ANN ARBOR - Ultra Electronics, Adaptive Materials recently appointed Aaron Crumm to president. Crumm previously served as the company's chief technology officer. Crumm will report directly to Phil Evans, divisional managing director of aircraft and vehicle systems, Ultra Electronics. Ultra Electronics acquired Adaptive Materials on December 31. Terms were not disclosed. He assumes this leadership
AUBURN HILLS ? Manufacturing ERP Solutions Provider Plex Systems announced that it has been named a 2011 Best of Michigan Business by Corp! Magazine. This annual award is presented by Corp! Magazine to honor Michigan businesses that are surviving, thriving and growing, while supporting and investing in Michigan?s future. Plex Systems will be recognized in
SAN FRANCISCO - A malicious Android app that masquerades as a free version of a legitimate app steals data and sends spam text messages and a warning that chastise the user for trying to get around paying for the actual app, Symantec said. The app, available on several file-sharing sites in North America and Asia
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 announced that Stephen (Steve) Wolff, widely considered as one of the original architects and fathers of the Internet, will join its staff as Interim Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Wolff will be responsible for developing a strategic technical roadmap for the organization to ensure the research and
TROY - Round Table Productions on April 21 will present, "Inside Google," a lunch and learn presentation at 11:30 am at Shield's Restaurant featuring Michelle Morris, Industry Director for Automotive at Google. In this presentation, Morris will talk about Google's relationships with the automotive industry and how this is changing customer?s relationships with their next
ANN ARBOR ? Ann Arbor SPARK has named a Silicon Valley economic developer as its new president and CEO replacing Michael Finney who left that post in December to head up the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Paul Krutko will join Ann Arbor SPARK on April 18 and will oversee the organization's continued efforts to expand
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Startup accelerator, Momentum, kicks off its 2011 program with The Michigan Lean Startup Conference May 19 at Grand Valley State University's Eberhard Center where entrepreneurs will rapidly prototype new business models. Eric Ries is creator of the Lean Startup Methodology and keynote speaker. Other speakers at the Lean Startup Conference
LANSING - The 10 most structurally deficient bridges in Michigan may be located in urban areas, but some rural counties have the highest number of bridges in bad shape, according to a new report issued by Transportation for America. In "The Fix We're In For: The State of Michigan's Bridges" only four out of Michigan's
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue wrote a newspaper column published Tuesday that calls for the construction of a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, whether the government-run proposal or the one from the owners of the Ambassador Bridge. Donohue's column, published in the Washington Examiner, is a different stance
LANSNG - To applause from state retail industry leaders, Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill Tuesday ending Michigan's decades-old item pricing law. Eliminating the law that has been in place since the 1970s is "a great day of celebration," Snyder said, which should help consumers save money and help the state expand its economy. And