2019 Indiana 100: Harrowing recession made trailer-maker Wabash National stronger
Thanks in part to that diversification, Wabash National in 2018 racked up revenue of $2.3 billion, the highest in the company’s history.
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2018 Indiana 100: KAR accelerating plan to digitize auto auction biz
“People are still going to go to physical auctions, people are still going to use wholesalers, but we see this as the wave of the future,” says TradeRev President Becca Polak.
2018 Indiana 100: Allegion doesn’t just make locks; it’s a tech firm
“We’ve just really grown up and kind of grown into what we are today, and it’s been a really neat story,” says Allegion Senior Vice President Tracy Kemp.
2018 Indiana 100: Meeting the needs of open offices
“Culture starts at the top. It’s understanding and realizing your people really are the company, so you need to treat them with dignity and respect,” says Kimball CFO Michelle Schroeder.
2018 Indiana 100: Even if liquor law changes, it’ll be too late for Monarch
“Right now, it’s kind of crisis management. And we’re hoping to put ourselves in a position next year to be thinking about growth,” says Monarch CEO Phil Terry.
2018 Indiana 100: High-growth markets grab White Lodging’s attention
Since founding White Lodging in 1985, the privately held company has gained a reputation for delivering new hotels on time, and for managing them without a surfeit of drama.
2017 Indiana 100: In a mature industry, Wheaton keeps on truckin’
Q&A with Mark Kirschner, Wheaton Van Lines: “We’re not losing drivers; there’s just no new drivers coming into the industry.”
2017 Indiana 100: Agency powers Indiana, one small town at a time
Q&A with Rajeshwar “Raj” Rao, Indiana Municipal Power Agency: “Municipal power companies are your next-door neighbors. When you lose the lights, they lose the lights, too.”
2017 Indiana 100: Smith talks customers, the coliseum and Garfield
Q&A with Kimberly Smith, Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.: “I don’t want to say by any means that it’s been easy to effectuate the change but I think it all has to do with why you’re effectuating change.”
2017 Indiana 100: Cummins aims to transform trucking through tech
Q&A with Sherry Aaholm, Cummins Inc.: “My mother, early on, taught me the value of hard work, the value of recognizing diversity, the value of recognizing engagement and the fact that you’re just as powerful to do what you want to do.”
2017 Indiana 100: After pulling CNO back, Bonach stepping aside
Q&A with Edward Bonach, CEO of CNO Financial Group: “Thankfully, I don’t know if it’s genes or what, but I can usually get by on less sleep than most. Starting early is good for me.”
2017 Indiana 100: You’ll find few motorcycles parked at therapy offices
Q&A with Andre Lacy, LDI Ltd.: “Somebody asked me within the last six months, how many miles have I ridden? I started adding it up. I’ve ridden more than 200,000 miles.”
2017 Indiana 100: E-commerce firm marches to own beat
Sweetwater Sound—which has a 44-acre campus in Fort Wayne—is the nation’s largest online retailer of musical instruments and audio equipment.
Car dealer says ‘you have to fall in love with the customer’ to sell
After eight years selling vehicles at a downtown Lafayette Ford dealership in the 1950s and ’60s, Bob Rohrman motored out on his own with a single used-car dealership on a gravel lot on Sagamore Parkway. Rohrman hasn’t looked in his rearview mirror since.
Hillenbrand CEO says company focuses on attracting top talent
Joe Raver says a company is “only as good as its talent.”
Lake City Bank focuses on high- and low-tech services
Unlike some other banks, Lake City did not enter this market though acquisition. David Findlay, CEO of the $3.8-billion-in-assets bank, said it doesn’t plan to buy banks to continue its growth.
For CEO, auction firm is ‘mission of passion’
Fired in 2005 as CEO of Adesa Inc., a vehicle-auction company based in Carmel, James Hallett later engineered a buyout that put him back in the driver’s seat of the company, now known as KAR Auction Services.
Finish Line COO always looking to ‘add value’
Melissa Greenwell says she has never focused on the climb up the corporate ladder.