Indianapolis, IN
Gootee tapped to lead TechPoint
INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Enterprise) — Indianapolis-based TechPoint has chosen Ting Gootee as its subsequent president and chief government officer. Gootee at present serves as chief funding officer for Elevate Ventures in Indy and succeeds Mike Langellier, who in January introduced plans to step down after 9 years main the group. TechPoint is the tech sector initiative of the Central Indiana Company Partnership.
In an interview with Inside INdiana Enterprise, Gootee mentioned she appears to be like to construct upon TechPoint’s current relationships with stakeholders in the private and non-private sectors.
“I’ve been working with startups and enterprise capital [firms] for a very long time,” she mentioned. “It’s been very rewarding in its personal manner, and this a chance to construct upon that information base and develop into different innovation-driven areas by way of alternatives to work with stakeholders in a really expanded position. That’s very thrilling and I feel I’m prepared for this new problem.”
Gootee joined Elevate Ventures as a key founding government in 2011 and has served as CIO since 2014. TechPoint says she has led funding selections in additional than 500 Indiana startups prior to now 11 years for Elevate.
She says her preliminary plan is to hit the bottom working to additional TechPoint’s work in expertise improvement, thought management and stakeholder advocacy.
“It will likely be essential for me to spend the primary few weeks in lively listening to the TechPoint/CICP members, to the board and to the broader neighborhood,” she mentioned. “There’s no query on the potential progress alternatives as our tech neighborhood has skilled the final decade or so, and now the tech enablement has been proliferating throughout varied sectors. The objective is to drive not solely possible progress methods, but additionally methods that a lot of the stakeholders can get behind for the long run.”
Gootee was chosen to steer TechPoint after a nationwide search performed by a CICP committee led by Board Chair and Cummins Chief Digital Officer Sherry Aaholm.
“Indiana’s tech sector is at an necessary inflection level because it prepares to handle momentous challenges with regard to expertise and the necessity to proceed to encourage new startups and appeal to funding for them and for scale-ups on the rise whereas additionally nurturing the enterprise tech and tech-enabled corporations that collectively comprise our tech ecosystem,” Aaholm mentioned in written remarks. “There are loads of competing components and challenges, and we couldn’t see anybody extra completely suited to step into this position and proceed the spectacular work Mike and his group have carried out.”
Gootee will start her new position Might 2.