LANSING – Twenty-six of the 50 companies listed in the Michigan 50 – second-stage Entrepreneurial Companies To Watch in 2005 – are involved in developing technologies that range from IT Services, Wireless Security, simulation software, human tissue banks, and composite materials. The complete list follows.
Ann Arbor
Dynamic Edge, IT Services, Bruce McCulty, Founder Owner
Interlink Networks, Wireless Security, Mike Klein, CEO
Online Technologies Corp., ISP, Yan Ness, President and CEO
T/J Technologies, Electromechanical Energy Fabrication, Maria Thompson, President and CEO
Xoran Technologies, CT Scanners, Predrag Sukovic, President
Birmingham
Clear/Blue, Video2Net, Todd Smith, CEO
Caledonia
Phiebotic Inc, d/b/a Market Lab, Laboratory suppliers, President and CEO
Calumet
ThermoAnalytics, Simulation Software, Keith Johnson, President
Comstock Park
Xspect Solutions, Coordinate Measuring Machine, Keith Mills, President
Detroit
Asterand, Human Tissue Bank, Randall Charlton, CEO
Integrated Media Technologies, IT Consulting, Joseph Reyes, President and CEO
Farmington Hills
Wireless Tops Franchise, Wireless Phones, Joe Barbat, CEO
Holland
LeanLogistics, Transportation Management Software, Dan Dershem, President
Sordal, Composite Materials, Dale Danver, President and CEO
Houghton
GS Engineering, Engineering Consulting, Glen Simula, President and CEO
Jenison
Concentrek, Logistics Consultant, John Patterson, President and CEO
Kalamazoo
Blue-Granite, IT Consulting, Daniel Blackledge, Chairman
Lansing
GEE! Communications & Network Solutions, Voice/Data Integration, Theresa Grady, President
KTM Industries, Bioplastics, Timoth Colonnese, President and CEO
Liquid Web, ISP, Matthew Hill, CEO
Livonia
Information Systems Resources, IT Consulting, Luther Elliott, President
Mt. Clemens
Re:Source Partners Asset Management, Computer recycling, Andrew Loria, Chairman
Pleasant Ridge
ePrize, Interactive Promotion Agency, Josh Linkner, CEO
Port Huron
BioPro, Orthopedic Implants, Patrick Pringle, President and CEO
Traverse City
Electro-Optics Technology, Laser Electronics, David Scerbak, President
Salamander Technologies, First Responder RFID Tags, Russell Miller, President and CEO
To be eligible, a company must:
Be a second-stage company, defined as employing seven to 99 full-tme-equivalent employees and generating $750,000 to $50 million in gross annual sales.
Be privately held.
Be headquartered in Michigan.
Demonstrate the intent and capacity to grow based on one or more of the following: employee or sales growth, exceptional entrepreneurial leadership, sustainable competitve advantage and other notable factors that showcase the company’s success.
Application materials will soon be available for the 2006 awards. For more information, click on Michigan Celebrates Small Business
