TROY - Pat O'Leary, former chief executive officer of LDMI Telecommunications, is now CEO of TelNet Worldwide. O'Leary formerly was interim CEO as well as a board member of the wholesale telecommunications provider to Internet Service Providers and larger businesses throughout the U.S. "Having Pat at the helm brings proven leadership," said TelNet founder and
DEARBORN - Retired four-star Gen. Wesley Clark will the keynote address at the plug-in electric vehicle conference October 19-21. The conference will explore viable solutions to policies that will enable the commercial introduction of plug-in electric vehicles and economic models for success. The agenda includes sessions focused on infrastructure requirements, battery manufacturing, and vehicle technology
TROY - Would you like to do business with corporate, government, municipal and educational institutions, but can't find a way through the front door? Talk to purchasing agents first hand at the "Bid & Brunch Matchmaking Event" on Wednesday, October 21. Hosted by Oakland County and the Southern Oakland County Chapter of the NAACP, the
TROY - Business services in the state of Michigan have recently become easily accessible with creation of the Michigan Business One Stop. The Michigan Business One Stop is an online service that guides users who want to start, operate or expand a business in Michigan. Business owners can apply for or renew permits and licenses,
GRAND RAPIDS - Lawrence Productions, an electronic media company, has won six national advertising awards for recent commercial work. The 2009 Communicator Awards honored them with three awards. "Best Jingle" and "Best Travel/Tourism TV" for their "Come Fly with Us" TV commercial for The Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport. Another Communicator Award was given to "The
TROY - Automation Alley is now accepting applicants to its 2010 Mentor & Coaching Program in partnership with the Midwest Technology Leaders. Administered by Business and Executive Coach Barry Demp of Barry Demp Coaching, the program pairs today's top IT leaders with the Midwest's best CIOs. The mentor and mentee pairs meet one hour per
MIDLAND - PitchNights 2009 on Oct. 14, an event for entrepreneurs, investors and supporters, will feature elevator pitches from some of the promising startups in mid Michigan. BlueWater Angels will host its first session of PitchNights 2009 at Saginaw Valley State University, from 6 - 9:00pm, in Curtiss Hall, 2nd floor, Banquet Rooms D&E. Cost
TROY - Are you looking to increase your sales but don't know where to start? Try networking, it's an excellent opportunity to make connections, build relationships and grow professionally. On Wednesday, October 14, Automation Alley will kick-off the first seminar in the popular B2B series "Networking 101: Five Fundamentals of Networking" with Terry Bean, CEO
ANN ARBOR ? Scientists in the United States will now be able work remotely with the Large Hadron Collider, a massive particle accelerator spanning the French-Swiss border nicknamed "The Big Bang Machine," through a new partnership announced by Level 3 Communications and Internet2. Under the agreement, U.S. LHCNet, Internet2 and Level 3 will connect a
GRAND RAPIDS - AimWest, a technology networking group, is hosting a discussion Oct. 21 on how West Michigan companies are using technology to continue to grow their businesses. Panelists include: David Dorner started his career working at Smiths Aerospace as an embedded software and digital design engineer for seven years. David then founded DornerWorks in