February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJWelcome to the 20th annual Forty Under 40, one of Indianapolis Business Journal's most popular and talked-about
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJWhen Matthew Conrad, 33, and his wife, Nicole, married in 2008, they already had more than enough toasters, microwaves and
other household items. Instead of registering for china and silver, they formed a not-for-profit group, Love Without Boundaries,
to combat poverty and social injustice.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJWade Achenbach,35, revealed his interest in business early in life: He sold bubblegum to his grade-school friends.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJWhen Bryan Brenner, 38, started FirstPerson Benefit Advisors 14 years ago, it was just he and a part-time assistant. Today,
he has 40 employees, annual revenue exceeding $6 million and a Keystone at the Crossing address.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJWhen Scott Brenton, 39, became chief operating officer of Angie's List 12 years ago, he was a sort of jack-of-all trades.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJSince she became general counsel for Bucher & Christian Consulting (also known as BCforward) a year ago, Anika (ah-NEE-ka)
Calloway, 36, has taken control of the firm's legal matters while learning the ins and outs of the Indianapolis-based IT and
staffing company.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJAaron Dixon, 37, specializes in commercial real estate law at Ice Miller LLP. "Every day I learn something," said Dixon, who
grew up near the Mississippi River in Clinton, Iowa. "One day I work on a hotel development transaction, another day office-retail."
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJSometimes your "dream job" isn't all it's cracked up to be. That's what Derek Empie, 39, former broadcast sports professional-turned-attorney,
discovered after several years working for NBC Sports, ESPN and Turner Broadcasting.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJWhen Frank Esposito was 5, his grandmother bought him shares of IBM. Esposito, now 38, remembers thinking, "This is how you
make money." By eighth grade, he was writing that he wanted to be a stockbroker.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJAttorney Kenan Farrell, 33, specializes in intellectual property issues, especially as they are tested and stretched by the
Internet and social media.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJSarah Hempstead, 38, has been a principal architect in many projects on Indiana campuses. However, none of those required
trekking through an African rain forest and figuring out how to build a totally sustainable university with materials on hand.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJJoshua Hollingsworth, 36, jumped on the Super Bowl XLVI band wagon early.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJDecades before he founded Verge, a network of 1,300 entrepreneurs, software developers and business investors in the Indianapolis
area, Matthew Hunckler, 25, showed his entrepreneurial spirit.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJAs executive director of the Alliance for Health Promotion, Kim Irwin, 38, is a master of bringing organizations together
for the common good.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJMichael Kaufmann, 36, thrives on collaboration. His involvement in several key art and civic organizations made him a natural
choice for his work as director of special projects and civic investment for the Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJRyan Kitchell, 38, didn't expect to be overseeing health plans for Indiana University Health and its 80,000 members. But he's
found himself in unexpected places before, with good results.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJJason Konesco became president of Harrison College in February 2010. With 12 campuses in Indiana and Ohio, plus online learning,
Harrison, 39, serves more than 6,100 students with a career-focused curriculum.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJJohn Kunzer, 35, credits his success to a long list of mentors, starting with his grandfather, a chemistry professor who took
him to his office on Sundays and stressed the importance of education.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJFrom the time he started building things with Legos, Daniel Lechleiter, 32, expected to become an engineer. But at the University
of Dayton, he glimpsed the future of engineering and didn't see himself in it.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJLuke Leising, 37, took the long road to get where he is now. That road took him from Carmel High School to Purdue University,
where he earned a degree in civil engineering and was in ROTC, to the Army, where he served for four years, mostly in Kosovo,
as a ranger, to Savannah, Ga., where he decided to audit an architecture class.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJLibby Manship, 34, has transformed Indiana University Health's website into a user-friendly tool for patients, their families
and medical professionals.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJLiving and working in Japan for seven years opened the eyes of Jenny Massey, 38, to the possibilities of cross-cultural business
relationships.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJSome people build a business from the ground up. In 2002, Michele Meyer, 38, started her information technology company, CSCI
Consulting, in the basement of her Fishers home.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJTodd Meyer, 39, likely will be in the news a lot this year. He'll be prosecuting a triple homicide that took place in Whitestown
in 2011.
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February 4, 2012
Marc and Martha Allan / Special to IBJCharlie Miramonti, 36, used to be "the long-haired hippie kid who didn't care about anything." Then he found something that
moved him, someplace he could make a difference: emergency medical services.
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If a television station wants to improve viewership, get rid of the local blackout. I was born by the brickyard, and have attended 15 or more races. I have children now, I won't attend unless circumstances are perfect. As those with growing families know, they never are. I'm always impressed that upwards of 250,000 people attend the 500. However, as a growing, or, more apt, sprawling city, Indianapolis and its immediate suburbs count almost 2.2 million. Show the race live, let the venue get a kick-back on revenues, and open-wheel racing might have a fighting chance to be relevant again. Just in time for those tax-payer lights to make sense.
John Moore, I too have had the same issue recently. A property next to my house was on the Land Bank and I was interested in purchasing. When I tried to contact Reggie, I got back emails that had nothing to do with what I asked about. Actually my latest response from him was on this past Friday. I had asked about how to buy the property and if it was still available. His response to me was to contact the mayor's office to get the schedule of his appearances. (???) Hopefully the city is able to do something to fix what this guy has done, it would be nice if they would take the properties back and sell them properly so land owners like me and you mother would have a fair chance.
I too work in the industry, with over 25 years of experience and your political spin has probably nothing to do with any rebranding. "Let's dress it up" would have nothing to do with the government "telling us how and what to eat." Give it a political rest. And being a producer for a radio show doesn't mean you've been involved in advertising and branding for 30 years.
Ms. Morris did not understand the ways of the business world, otherwise, like the IMS, she could have petitioned the State Legislature for a handout of State Funds for her charity work. Ms. Morris should consider becoming a state lobbyist for Lemonade Stand Operators.
David Copperfield!