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V O L . X X I I N O. X I I M AY 3 0 , 2 0 1 6 20 we could share with someone who's thinking about working here." Building a Maine workforce In Maine, Tyler Technologies plans to create 550 jobs in a range of areas: IT and software development and research, sales and marketing, software support and professional services. Hepburn says the company's interview process pays close attention to an applicant's person- ality and personal goals and motivations and how those attributes might fi t in with the company's customer-oriented software products and culture. "We don't attract just one type of employee," Hepburn says. "We could have three vastly diff erent people, each with a diff erent skillset and personality, and all three would be a perfect fi t for what we do at Tyler. If an applicant's personality fi ts one of the jobs we need to fi ll, we're going to invest in them and give them the skills they need in order to perform well in the job they were hired to do." Hepburn says the company has culti- vated strong working relationships with Maine colleges and universities to make sure they're aware of the job possibilities for their graduates at Tyler. "We hire a ton of University of Maine graduates," he says. "It's an excel- lent school and those graduates are very talented. We hire a lot of soft- ware developers from the University of Southern Maine … We attract kids from University of New Hampshire, the Boston colleges, University of New England. We are very pleased with the quality of applicants we're getting here in Maine." He adds that Tyler's paid internships often lead to full-time jobs. Interns are treated from Day 1 as part of the profes- sional team, he says, noting that they get opportunities to work through all phases of the software development life cycle, modify and test existing programs to meet new or revised specifi cations, as well as work with teams on special projects. "We'll also tell them, 'We have an employee golf team. Sign up, if you're interested. We have a fi tness center, sign up,'" he says. e basic message: You can have a career in Maine that allows you to have a balanced life. Trajectory of growth It certainly doesn't hurt recruitment eff orts that Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL), the largest software company in North America focused solely on the public sector, is growing rapidly — with 2015's $591 million in revenues being 20% higher than 2014's $493.1 million and almost double 2011's $309.4 million. Forbes magazine has named Tyler to its "America's Best Small Companies" list eight times. Even with a backlog of orders and its No. 1 position in the public sector mar- ket, Hepburn says Tyler still has a "wide and long runway" for even greater sales of its products in one of the largest and most decentralized information technol- ogy markets in the United States — the public sector, with 50 states, 3,000-plus counties, 36,000 cities and towns, 13,900 school districts and 37,000 special agen- cies needing software to help them serve their citizens effi ciently and eff ectively. With a 98% client retention rate as a solid foundation, the company has set Payroll-to-premium payment plan features • Automatically pay your premium when you process payroll • No premium deposit required • Reduced risk of large year-end audits • Easy set up—we do the work for you • On-going customer service provided by a Comp-As-You-Go specialist • Works with your current payroll processing method, including most payroll company data COMP-AS-YOU-GO PAYMENT PLAN If you're already choosing MEMIC for your workers' comp, tell your agent you want Comp-As-You-Go when you renew your policy. www.memic.com/cayg Did you know that MEMIC policyholders can pay their premium when they process their payroll? » C O N T I N U E D F RO M P R E V I O U S PA G E F O C U S F I L E P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Maine graduates," he says. "It's an excel- lent school and those graduates are very talented. We hire a lot of soft- ware developers from the University of Southern Maine … We attract kids from University of New Hampshire, the Boston colleges, University of New England. We are very pleased with the quality of applicants we're F I L E P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Heather Blease, CEO of SaviLinx, pictured in March 2013 as the fi rm was fi tting out its home at Brunswick Landing. SaviLinx now plans to add 200 employees, which would give it 500.

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