- Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting
- Enterprise Accounting Software
- Financial Management Solutions
- Small and Medium Sized Business Accounting Software
- Treasury, Cash and Risk Management
- Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)
- Business Intelligence Software
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Enterprise Performance Management
- Reporting and End-User Query Tools
- RFID-- Radio Frequency Identification
- Warehouse Management Software
- Customer Experience Management (CEM)
- Customer Information Management
- Sales and Marketing Software
- Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)
- Facilities Management and Maintenance
- Electronic Medical Billing Systems
- Healthcare Inventory Management
- Employee Benefits Administration
- Employee Relationship Management (ERM)
- Human Resources and Payroll Software
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Workforce Planning and Management
- Enterprise Content Management
- Information Lifecycle Management
- Advanced Planning and Scheduling
- Integrated Manufacturing Solutions
- Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (MERP)
- Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)
- Project Management Solutions
- Resource Planning and Scheduling
- Web, Video and Audio Conferencing
- Data Center Power Management
- Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)
- Cloud Computing Applications
- Database Planning and Implementation
- Enterprise Application Integration
- Enterprise Application Integration Middleware
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Business Service Management (BSM)
- Business Technology Optimization
- Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
- Enterprise Resource Management
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
- IT Service Management (ITSM)
- Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
- Technology Planning and Analysis
- BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Network Configuration Management Software
- Fraud Detection & Prevention
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- IT Security Frameworks and Standards
- Threat and Vulnerability Management
- Virtual Private Network Security
- Data Center & Storage Solutions
- Network Attached Storage (NAS)
- Remote and Offsite Data Storage
- SAN Virtualization and Consolidation
- Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
- Application Performance Management (APM)
- Enterprise Systems Management
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Software Configuration Management (SCM)
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Electronic Catalog Management
- Electronic Commerce Interchange (EDI-XML)
Posted by Robert L. Mitchell
on June 17 2013
For twentysomething senior software engineers Pete Brousalis and Trey Springer, working in IT at Enova International is as much a lifestyle choice as a career decision. The hours are extremely flexible, says Brousalis. "I can stroll in at 10 o'clock and leave whenever I need to." And the fact that there's plenty to do near the financial services firm's Chicago headquarters is a huge draw, he adds.
IT staffers Peter Brousalis and Trey Springer. Credit: Enova International.
So is the newly designed and lavishly appointed 18,000-square-foot open office space that spans the entire ninth floor of a downtown building. Springer describes it as a marketplace, or a "tech epicenter," with people coalescing around different projects. But employees can also work from home, in the cafeteria or in quiet rooms. "Every possible way you want to work is available to us," he says.
Personal spaces come equipped with "the latest, best hardware," according to Brousalis, including large monitors and high-end ergonomic chairs. "We're all spoiled," he says. "And in terms of software they're always encouraging us to use the most bleeding-edge tools we can get our hands on."
Enova offers both monetary rewards and recognition for successful completion of projects. And with a rapidly growing staff, there's plenty of room to advance. Springer, who has an interest in management, has two mentors, including CIO Fred Lee, with whom he meets weekly.
Lee makes the rounds every week to ask how each project team is doing. "It's those little things that make our lives easier," says Springer.
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Robert L. Mitchell is a national correspondent for Computerworld. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/rmitch, or email him at rmitchell@computerworld.com.
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