Editor’s Note
I ’ve been traveling more frequently to Kansas City, both for personal and professional reasons. It’s a great city – easy to navigate, excellent restaurants, and friendly people. Concord recently acquired Evolytics, a data analytics consulting firm headquartered near downtown. From my brief experience, I get why the locals are so proud of their town. As MN Tech Mag grows in reach, we anticipate highlighting stories from business leaders in other markets, too. Even in this very issue, we showcase leaders from different parts of the country, including Wisconsin, Missouri, and Texas. We will always stay connected to our roots and represent the diverse business and technology landscape in Minnesota, but it’s undoubtedly helpful to gain a fresh perspective. If I had to sum up the theme of this issue in one word, it would definitely be “people.” I believe we have unanimous agreement that individuals are the key to any successful organization – not exactly a shocking revelation. Still, as we move more towards automation and replacing the human element, it’s clear that there’s some irreplaceable magic that happens when people connect at work. What makes a company thrive is collaborating, working together, and finding solutions to challenging problems as a team. Technology can help us focus our time better, but it’s never a replacement for human interaction. Hilary-Marden Resnik emphasized the importance of people heavily in our conversation for the cover feature. She repeatedly acknowledges that UCare’s “people-powered workforce” makes the company great – and successful (page 10). Likewise, Allen Smith shares that communication, recognition, and asking people, ‘what’s weird?’ are the key to making incremental strides at Baker Tilly (page 06). Even in the highly-technical world of data science, Laura Ellis finds that it requires a human touch to make sense of data (page 24).
PUBLISHER Stu Nutting
EDITOR IN CHIEF Natalie Sheffield
DESIGN Steve Bubb Brea Marsh
PHOTOGRAPHY Joe Lemke
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Allen Smith Carissa Ellingson
Jeff Holschuh Jeffery Mayger Laura Ellis Laura Woodward Natalie Sheffield
Stu Nutting Sam Azzone Tom Wilkins
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