David Becker '75
December 14, 2011
David Becker has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of First Internet Bank since its inception and has served as President since January 2007. In 1981, he founded re:Member Data Services and served as CEO until the company was acquired by Open Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:OPEN) in 2004. In 1995, he founded VIFI, which provided Internet services to financial institutions and corporations from 1995 until it was acquired by Digital Insight Corporation (NASDAQ:DGIN) in 2002. Becker also founded, and remains actively involved as CEO of three other Indianapolis-based companies: OneBridge, a credit and debit card processing firm; DyKnow, a company specializing in educational technology for interactive learning experiences; and RICS, a firm that provides inventory control and POS systems for retailers via the Web.
Becker was the first chairman and remains on the board of TechPoint, and is Chairman of the Board of the TechPoint Foundation. Mr. Becker is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), and of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership. Becker has supported a number of Indiana universities. He is currently a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for the School of Informatics at Indiana University (IUPUI) and has served on advisory boards for The Robert C. McDermond Center for Management and Entrepreneurship and the IT Associates Program at DePauw University as well as the Board of Trustees at Vincennes University. Becker is a 2001 recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and a 2002 recipient of the TechPoint Trailblazer in Technology award. In 2004, he was named Sagamore of the Wabash by Indiana Governor Joe Kernan. In 2008, he was inducted into the Junior Achievement-sponsored Central Indiana Business Hall of Fame. He also was the recipient of the Robert C. McDermond Medal for Excellence in Entrepreneurship.
Becker was a political science major and business administration minor. Read more on David Becker here.