ANN ARBOR - LLamasoft announced Tuesday that three members of its senior leadership has been named to Supply and Demand Chain Executives list of ‘Pros to Know’ for 2016. TC Baker is the vice president of solution design for LLamasoft and holds over 28 years in the software development and technology industries. Baker has taken
DETROIT - Foster Braun interviews MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan who talks about last week’s top headlines, including Switch Datacenter hiring a general contractor to build out the 600,000-plus facility in the old Steelcase Pyramid building, Gov. Snyder proposes increasing funding for skilled trades training, and hot Michigan products for Valentine’s Day. To listen, click on
DETROIT - Rick Broida has been a welcome addition to our crew of experts since 2012. He is a noted columnist to be found on CNET, Forbes and many other online publications. Rick recently stirred up the pot with an article on his Cheapskate Blog about how unplugging from the Facebook app on your phone to save
DETROIT - Charlie Hopper, is the founder of Pasty.net an award winning website that has become one of the central points of contact with the Internet in Michigan’s pristine Upper Peninsula. Charlie outlines the history of his efforts, WJR’s first contact with Pasty Cam and Paul W. Smith and some of the new technology he is
DETROIT - Ron and Kay Wilmers of Lapeer, MI are the founders of The Disabled Traveler, a website dedicated to helping people with disabilities and/or age related challenges enjoy traveling. Ron’s experience began in 1977 when he was confined to a wheelchair but never let it keep him and his family from enjoying camping. The
DETROIT - Yan Ness is the CEO of Online Technologies, a company with long connection to Gary Baker and the Internet Advisor. Once upon a time, Online Tech was the ISP that Gary Baker ran and was the way that he and Foster Braun met. Foster called to get help with his connection to the
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host Detroit Dirt founder Pashon Murray as the keynote speaker at its fourth annual West Michigan Sustainable Business Conference on March 14 at Cathedral Square Conference Center in downtown Grand Rapids. The half-day event will bring together regional sustainability practitioners from business, government, non-profits and academia
FARMINGTON HILLS - If you are an accredited investor, and would like to review four possible investments, Great Lakes Angels invites you to its pitch night Feb. 25 at UHY Advisors. The meeting is open to member and non-members alike. Accredited investors earn $250,000 or more each year, or have a net worth (excluding their
YPSILANTI - James Smith, currently president of Northern State University in South Dakota, was named the new president of Eastern Michigan University on Friday. Smith will begin his duties on July 1, the start of the university's new fiscal year. He succeeds Susan Martin, who retired in 2015. Smith has been president of the university
FERNDALE - Linda Daischendt, founder of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, talks about the four Mobile Monday chapters in the state, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Detroit and Lansing, with more in the works. Anything to do with mobile and wireless technologies is featured at these events. Some focus on how mobile technology impacts various
