Why Tresata CEO Abhishek Mehta decided Charlotte needed a hackathon

Abhishek Mehta decided a few years back that Charlotte needed a hackathon. Those collaborative competitions for coders and programmers are held in tech hubs around the country. Mehta thought it was time the Queen City jumped on board. The CEO of Charlotte-based big-data software company Tresata mentioned the idea to one of the firm's earliest customers, Harris Teeter. “Harris Teeter said, ‘That is a great idea,’” Mehta told me in an interview at the company’s new South End offices on…

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