LANSING - Justin Winslow, who has been serving as interim president and CEO of the Michigan Restaurant Association, now has his interim tag removed. The MRA board of directors made the position permanent at their November meeting. “The MRA board is excited and pleased to have Justin take the executive leadership role of our Association,”
ANN ARBOR - As the cybersecurity landscape grows more complex, the need for increasingly diverse cybersecurity training continues to expand. To meet this need, Merit Network is collaborating with the Cyber World Institute to expand the Cyber Security certification training program. "In today's news, there is a continuous stream of reports about large, prestigious organizations
DETROIT – If you love puppies - and who doesn’t - calling for BeMYDD to drive you and your car home after you’ve been celebrating too hard on New Year’s Eve will help rescue animals under the threat of unnecessary execution in shelters. According to statistics from the ASPCA, approximately 2.7 million animals are euthanized
FERNDALE - Michelle Gilbert, Vice President of Public Relations for the Heartland Region of Comcast, will spend $3 million to build out a 1 gigabit per second Internet service to the businesses, across Midtown and Downtown next year. Comcast also will build a 1,700 square foot Xfinity store that will open in January, plus a
FERNDALE - Scott Ringlein, of the Energy Alliance Group of Michigan, talks about the energy efficiency projects his company performs for industrial and commercial clients. The PACE program participant allows property owners to take on a special assessment to pay for energy efficient projects, much like a tax assessment paid over a long period of
FERNDALE - Greg Doyle, who manages the Oakland County technology networking group, Tech248, provides the background on the group that hopes to connected about 4,000 tech companies in the state’s second largest county. Retaining newly graduated college students, with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, the classic STEM degrees so highly coveted by Michigan
FERNDALE - Kathleen Norton-Schock, one of Diva Tech Talk’s founders, interviews Carey Pachla, President of Fast Switch a nationwide recruiting firm. Carey discusses the awesome STEM jobs available, open to women. But, she said, unfortunately Michigan does not have the talent to fill them. However, Fast Switch fills hundreds of these jobs each year. To listen,
FERNDALE - Rosemary Bayer, chief inspiration officer at ardentCause, is interviewed by Kathleen Northon-Schock, co-founder of Diva Tech Talk, about the non-profit Michigan-based social enterprise that serves the philanthropic, nonprofit and education sectors and provides data solutions and services. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-episode-12-seg-1-ddtt-rosemary-bayer?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan economy, still heavily dependent upon manufacturing, will probably not grow as strongly in 2016 and 2017 as it did this year, but the trajectory definitely is up and to the right, an economist predicted Thursday. George Erickcek, a senior regional analyst for the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, also
DETROIT - MTAM member, IZI Mobile, is currently seeking Beta Testers for a new mobile app, Tagly, an app for following exactly what you want from modern fashion & lifestyle brands. Follow whatever is relevant to you whether that’s Warby Parker for new frame releases or designer Yumi Kim for upcoming sample sales. Tagly is
