ANN ARBOR – Blumira, a cybersecurity provider of automated threat detection and response technology, announced that Duo Security veteran Jim Simpson has been named chief executive officer. Simpson assumes the role from Blumira co-founder Steve Fuller who will now become chief strategy officer and continue in his role as a member of the board of
DETROIT - Women in Defense are once again offering its Horizon High School Scholarship for young women who are in their senior year of high school who plans to attend a Michigan university next fall and is interested in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Scholarship amount is determined based on fundraising efforts. WID
DETROIT - Are you looking to make tech upgrades in the new year? The new year is always a good chance for businesses to upgrade their business and implement new technology, especially in the current situation when so much of life and business is changing. 2022 will be another challenging year for businesses as a
LANSING — GM is expected to build a new battery plant in Michigan and spend billions to expand an existing assembly plant here as the automaker transitions to all electric vehicles by 2035. GM is eyeing the Lansing area for a new battery plant, based on city records, a statement from the mayor, and a source familiar with
ANN ARBOR - Gina Adams founder of Wareologie, a magnetic button for people with disabilities, pivoted into developing portable parallel bars, what she describes as a game-changer for acute care, skilled nursing facilities, rehab, mobile therapy, and even outpatient clinics with small therapy gyms. She developed her new product with the help of Centrepolis Accelerator
LANSING - An effort to entice big businesses with government-backed incentives advanced in the Michigan Senate Thursday, just a day after the state House approved similar legislation. Senate Bills 769, 770 and 771 passed with bipartisan support in the Michigan Senate on Thursday and would create the “Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve Fund” and the
BOULDER, CO – According to a FlexJobs survey, 97 percent of workers want some form of remote work post-pandemic, with 58 percent preferring to be full-time remote and 39 percent opting for a hybrid work environment. What is Remote-first? How to Become a Remote-first Business To provide insight into the broad interest in remote career
DETROIT — DTE Energy announced it will complete a 40 percent increase in its renewable energy capacity this year by 535-megawatt increase includes three wind parks that began operating in the spring and one solar park that will come online before the end of the year. DTE’s generation portfolio now includes 1,862 megawatts of wind
DETROIT– Business Leaders for Michigan today announced that Randi Berris, a corporate communications leader and former statewide news editor, has joined the organization as vice president of marketing and communications, effective Nov. 30. Berris comes to Business Leaders from Huntington National Bank, where she served as senior vice president and director of external communications. Berris
GRAND RAPIDS - LG Energy Solution Michigan Inc. has secured $1.36 billion in financing to support battery manufacturing expansions in North America, at least some of which will happen in Holland, the Detroit News reported last week. Meanwhile, officials with Jackson-based utility Consumers Energy confirmed to MiBiz that the company is in discussions with state
