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John Qualls
John Qualls currently serves as President of Eleven Fifty Academy. As President, John is responsible for leading the growth of the nonprofit organization from its current inception stage to a more mature organization capable of delivering on its mission to build an ecosystem of software development talent that financially benefits the individual, their employer, and their community. Eleven Fifty Academy is focused on achieving its mission of closing the nation’s technology skills gap while creating a coding ecosystem that benefits the individual, their employer and their community. . In 2009, he was a finalist for Ernest & Young’s Indiana Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2008, John was listed as one of The IBJ’s “40 Under 40.”