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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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Three Indiana Companies Take Lead at Annual Conference

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Indiana Emerges as Front-Runner in Adoption of Progressive Trend Indianapolis, IN, June 11, 2009 – Three Indiana companies take lead at Annual Lean & Kanban Conference. Bosch, Inkubook.com and Software Engineering Professionals™ (SEP) discussed their experiences among international industry leaders. The three companies were noted as favorite speakers by attendees for […]
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The Adoption of Kanban Systems at SEP

In 2004, SEP tried adopting Agile practices. However, Agile failed to have the desired lasting impact across the entire organization. Things changed in 2007, when SEP implemented a kanban system for the first time. Kanban created an effective means for institutionalization of Lean by providing a unique method of discovering and learning practices and principles. […]
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SEP Celebrates 21 Years in Business

SEP celebrated its 21st Anniversary on May 11, 2009. In 1988, engineers from Rose-Hulman decided to start their own software engineering firm and thus, SEP was born. Jeff Gilbert, SEP’s President and CEO stated, “When we started SEP we didn’t know if the model would work. Now in 21 years, we have not only survived […]
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SEP Employs 5 Engineering Interns This Summer

Each summer, SEP hires the brightest interns to be a part of their engineering team. Throughout the summer of 2009, we will employ 5 engineering interns. This year’s crew will work on various software programs in the aerospace and medical fields.
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SEP Employee Featured Speaker at Lean/Kanban Conference

SEP’s Chris Shinkle was featured at the first annual Lean/Kanban Conference in Miami, FL. The lineup of speakers comprised the largest group of Lean and Kanban innovators, leading edge practitioners, and influential thought leaders ever assembled to share their thoughts, experiences, and ideas on successfully applying Lean techniques to software engineering and project management. The conference was […]
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SEP Employee Gets MVP Certification

SEP’s very own Mike Brown has received the MVP title from Microsoft. This title is awarded for a one year period based on a person’s participation in the developer community, including participation via online interaction and face to face user groups and conferences. Currently, there are around 6000 MVPs worldwide and 13 in Indiana. Mike’s […]
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SEP Featured at Midwest Supply Chain Conference

SEP will be a featured company at the Indiana Health Information Forum’s Midwest Healthcare Supply Chain Conference downtown Indianapolis in May. SEP will unite with the Midwest’s extensive expertise in logistics and distribution with Indiana’s widely recognized strengths in healthcare manufacturing. This conference will examine leading industry trends, challenges, and best practices and will target […]
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SEP Loses a Part of the Family

Tim Shoemaker, former Vice President of SEP passed away on April 29, 2009. Tim was an integral part of SEP from its earliest years. He led SEP in many areas serving in many positions of leadership from director to manager and Vice President. If we could ask Tim what he was most proud of he […]
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SEP Expands On-Campus Recruiting Efforts to RIT

SEP traveled to Rochester Institute of Technology in New York in March to take part in RIT’s Spring Career Fair. We are happy to report that activity at SEP’s recruiting booth was nonstop! We are looking forward to working with RIT and RIT students to provide co-op opportunities in the future.
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