FERNDALE - Mark Becker, is a partner at technology consultant C/D/H. In this M2 TechCast podcast, Becker discussed his company's technology successes over the past 25 years, as well as C/D/H's recent move from an office in Royal Oak to downtown Detroit, in the heart of the tech hub near the Fox Theater district. By the
FERNDALE - Michigan Science Center CEO Tonya Matthews announces the new STEMinista project to get girls interested in STEM education - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Less than 20 percent of women are now working in their career fields, down from roughly 40 percent a couple decades ago. Getting more girls into STEM could also
HOLLAND - In an ongoing collaborative effort to grow the entrepreneurial eco-system along the Lake Michigan shoreline, the city of Holland has submitted its SmartZone action plans to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Michigan Treasury Department for final review in hopes of approval by spring. Public hearings were held at both the City of
NOVI - When eagles were discovered underneath the ITC Transmission lines on Beaver Island in Clinton Iowa, the company worked quickly to install yellow-coiled bird diverters. “It reduces mortality by somewhere between 50 to 90 percent,” says Drew Becker, an eagle biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “In situations like this, it’s all
FERNDALE - On M2 TechCast on Jan. 25 at 3 pm, Enrico Schaefer will provide a drone law update, cybersecurity experts Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann will talk about the latest cyber threats, including hacktivist group Anonymous threat to attack Gov. Rick Snyder's administration over the Flint water crisis. Also on the show will be Crain’s
FERNDALE - Mark Becker a partner at C/D/H talks about the Jan. 21 TechMash at the system integrator’s downtown Detroit office, Tonya Matthews CEO of the Michigan Science Center talks about the STEMinista program to raise the visibility of STEM training among young women, Rachele Downs talks about Inforum’s InGAGE female entrepreneur training program, and
FERNDALE - On M2 TechCast Monday Jan. 18, Michigan Science Center CEO Tonya Matthews, Inforum Vice President of Entrepreneurial Strategies Rachele Downs, Detroit Regional News Hub Editor Marge Sorge and C/D/H Partner Mark Becker provide lively commentary on the technology they provide. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-18?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
FERNDALE - M2 TechCast Co-host Matt Roush interviews co-host Mike Brennan from the North American International Auto Show on Jan. 11 during press preview days. The two long-time tech reporters talk about the cool new technology on display at the Detroit Auto Show, and what they liked, and didn’t like, in the new cars and
FERNDALE - On this segment of M2 TechCast, co-host Matt Roush of the Engineering Society of Detroit talks to Allison Marrs, ESD’s Future City coordinator, will talk about the program that starts on Jan. 25. Also on this segment is Linda Gerhardt, from the General Motors Tech Center, who was the engineering mentor for some
WASHINGTON DC – Corporate venture groups invested more than $7.5 billion in 905 deals to high-growth startups in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in 2015, accounting for 13 percent of all venture capital dollars invested for the year and 21 percent of all deals. This news comes from the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and the National
