MEETING NOTES

Rotarian Steve Anella introduced our speaker, Mike Beganski of nCloud.  Mike is a graduate of Indiana University and the Kelley School of Business at IU.  nCloud was started to provide sharing services across nonprofits in our local area.  Mike also spoke about Enfocus, the organization that was started in 2012 to create fellowships for local college graduates in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) divisions so that these young professionals would stay in our region.  The first year of the fellowship, there were seven fellows.  They had hoped that 50% of these fellows would stay in South Bend, and actually, 75% of them have stayed.  These fellows worked with nCloud to provide much needed innovation to over 27 local nonprofits.  One of the largest area nonprofits benefitting from the work of nCloud is the City of South Bend that has saved millions from the research and changes that were implemented from the Enfocus fellows.  nCloud has been able to provide internet, VOIP (voice over internet protocol) fibre optic communication, data center and hosting services to its 27 nonprofits at its main location.  The nCloud VOIP services alone have saved Logan Industries from paying $25.00 per phone to $5.00 per phone per month.  VOIP is an alternative to traditional analog telephone service that converts voice into digital signals.  We wish nCloud and Enfocus much success in creating a new ecosystem of young professionals who are socially responsible entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.