 A native of Turkey, Ersal Özdemir used his Purdue civil engineering degree to build a billion dollar construction business that also brought professional soccer to Indianapolis. I am Ersal Özdemir. I am the founder and CEO of Keystone Companies, where in construction, real estate development, investments. I also am the founder and CEO of Indie 11, which is the professional soccer team for the state of Indiana. Keystone Construction focuses on commercial, institutional, higher education projects. We have over 100 employees and continue to grow. I wanted to grow up to be a civil engineer. I wanted to get a great education to help me prepare for construction and real estate business after graduating. Purdue was and is ranked one of the best engineering schools in the world. Being a Purdue engineer helps you to solve problems. I believe that has helped significantly to help us to start different businesses and to tackle those issues that come every day, as well as help us to grow, to create jobs in Indiana, and as well as to help us bring new ideas, new developments. As we continue to grow, it gives us a great leap to able to do more things in the state, such as ability to bring a professional soccer team in Indiana. Purdue Engineering provided me a strong foundation to be successful in life. That helps me to prepare every day in our businesses. It allowed me to think outside the box, solve problems, and prepare me for future. Thanks to Purdue education, I was able to create multiple companies, employ people, and allowed us to create a footprint, large footprint, in and around the state. That was Ursal-Ozdemir. Look for more stories at purdue.edu-slash-footprints.