Eleven Fifty Academy Leadership

Jonathan Blake Huer, EdD, MFA is an Owner at Huer LLC and Chief Learning Officer and Chief Information Officer at Eleven Fifty Academy and is based in Indianapolis Indiana Area. He has worked as Managing Director at Frog Baby Apps, LLC; Chief Design Officer at Skoolbo Pte Ltd; and Director of Emerging Technologies and Media Development at Ball State University. Jonathan studied at MIT Sloan School of Management between 2009 and 2009; University of Southern California between 2003 and 2005; and University of California, Los Angeles between 1999 and 2003.

Summary:Software Developer since 1999. Expertise in thick-client and Web Development with high proficiency in application architecture design and Cloud-based development. Experienced in designing and developing high concurrency applications and SOA’s in industries such as IoT, government, telecommunications, medical, financial, e-commerce, insurance and marketing. Past customers include eBay/PayPal, FedEx, LexisNexis, GE, Cincinnati Reds, FOX News, Miami University, University of Cincinnati, Northern KY International Airport, Crime Stoppers, Luxottica, Novartis, Veterans Affairs, Kendle International, Kroger, Indianapolis Public Library, Indiana State Government, and Ingram Micro.Specialties: Cloud Computing, C# ,VB.NET (WinForms and Web), Azure, RESTful Web Services, XML Web Services, WCF, LINQ, SQLServer, MySQL, JavaScript, AngularJS, Bootstrap, AJAX, HTML and Photoshop

Dewand’s extensive experience in tech & cybersecurity, cultivating company culture, organizational management and growing strategic initiatives made him the perfect addition to the academy. The majority of his career was spent serving the State of Indiana in various capacities. The last 4 years of his state tenure was spent as Director of the Indiana Office of Technology and the State Chief Information Officer. A role he was appointed to by both Governor Mike Pence and Governor Eric Holcomb. He has held executive committee and director roles on the board for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and served as an external advisory board member for the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security. He is currently a foundation board member for Goodwill. Neely received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University’s School of Technology and his MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.