TROY ? Awecomm Web Strategies announced Monday it has been selected by Lombardo Homes and American Heartland Homes to provide web design, marketing, blogging and hosting services for ABC TV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's Detroit Project. Company executives declined to provide any financial information or describe how the project ranks compared with previous jobs. American
GRAND RAPIDS ? GLIMAWest will host its August Tech 5:01 on Thursday at its favorite watering hole, McFadden Irish Pub in downtown Grand Rapids. The informal mixer begins at 5:01 pm when many familiar faces from previous GLIMAWest events meet to swap stories and network. The event is free for members and non members alike.
KALAMAZOO - Technology Trends is the theme for the second annual Technology Expo presented in October by GLIMASouthwest and its new partner, the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce. Heading the list of presenters is Keith Brophy, president of Business Development for NuSoft Solutions. Brophy has 20 years of experience in the software industry, including nine
TROY ? The Society of Automotive Engineers will host a seminar on Aug. 23 to provide auto suppliers with in-depth information on how to do business in the emerging markets of China and Central Europe. Participants will learn how to position their companies to benefit from this growth; how to do business in there; developing
TRAVERSE CITY ? Join glimaNorthwest for its 3rd annual IT Symposium, scheduled for September 21 at Northern Michigan College's Hagerty Center and see the top technology companies in Michigan's northland. This year's event will feature two education tracks, one geared specifically toward IT professionals and a second less technical track geared toward business owners and
GRAND RAPIDS ? West Michigan is known as a pretty conservative region where liberals don't tend to roam ? the last place you'd expect to find a web site started by film lovers trying to turn Hollywood's film distribution and marketing scheme on its head. But that's the mission of Spout, started by four 20-something
TROY ? Michael Wilk, Oakland County Deputy Director of Information Technology, will become the new president of GLIMASoutheast, one of four new officers elected by the IT professional networking association. Also elected for the 2006-2007 year were: Vice President: MLI Public Relations Owner Michael Ingberg; Treasurer: Siemens Communications Public Sector Account Manager Cary Schmidt: Secretary:
TROY - Automation Alley's Business Finance Solutions seminar series continues August 17 with "Finding Capital Between Start-up and Profit: Financing the Early Stage Entrepreneur." This panel presentation, featuring leading funding experts, will take place at Automation Alley's Headquarters in Troy from 8-10:30 a.m. "Finding Capital Between Start-up and Profit" will be moderated by Mark Lundquist,
TROY ? GLIMASoutheast and Brownrigg are teaming up in August for a Sunrise Seminar presentation on professional liability exposure and the challenges they represent. The event will take place at 8 am Automation Alley?s headquarters in Troy on Aug. 16. Pre registration closes Aug. 11. Brian DeGraw, the Assistant Vice President and Manager of the
SOUTHFIELD - A web site designed by Plante & Moran?s Web Development Team won three awards from the Detroit chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. The web site, Henkel Corp?s automotive business, received a Merit Award for web design, an Excellence award for their external web site, and a Best in Show award