My job is to take Interactive Systems' existing technology and develop it for other applications in government and, even more importantly, in the commercial sector. Interactive Systems' basic technology audits transaction-processing systems and sends an automatic notification to a client or its customers when a particular transaction occurs. For example, an airline could use this service to notify a priority passenger of a departure delay or of an upgrade availability. Louisville has to be the kind of place that is competitive and can attract a bright young graduate from MIT, Purdue, Cal-Tech, U of L, or UK, someone who could go and live anywhere in the world and do almost anything. Right now, I would say that Louisville is occasionally or moderately competitive but needs to be substantially competitive if we are going to be successful.
People choose to live somewhere for many different reasons.
Climate, family, lots of reasons. Ultimately, the most important reason that people choose a particular place is because it offers a lot of opportunity. If we can create more economic opportunity, we'll be successful in attracting more talent. Yes, both of those things. People are drawn to places like Silicon Valley because of a vigorous business climate.