Charlie Bowerman ’61 will be inducted into the Southmont Athletics Hall of Fame in the Legends category on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017 at a ceremony to be held at Southmont High School.

Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995, Charlie played 3 years for Alamo High School, and was 3-time MPV at Wabash College, averaging over 20 points per game in all three seasons. Charlie also played three years with the Phillips 66ers AAU team, and was on the 1963 USA team in the World Games.

Congratulations, Charlie!

Shane Fimbel ’02 named CEO of Trek10, Inc.

Trek10, Inc. has named Shane Fimbel ’02 chief executive officer. He will lead the company’s efforts to further scale the company into a top national AWS Partner. Based in South Bend, IN, Trek10, Inc. provides cloud deployment services and support, and helps businesses realize the benefits of cloud computing with Amazon Web Services.

After earning his bachelor’s degree at Wabash, Shane received a doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Notre Dame.

Congratulations, Shane!

The Indianapolis Colts have hired Steve Campbell ’92 as vice president of communications. Steve has more than 25 years of experience working at all levels of media, community programming and public service.  Steve currently is president of Campbell Strategies LLC, a local communications and strategy firm providing media counsel to business, nonprofit and public sector clients.

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Congratulations, Steve!

Greg Slisz ’10 is the Finance and Analytics manager at Kinney Group, a cloud solutions integrator. In addition to playing an integral role in the company’s series A capital raise, Greg oversees a team responsible for helping business stakeholders optimize decision-making through actionable and insightful data. Before Kinney Group, Greg worked in finance at ExactTarget (and later Salesforce.com), where he was also a member of the Orr Fellowship. Outside work, he recently brought the Gus Macker charity basketball tournament back to Indianapolis for the first time in 14 years through nonprofit Near West 21. Greg currently resides in Irvington with his wife, Joanna.

TechPoint launched the Tech 25 Awards three years ago to celebrate individuals who are critical and exceptional performers helping to grow our community’s tech and tech-enabled companies.

Congratulations, Greg!

Convergys Corporation, a global leader in customer experience outsourcing, has announced the appointment of Bob Knowling, Jr. ’77 to its board of directors.

 Bob has more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications and technology sectors, leading companies through periods of high growth. He is currently Chairman of Eagles Landing Partners, a firm specializing in helping senior management teams formulate strategy, lead organizational transformations, and re-engineer businesses.

 Bob received a BA in Theology from Wabash College and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

 Source: BusinessWire

Noel Kammermann ’00 is the new face of Sacramento’s largest homeless services agency, Loaves and Fishes.

“I’m the new Sister Libby, although I’m a little bit taller and have a beard,” Noel Kammerman said, introducing himself to one of the hundreds of people who sleep outdoors or in shelters each night before migrating to Loaves on North C Street near downtown Sacramento.

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Henthorn, Harris Weliever & Petrie P.C. attorneys at law announce the recent addition of Crawfordsville native, Jacob Moore, to its team. “Jacob passed the bar examination in 2016 and we hired him once we had an opening for an associate. He will be a valuable addition to our staff,” said Stu Weliever, partner at the firm. “We are pleased to have him here.”

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Many in the “Region” have driven through or have been stopped at the intersection of 109^th and Calumet Avenues in Hanover Township – the intersection famous for being known as “Shoe Corner.” For decades Shoe Corner has been a dumping ground for shoes that seem to appear and disappear without many witnesses. Maybe we look at the shoes, throw some shoes, or collect some shoes. But did anyone ever think to write a song about the shoes?

Frank Ruvoli ’13 did. Click here for the full story.

Marcus Spillson ’03, has opened 07 Pub, 3516 Broadway in Ft. Wayne, IN, making him the fourth generation of Spillsons in the industry. It’s a neighborhood bar, Marcus says, but not just a neighborhood bar – his neighborhood.  That’s what the 07 stands for. It’s the Zip code for this southern part of town, from Calhoun Street to Winchester Road, from Creighton Avenue to Lower Huntington Road.  “I wouldn’t have done this anywhere in the world but this neighborhood. Specifically, this neighborhood,” he says. “I wouldn’t have the passion about it. I wouldn’t have cared, really. This is definitely a passion project for me, and because it’s here, it’s easy. This is literally where I was born and raised. It’s where I live now. Here we are.”  Click here for the full story.

Steve Mackin ’98 has been named president of Mercy Hospital St. Louis. Mackin joined Mercy in March as senior executive for business line development. While in that role, he provided leadership in supporting the development of key service areas with an initial focus on cancer services in Mercy’s east region.  Click here for the full story.