GRAND RAPIDS - Optomi is an IT Staffing Company with a unique corporate culture founded on strong core values... an innovative company that is completely dedicated to its clients and consultants with a philosophy of “doing the right thing". By deploying the optimum talent for IT projects, Optomi enables their clients to define the technology
DETROIT - Dean Norton is the Chief Operating Officer of Macprofessionals, one of only two Apple Authorized Service Providers in the state of Michigan. Founded by Lisa Glush in 2000, the company has stores in Bay Harbor (Petoskey area), Novi and now in Farmington Hills. Macprofessionals works with companies and school districts on their Apple
DETROIT - Todd Palmer author of Job Search Process is a renowned thought leader and top staffing and recruiting executive who is committed to improving lives. Todd is founder and President of Diversified Industrial Staffing, and has helped over 4,300 people get jobs, bettering their lives and the lives of their families. In his new book, The Job
ANN ARBOR - For the third straight year, students from the University of Michigan have received more Fulbright grants than those from any other public university in the U.S. The grants - one of the U.S. government's most prestigious awards - were provided to 29 students at U-M to study, conduct research or teach English
WASHINGTON D.C. - Environmental and conservation groups throughout the Great Lakes region were encouraged by targets for combating Lake Erie algal blooms that were released by US EPA and Environment Canada Monday. The targets outlined represent the current scientific consensus on what is required to prevent toxic and nuisance algal blooms from continuing to plague
DETROIT - Automation Alley forecasts economic growth for Southeast Michigan technology companies in 2016 will outperform even Silicon Valley in many key areas, including revenue, research and development, investment and hiring. These findings and more were revealed Monday in Automation Alley’s 2016 Technology Industry Report at a breakfast briefing at the Detroit Institute of the
FERNDALE - ITInTheD.Com, the No. 1 tech audio podcast in the world on SoundCloud, has gone video. Bob Waltenspiel the sales guy and Dave Phillips the geek produced a video promo for the show from the Activ8 lounge at Activ8 gaming. PodcastDetroit.Com, the network founded by Bob and Dave, is located on the second floor.
FERNDALE - We got back to “normal” for episode 131 of our weekly live podcast broadcast. Joined by Nuspire Networks, the Metro Detroit Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (Visit Detroit) and Daily Detroit, we had a great series of chats, learned a little more about security, talked about some great cons coming up in the area
PONTIAC - The Zika virus, which has potentially been linked to birth defects in infants in Central and South America, has not been found in Michigan, but Oakland County officials announced Friday that they were outlining plans to help prevent the disease. The plans, announced by County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, are designed to monitor
FERNDALE - Betsy Creedon, Wayne State University TechTown’s Director of Entrepreneurial Services, talks about WSU’s DTX Launch program a 10-week technology startup accelerator for college students and recent graduates. DTX is accepting applications for summer 2016. An information session is scheduled for Feb. 24 at WSU. To learn more, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-episode-22-dtx-detroit-launch-program?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit#t=0:00
