GRAND RAPIDS – Students and jobseekers will now have a one-stop resource to learn more about the high-demand, high-wage career opportunities in the Professional Trades through the rejuvenated website, Going-PRO.com. The website was unveiled by Talent and Economic Development Department of Michigan Director Roger Curtis said Tuesday at Grand Rapids Public Schools Innovation Central High
ROYAL OAK - A Detroit entrepreneur and game developer has launched a new user growth platform for mobile app developers called WildFire. Introduced by Ken Johnson, creator of the card game Phase 10, WildFire provides a new method for app developers, particularly startups and independents, to get noticed in the crowded app marketplace without costly
ROYAL OAK - There’s an advanced digital local marketing auto dealership program with proven results that increases a dealership’s awareness among local active vehicle buyers. Really. Melih Oztalay, CEO of SmartOne, a Birmingham, Michigan, Internet marketing company, said SmartOne is co-op compliant with OEMs, and it also increases service center appointments and profits as well.
NEW YORK - On Labor Day weekend, a new survey shows 51 percent of U.S. employees are satisfied with their jobs, but employees gave the lowest marks for disappointment with their job’s professional development aspects. The Conference Board’s survey gauged approximately 1,500 employed individuals, who together comprise a snapshot of the U.S. workforce. Participants weighed
DETROIT - Lions Tailgate Parties, Oktoberfest, and halloween events Toronto are scheduled this fall at Beacon Park beginning in September. The events are sponsored by DTE Energy Beacon Park Foundation and the Downtown Detroit Partnership. The park is at the corner of Grand River and Cass Ave. in Detroit. Visitors of all ages are invited
AUBURN HILLS – Mathew Varghese has joined Munetrix as Vice President of Technology. Munetrix is a public sector solutions provider offering data management, analytics and reporting tools for states, local governments and public school districts. In this new role, Varghese will be a member of the Munetrix executive team, directing and managing the entire database,
GRAND RAPIDS - Drew Hall and Andrew Sedlar have joined Lambert Edwards as investor relations coordinators to support the company’s growth and recent acquisition of New York City-based financial communications firm, Owen Blicksilver Public Relations Inc. Hall joins the team in the Grand Rapids office after recently graduating from Grand Valley State University with bachelor’s
DETROIT - DTE Energy broke ground last week on a project with Wisconsin-based Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy to begin creating renewable natural gas generated from dairy cow waste as a fuel to power compressed natural gas vehicles, offsetting the use of fossil-based fuels. DTE has launched a broad sustainability initiative that will cut methane emissions by
ROYAL OAK - For the first time in the last 70 plus years, Lawrence Technological University is fielding a football team. The first LTU head football coach Jeff Duvendeck discusses what it is like building a college football program from the ground up. Coach Duvendeck is focusing on recruiting high school football players who will
DETROIT - Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow has created new process that introduce the opportunity for shipbuilders to save production costs and improve build time, while reducing distortion of lightweight materials. The Joining-3 Project, led by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division, with partners in government, NSWC-Carderock Division, NAVSEA and industry, including American Bureau of Shipping,
