Florida tech entrepreneurs Linda Olson and Brian Murphy, independently but together in spirit, faced a giant obstacle 15 years ago: they sought to start and quickly grow tech organizations in Tampa, a city on Florida’s Gulf Coast known more for cigars and Cuban sandwiches than gigabytes and cloud-based software. And in the business community, Tampa was most prominently known for the important, albeit boring backstop any company needs—call centers. Now Olson and Murphy are key players in a Tampa Bay expansion. First, the success of the region’s sports teams—with back-to-back Stanley Cups for the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Tom Brady-led Super Bowl LV champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers—drew national attention. But the work of people like Olson, Murphy, and dozens of others is why the city of Tampa has been making noise in the tech industry, from startups to established companies. According to a recent report from Revolution and Rise …