SOUTHFIELD – On January 1, long-time BullsEye Telecom chief operating officer Tom Tisko assumed his new role as chief executive officer of the company, which provides national multi-location communications solutions. He replaced co-founder Bill Oberlin, who will continue to serve as chairman of BullsEye’s Board of Directors. “I am so proud of the company that
ALLENDALE - Philomena V. Mantella was named Tuesday as Grand Valley State University’s fifth president and the first woman appointed president in Grand Valley’s nearly 60-year history. Mantella is currently the senior vice president and chief executive officer of the Lifelong Learning Network at Northeastern University, a private research university in Boston. Mantella will remain
DETROIT - How would your company like to participate in an Internet of Things event this spring that will focus on Michigan technologies and also benefit the Michigan Science Center? Well you can. It’s called IoT Tech Connect and it will be held at the Michigan Science Center on Monday April 29. Fifteen percent of
DETROIT— More than 80 percent of Michigan’s largest companies forecast their employment and investment in Michigan will stay the same or increase in the next 6 to 12 months. Their positive outlook notwithstanding, 90 percent of these same leaders believe the state and U.S. economies will stay the same or worsen during that time.
DETROIT - The newly-named Detroit Regional Partnership charged with creating a world-class marketing and attraction economic development arm for the 11-county region is now operational and led by CEO Barry Matherly. The group kicked off a 30-day listening tour with stakeholders across the 11-county region to learn more about each community's economic development programs and priorities.
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan business executive and Amway alumni J.D. Collins has been named state director of the Small Business Development Center, an SBA-backed one-stop-shop for business advice and training aimed at entrepreneurs and small business. Collins began his new role December 17 leading the SBDC, a 90-person organization that serves more than 5,500 companies statewide. He
BOULDER, Co. – Techtonic announced this week that it has appointed Jennifer Granholm, two-time Governor and former Attorney General of Michigan as the fifth member of its Board. In addition to two successful terms as Governor of Michigan, Granholm brings extensive relevant expertise to her new role at Techtonic. Currently, she leads RIDGE-LANE LP’s sustainability
GRAND RAPIDS - For the West Michigan industrial economy, September was strong, October was stronger and November was the best month of the year, said Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business. Long surveyed local business leaders and his findings below are based on data
SOUTHFIELD – Tom Tisko, chief operating officer at BullsEye Telecom, has been promoted to chief executive officer. Tisko will assume his new role on January 1, 2019. He replaces Bill Oberlin, who will continue to serve as chairman of BullsEye’s Board of Directors. “I am so proud of the company that BullsEye has become, with every
TROY – Plex Systems, the leader in cloud MES and ERP for manufacturing, today named Bill Berutti its chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors. Berutti has spent the last two decades in cloud and enterprise software leading global, high-growth businesses. “The future of manufacturing ERP and MES is in the
