Kevin SmithKevin Smith is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and inventor of varied background, interests, and talents. Smith started in his father’s sheet metal company, where he worked until graduate school, when he directed Notre Dame’s psychophysiology laboratory. Published as an undergraduate, Smith was recruited by the Swiss Government to research artificial intelligence and learning strategies. Upon his return to the US, Smith formed a microchip company, Softchip Technologies. Smith purchased the fifty-year-old dilapidated train station, Union Station, during Softchip’s expansion, which he then renovated for public use. Union Station’s concrete construction and proximity to the railroad made it a prime location for fiber optic cables and early telecommunication providers, and Smith again transformed Union Station into a carrier hotel and data center. Smith’s reputation for managing energy and technology has allowed Union Station Technology Center to become Indiana’s second largest carrier hotel, and the region’s largest data center. Mr. Smith currently owns and operates eight independent companies, including more than 180,000 square feet of property, more than 150 miles of fiber optic cables, and three patents in energy and technology. Smith’s most recent acquisition is the only remaining Studebaker manufacturing building in existence. Smith plans to repurpose this million square foot icon as a multi-use technology center for the economic revitalization of South Bend.
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