With Chicago's history as a central trading and banking city, the biggest institutions have inspired a generation of talented, tech-minded financial professionals to build startups that use tech to solve the industry's biggest problems.

Hilary George-Parkin

Updated on April 08, 2025

Rejecting a client’s request? Ask questions, come prepared and keep the dialogue open for a “yes” down the road.

Stephen Ostrowski

Updated on April 08, 2025

“It's an expression of trust between myself and my teammates through our shared understanding of how we agree to work to accomplish business goals.”

To get a pulse on how machine learning helps optimize their products and ultimately provide a better experience for users, Built In Chicago connected with leaders from local companies. 

Andreas Rekdal

Updated on April 08, 2025

Big career dreams are all well and good, but what’s your plan for taking the leap to actually make it happen?

Olivia Arnold

Updated on April 08, 2025

Remote-first companies are reimagining team traditions and getting creative about fostering fun.

While there is no established best practice, Chicago’s data community does have advice regarding how to approach the process along with what technologies are worth investing in. We recently spoke with three of these local data professionals to learn more about their best practices for managing and organizing data lakes.

Alyssa Schroer

Updated on April 18, 2025

These are the top software companies that are helping make Chicago a thriving hub for tech.