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McCorkle is pleased that there is still a team
on the north side of Indianapolis utilizing the
software.
“I do take some comfort and some pride
in starting a company in the dot-com bubble
and have it still be around,” he admits. “The
company still has many of its first customers
using the product, which is kind of cool.”
Mezzia was about a year ahead of
ExactTarget in raising money and being part
of the early central Indiana tech community.
McCorkle came to know ExactTarget
co-founders Scott Dorsey and Chris Baggott.
When Mezzia sold in 2005, “I couldn’t wait
to join them. I was about employee No. 80.”
He believes the company was at about
$10 million in revenue. The product line, at
$350 million at the time of the Salesforce
acquisition, is now worth over a billion
dollars – one of maybe 10 SaaS products to
reach that threshold.
Like Webber, Dorsey sees that special
mix of abilities in McCorkle.
“I’d start with his innovation and vision.
Scott is a really unique technology executive
because he understands the technical side and
the business side – with a focus on the
customer,” Dorsey reflects. “In time, he
for being named the 2017 Indiana Vision 2025
Dynamic Leader of the Year!
Congratulations
O N B E H A L F O F
TechPoint's Executive Chairman
Scott
McCorkle
McCorkle and Vibenomics (CEO Brent Oakley is at far left) recently announced plans to add more
than 250 employees in Fishers by the year 2020.