indy 2024 Trip Report

Agile Indy 2024 From the AgileIndy site: AgileIndy is a user group devoted to raising awareness, acceptance, and support to people who explore and apply agile values, principles, and practices to make building software solutions more effective, humane, and sustainable. This year’s conference took place on Friday October 18th at 502 E Carmel Dr, Carmel, […]
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Professional Development Hack: Keep it fun with a company hackathon!

It’s no secret that we love our hackathons at SEP. These semi-annual weekends are one of our favorite traditions for so many reasons, including the fact that they are chock-full of professional development learning opportunities. With any combination of experience and expertise from our team, we find that working together to tackle personal projects or […]
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Why We Critique: How to Make Peace with Your Fear of Design Critique

Designers, no matter their practice, have gone through some form of design critique in the past. Someone had to critically point out how the work needed to improve during the educational years. University programs are specifically structured with formal critiques in their curriculum; these help students get critical feedback to expand their thinking and learn […]
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