SOUTHFIELD - Kathleen Norton-Schock returns for her monthly update of events and happenings with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. Her big news this month is a new MCWT Executive Director, Orletta Caldwell who replaces Chris Rydzewski who is transitioning to the role of development director, working closely with existing and new partners and
ANN ARBOR - Missy Stults Phd, Ann Arbor's Sustainability and Innovations Director, provides details on two virtual town hall events this month that seeks community feedback on a proposed Sustainable Heating program the city wants to implement in three years when the current gas contract with DTE Energy runs out. May 11 and 16 are
ANN ARBOR - The Midwest Growth Capital Symposium, formerly called the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, returns May 23-24 at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Founder UM Finance Professor, David Brophy, joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on MITech TV to provide all the details including naming the two keynote speakers. Brophy also
DETROIT - DTE Energy announced that Michigan’s largest wind park, Meridian Wind, is now operational. Spanning three townships across Midland and Saginaw counties, the 225-megawatt wind park has 77 wind turbines and generates enough clean energy to power nearly 80,000 homes. Brian Calka, DTE Energy Vice President of Renewable Energy Sales and Project Development, joins
ANN ARBOR - A 21-year-old National Guard private not only gained access to classified military documents, he then shared them on the Discord chat room. How did this happen? Cybersecurity experts Richard Stiennon from IT-Harvest and Dan Lohrmann from Presidio discuss. They also talk about an international cybersecurity conference in France that Dan just spoke
SOUTHFIELD - The Annual Research Day and Presidential Colloquium on April 21 promote the scholarly engagement of faculty and students in order to support the highest quality educational experience for Lawrence Tech students, and to celebrate and promote a culture of research at Lawrence Tech. LTU News Director Matt Roush interviews two professors involved in
ANN ARBOR - Gary Erickson from Executive Search Partners said he sees two trends now in executive hiring: Most companies will no longer support 100 percent remote employees. Second, with IT being critical to the success of every company, companies rarely will hire an executive that does not have experience in their industry. He also
TROY - Michelle Krebs, Executive Analyst with Cox Automotive, known for the AutoTrader, Kelly Blue Book, and Manheim Auto Auctions, provides details about the new EV tax credit that came out from the IRS on March 31 as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. The law has a long, complicated list of criteria to obtain
LANSING - A million Michiganders lost power in two storms more than a month ago. As a result, the Michigan Public Service Commission, after two public town halls, has revised rules that utility companies must provide credits to consumers when black outs continue for more than 96 hours. MPSC Commissioner Katherine Peretick provides all the
ANN ARBOR - Comcast has been doing work with local community partners in Michigan to help bridge the digital divide for income-constrained families. Rob Ponto from Comcast shares the many ways Comcast has worked to meet this goal and why it’s so important to connect everyone to the transformative power of the internet. In this
