Matt Roush

About Matt Roush

Matt Roush, a former business and technology journalist for such publications as the Traverse City Record Eagle, Crain's Detroit Business and WWJ News Radio's GLTR, is now Director of Media Relations and Managing Editor, University News Bureau. He also is editor of the Engineering Society of Detroit's Technology Century website, plus a co-host of M2 TechCast on the PodcastDetroit Network.

Credit Report Provider Adds False Identity Alert

FARMINGTON HILLS — Farmington Hills-based 700Credit, LLC, the provider of credit reports and compliance, prescreening and consumer pre-qualification products and services, announced a new product to identify and combat synthetic fraud using a suite of synthetic identity detection rules to prevent criminals from continuing to hide behind false identities. Synthetic ID is an emerging form

By |2019-01-10T16:29:44-05:00January 10th, 2019|Cyber Defense, ESD|

Liberty Center One Announces Cloud Offerings, Updated Website

ROYAL OAK — Liberty Center One, a leading provider of IT delivery infrastructure, today completed a redesign of its website. Intended to help prospective clients more easily understand and browse through Liberty Center One’s offerings, the redesign also promotes several new cloud offerings, including infrastructure-as-a-service, virtual disaster recovery, data-storage-as-a-service, and backup-as-a-service. One Cloud Services, Liberty’s

By |2019-01-10T16:29:44-05:00January 10th, 2019|IoT|

Altair Adds Sales, Marketing Execs

TROY — The Troy-based engineering technology developer Altair Inc. (Nasdaq: ALTR) announced the appointment of Amy Messano as chief marketing officer and Ubaldo Rodriguez as senior vice president of global sales. Company officials said the hires would continue building Altair’s global sales and marketing organization for strategic growth. Amy Messano. Altair photo. Messano will lead

By |2019-01-10T16:29:44-05:00January 9th, 2019|New Products / Contracts|

UM’s Graham Sustainability Institute Offers New Research Grants

ANN ARBOR — Partnerships, co-production and research to practice. These themes define four projects recently awarded Catalyst Grants by the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute. Led by multidisciplinary faculty teams, the projects aim to advance sustainability at local, state, national and international levels by engaging diverse communities on a range of contemporary problems. “Catalyst

By |2019-01-10T16:29:44-05:00January 9th, 2019|Clean Update|

UV Partners Debuts Cell Phone Charger, Cleaner At Consumer Electronics Show

GRAND HAVEN — UV Partners, the developer of the UV Angel technology platform, announced that UV Angel Aura Clean & Charge, an automated device that combines UV-C light disinfection technology with wireless charging, is being unveiled at the 2019 CES, formerly the International Consumer Electronics Show. The UV disinfection device, combined with the convenience and

By |2019-01-10T16:29:45-05:00January 9th, 2019|New Products / Contracts|

Genomenon Completes $2.5 Million Financing Round

ANN ARBOR — Genomenon announced that it has completed a $2.5 million equity financing round. Company officials said the financing will expand Genomenon’s commercial reach with clinical diagnostic labs, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies. Genomenon connects patient DNA with the evidence in scientific literature to help doctors provide faster and better treatment decisions for patients with

By |2019-01-10T16:29:45-05:00January 9th, 2019|Entrepreneurs, Life Sciences|

LTU Grant, Joe Louis Demolition Among Projects OK’d By Michigan Strategic Fund

LANSING — A $100,000 grant for a manufacturing business incubator at Lawrence Technological University and a $10 million loan to the city of Detroit for the demolition of Joe Louis Arena were among the business expansion and community development projects approved Tuesday by the Michigan Strategic Fund board in its final meeting of 2018. The $100,000 grant will help LTU and

By |2019-01-05T19:11:37-05:00January 5th, 2019|ESD|

New STEM Building At Michigan Tech Takes Step Forward

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University officials announced Friday that the state Legislature has granted planning authorization for Michigan Technological University’s H-STEM Engineering and Health Technologies Complex. Part of the University’s five-year capital outlay plan and capital project request, the H-STEM Complex was approved by the Michigan Tech Board of Trustees in 2017. Phase 1 of

By |2019-01-05T19:17:57-05:00January 5th, 2019|ESD, STEAM|

State Study IDs Best Spots For EV Charging Stations

LANSING – The ideal locations and the number of electric vehicle chargers along well-traveled Michigan highways were revealed today in a preliminary modeling analysis that is part of a study funded by the Michigan Energy Office. “The uniqueness of this study will put Michigan on the map when it comes to locating a public network of charging

By |2018-12-20T17:22:25-05:00December 20th, 2018|Auto Tech, Clean Update, ESD|

Lee Gaddis Tells The Story of Gaddis Gaming

ROYAL OAK - Lee Gaddis, founder of Gaddis Gaming incubating at the new Centrepolis at Lawrence Technological University, says he is dedicated to bringing new and exciting products to the leisure and entertainment industry. Gaddis specializes in manufacturing table top game related products that will enhance the social game playing experience both at home or

By |2018-12-20T12:13:57-05:00December 20th, 2018|ESD, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|