TROY ? Mark Symonds, president and CEO of Plex Systems, will keynote Automation Alley's first all-day conference and expo on Jan. 25 where members can learn skills to promote their businesses. Accelerate 2011: Learning. Connecting. Growing at the Centerpoint Marriott in Auburn Hills. Symonds' keynote presentation will discuss the everyday challenges of managing a business,
ANN ARBOR ? Skip Simms on Monday was named the interim president of Ann Arbor SPARK after current CEO, Mike Finney, resigned to assume an even bigger job ? president and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. In his new role, Simms, who joined Ann Arbor SPARK in 2006, will oversee the organization?s efforts
LANSING - Calling it a model of collaboration, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Governor-elect Rick Snyder held a joint press conference Monday to announce new leadership at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Named as the chief executive officer of the MEDC was Michael Finney, current head of Ann Arbor SPARK and long-rumored to be Snyder's choice
LANSING - Governor-elect Rick Snyder and legislative leaders told a crowd of more than 500 on Monday that they are committed to working together to solve the myriad issues facing Michigan. "We've started a good dialogue and we'll continue that path. We have to make this a team method," Snyder said of his relationship with
DETROIT ? Armune BioScience of Kalamazoo won the $500,000 grand prize in the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition on Saturday, while the $25,000 student portion of the competition was won by ReGenerate, created by four University of Michigan students. Armune BioScience is developing a technology that uses autoantibodies created by the body?s own immune system to
RESTON, VA ? Nearly $22 billion has been spent online during the for the 40 days of the November-December 2010 holiday season, a 12 percent increase from a year ago. During the most recent week (week ending Dec. 10), online spending reached $5.15 billion, an increase of 11 percent versus the same week a year
LANSING - Those involved with providing social services, or who might have to direct people to those who do, can now have the information they need at their fingertips wherever they are. The Department of Human Services launched the first known mobile phone application for human services resources. The current app works on Android phones
WASHINGTON DC - The US Department of Justice, in cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seized 82 domain names in an action deemed "Cyber Monday Crackdown," also known as "Operation In Our Sites v. 2.0". These seizures resulted from the online sales of counterfeit goods bearing the trademarks of US companies, as well as infringement
GRAND RAPIDS - Eric McKee joined C/D/H's Grand Rapids office as a consultant, bringing with him experience in web site application and creative design, a new competency that extends C/D/H's client offerings. ?By adding skills in user experience, visual layout and branding of internal and external SharePoint web sites, we can offer more comprehensive solutions
CLEVELAND - Eaton Corporation announced that Kenneth Davis has been named president ? Vehicle Group, effective January 1, 2011, succeeding Joseph P. Palchak who has announced his decision to retire at the end of June, 2011. Palchak will continue to report to Craig Arnold, vice chairman and chief operating officer ? Industrial Sector, and will