ROYAL OAK – Airfoil’s Senior Vice President, Amy Bryson discusses how the latest tech trends and skills are building the next generation Silicon Valley, outside of California.

In this podcast, she explores how technology is changing how business gets done and how businesses are created. This is true for Michigan-based companies, as well as global brands. There are many conversations today about how technology is both positively and potentially negatively impacting the ability for local companies to attract and retain top talent. Some of the tension points are:

    • Auto = Tech; Security = Tech; Healthcare = Tech; Business = Tech
    • Silicon Valley versus everyone else – where to start and grow a business
    • The myth that top talent doesn’t exist here and needs to be sourced from the coasts or globally – established brands that choose to start, and stay, in MI
    • Technology will displace jobs and robots will rule the world
  • She also discusses through Airfoil’s 17+ year history, how the company has worked with tech brands of all shapes and sizes based in Michigan, Seattle, San Jose, New York and across the globe (France, Germany, Norway to name two) and seen a variety of tech trends that provide insight into how technology is a game changer not only in innovation for businesses, but in accelerating talent across traditional IT roles.
    • Convergence of arts and science
    • Man + Machine, not Man Vs. Machine
    • Effective remote working policies and technology levels the playing field for talent sourcing everywhere

Amy is a tech PR veteran with more than 20 years of experience developing and executing strategic B2B and corporate communications programs for clients ranging from global giants like Microsoft to IoT startups like relayr. She is a graduate of CMU, and has worked with Airfoil Group for more than 11 years.

To listen to the rest of her story, click on https://soundcloud.com/internet-advisor-755109612/m2-techcast-episode-124-airfoil-update