>>GERRY: IT'S TIME NOW TO GO INSIDE INNOVATION...BROUGHT TO YOU BY DMI, MOBILIZING ENTERPRISES FOR THE CONNECTED
WORLD. A LOT HAS CHANGED FOR PYTHON SOFTWARE AND CLOUD CONSULTING COMPANY SIX FEET UP AS IT MARKS
ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. THE COMPANY HAS OPENED A NEW OFFICE IN THE FISHERS TECHNOLOGY PARK, IT'S RUNNING THE LARGEST
TECH MEETUP CALLED INDYPY AND COMPLETED PROJECTS FOR NASA'S NEW HORIZON PROBE TO PLUTO. FOR MORE ON SIX FEET UP'S TWO
DECADES OF GROWTH AND WHAT'S NEXT, LET'S TURN TO CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER CALVIN HENDRYX-PARKER.
AS ALWAYS, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> CONGRATULATIONS 20 YEARS A
BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. GO BACK THEN YOU AND YOUR WIFE FOUNDED THE COMPANY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
>> LITERALLY IN OUR LIVING ROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO WE HAD A SERVER THAT DOUBLED AS A COFFEE TABLE AND STARTED BUILDING
CUSTOMERS AND TURNING IT INTO A BUSINESS. >> WHAT WAS KEY TO THE LIGHT SWITCH GO OFF WAS THAT THE
CONNECTION TO PYTHON? WHAT WAS AT THAT REALLY SPARKED THE COMPANY AND THAT GROWTH PATH >> IT WAS THE EXCITEMENT OF
THE .COM BOOM AND WE WERE THERE IN 2000 TIMEFRAME AND A LOT GOING ON AND A LOT HAPPENING AROUND APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
AND WEB AND WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD SITES QUICKLY FOR CUSTOMERS AND THAT KIND OF SPAWNED THE COMPANY
ITSELF. >> THE MOVE BACK TO INDIANA YOU HAVE INDIANA CONNECTIONS BUT MOVING HERE IN 2003, WHY MOVE TO
INDIANA? >> THE COST OF LIVING IS HORRIFIC IN THE BAY AREA AND ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES COMING
BACK HERE IS TO GROW OUR BUSINESS AND AN ORGANIC CONTROLLED WAY AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AT
THE SAME TIME. >> PYTHON, THE CODING PLATFORM PYTHON, TALK ABOUT THAT TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT HAS
ENABLED YOU TO GROW, BUT ALSO YOUR MIX OF CUSTOMERS BIG UNIVERSITIES NOTRE DAME UCLA, BIG COMPANIES, CAPITAL ONE IS A
BIG CUSTOMER AND NASSAU SO YOU GOT SOME IMPRESSIVE CUSTOMERS. >> THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE IS SO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GET
STARTED WITH THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE SCIENTISTS CAN PICK IT UP AND BE PRODUCTIVE AND THAT'S AIDED US AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE PICKED IT UP
INTERNALLY HAVE GOTTEN IN OVER THEIR HEADS BUT CALL ON A COMPANY TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE SOPHISTICATED
REQUIREMENTS OR A LARGER BACKLOG THAN THEY COULD NORMALLY TAKE CARE OF, SO HAVING THAT IN-HOUSE HAS HELPED US GROW OUR COMPANY
TO HELP OTHERS. >> YOU SEE ROOM FOR GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. >> I DO.
WE WERE RUNNING THE SINGLE TECH MEET HERE IN TOWN, INDYPY AND THE REAL GROWTH HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS AND DATA
SCIENCE, MACHINE LEARNING ANALYTICS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GROWING AS WELL.
>> YOU HAVE 16 EMPLOYEES NOW YOU ARE SEEING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE MORE. >> LOOK OVER THE NEXT TWO
YEARS WE HOPE TO DOUBLE OUR EXISTING STAFF. WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF DEMAND FOR TECH SERVICES AROUND CLOUD
TRANSFORMATION SERVICES, PYTHON ENHANCING TO EXISTING APPLICATIONS ARE HELPING TO BUILD A MACHINE LEARNING AND
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. >> EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING. HERE IN INDIANA, THANKS VERY