Alyssa Schroer

Updated on May 03, 2024

Chicago is a nerve center for healthcare technology. Here are the companies to know.

Tech companies need to enact structural change to tackle the tech industry’s gender gap, and one way they can accomplish that is by launching an employee resource group, or ERG, for women.

Alyssa Schroer

Updated on May 03, 2024

Chicago is a nerve center for healthcare technology. Here are the companies to know.

Tech companies need to enact structural change to tackle the tech industry’s gender gap, and one way they can accomplish that is by launching an employee resource group, or ERG, for women.

Madden and Hendricks are just a few of the Chicago tech professionals that boast a collaborative culture at each of their companies. We connected with leaders from 10 other companies to get a sense of their respective cultures, what they enjoy about their roles and what they’re excited to accomplish in the future.

It’s all too easy for companies to forget how important a good work-life balance is to maintaining morale and promoting high performance among employees. However, not every company tech company is wired the same.

Eva Roethler

Updated on January 29, 2024

How does one practice leadership skills without being a manager? This group of women in leadership share their stories and advice for aspiring managers.

Kimberly Valentine

Updated on January 29, 2024

As summer is heating up, so too is Chicago’s tech scene. Check out 30 companies that reward their employees with standout perks and benefits.

Olivia McClure

Updated on June 15, 2023

Learn how three of the company’s newest execs are driving progress from a technical, cultural and marketing perspective.

Featured employees say standout missions and people-first cultures drew them to their workplaces.

Tyler Holmes

Updated on December 20, 2022

Listening to client needs directly is helping these Windy City teams deliver on the most important trend: personalization.

Anderson Chen

Updated on December 14, 2022

Data science is one of the most in-demand jobs in tech. Built In Chicago sat down with three companies for the projects and culture that keep their data teams engaged and growing.

Startup life often involves long hours, which makes company culture even more important than at a regular nine-to-five. But in addition to getting along with your co-workers, it's also important that the office itself gets your creative juices flowing and make you feel comfortable and at home.

A well-designed product roadmap can help your organization understand and carry out necessary processes, adjust quickly to change and meet both short- and long-term company goals.

Olivia McClure

Updated on February 23, 2022

Leaders from GoHealth and SMS Assist explain how product team growth can fuel organizational and strategic transformation.

Avery Komlofske

Updated on December 08, 2021

Knowing what to expect will help you nail down a position in a coveted field.

Tyler Holmes

Updated on August 22, 2021

For these teams, selling is more than closing a transaction — it’s enhancing an experience.

The sale brings the estimated valuation of the Chicago insurtech startup to about $6.6 billion.

Here’s how a pair of content professionals aim to engage their audiences.

GoHealth created a platform for consumers and small businesses to shop around for health insurance plans.

We asked around town to learn more about the tools tech companies use on- and offline to build culture. Here’s what they had to say.

OCTOBER 2017: Tech companies that pride themselves on maintaining startup-like cultures even when they’ve outgrown their early offices do exist. We asked a few of them how they maintain that magic.

If you're looking to attract the best tech talent out there, it's important to keep your employees healthy and happy. These leading Chicago tech companies offer their employees everything from healthy snacks to yoga classes, paintball outings, wall-sit contests and company bicycles.

Maybe it's the cold winters, but we Chicagoans sure do enjoy our summers. In fact, summers are such a big deal here that many employers have special policies in place to let their employees soak up just a little more of that precious sunlight. To get the inside scoop on how summer policies pan out in Chicago tech, we reached out to some of the city's most exciting employers. Here's what they told us.

Rather than think of your assignments as a to-do list, think of how your work affects the company’s broader goals — and how you can improve processes to foster better collaboration.

MARCH 2017: Even if you're happy with your current job, it never hurts to keep an eye out for new and exciting opportunities — and Chicago's tech scene has no shortage of those.

Before GoHealth, shopping for health insurance was dreadful. Thanks to its online marketplace, that's no longer the case. The Chicago-based company works with more than 300 health insurance companies and allows customers to easily search, compare and purchase a health insurance plan online.

Chicago-based GoHealth, which provides a digital marketplace for private health insurance, announced today it has acquired a neighboring tech company in Chicago.