Automation Alley

Automation Alley Names Finance Director, Promotes ConnecTech Manager

TROY- Automation Alley has hired a Maryann Daddow as its new Director of Finance and has promoted Danielle Delonge to the newly created position of Business Accelerator Client Champion. Daddow is responsible for summarizing and forecasting company business activity, as well as serving as the Alley's financial representative. She has 26 years of progressively responsible

By |2009-03-25T00:00:00-04:00March 25th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

Protecting Yourself, Your Business, And Your Customers In Cyber Space

TROY - Automation Alley's Technology Committee and Walsh College are co hosting the Great Lakes Cyber Security Conference: Protecting Yourself, Your Business and Your Customer, on May 12th at Walsh College's Troy campus. This one-day conference includes nationally-recognized information security experts Tom Peltier, Justin Peltier, and Richard Stiennon, who will address the growing need for

By |2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00March 20th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

Automation Alley Gets $2 Million In Federal Grants

?� WSU E2Challenge Pays Student Business Startup Costs TROY - Automation Alley last week was awarded about $2 million in federal grants to funding R&D on a new more handicapped friendly commuter bus, manufacturing job training and to complete a feasibility study for a 4000 square foot expansion of its Troy headquarters. The Alley's Charles

By |2009-03-17T00:00:00-04:00March 17th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

Former Wayne State Running Back Named Best Start-Up Entrepreneur

FERNDALE - Automation Alley's quarterly technology magazine, X-OLOGY, named Joe Gough 2008 Best Start-up Entrepreneur for the development of a new greeting card/lottery game that promises to generate additional revenue for states that purchase it. Gough, a Detroit native and Wayne State University Hall of Fame running back, is now president of Brainstorm Creative Consulting

By |2009-03-17T00:00:00-04:00March 17th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

Automation Alley Launches New Job Board

TROY - Automation Alley on Monday announced that it has launched its new job board, which includes the ability for job seekers to submit an online application and resume directly to the employer. "Our previous job board was outdated and it was time to implement an improved system," said Jennifer Bowden, business services liaison at

By |2009-03-16T00:00:00-04:00March 16th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

Does Your Company Need Seed Funding?

TROY - Are you looking for additional funds to support your technology-driven company? Do you have an innovative product or service that could form the basis of a new company? If so, then you may be eligible for seed funding from Automation Alley. Automation Alley recently received $1.5 million in funding from the Michigan Economic

By |2009-03-03T00:00:00-05:00March 3rd, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

Automation Alley’s Social Media Bootcamp

TROY - Join Automation Alley on March 25 for an in-depth look into the different social media options available and how you can use them to grow your business. Speakers: Morning Keynote - Ken Burbary, Big Communications Online Forums and Community Building - Howard Brown, CircleBuilder.com; Case study - Charlie Wollborg, MotorCityConnect.com Social Networking -

By |2009-02-25T00:00:00-05:00February 25th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

B2B Business Development Series: Document/Information Sharing Systems

TROY - Learn how your organization can utilize document and information sharing systems to improve productivity and enable off-site groups to work together more effectively on March 11 in the next segment of Automation Alley's Business-2-Business series. About the B2B Series: There are a number of affordable automation solutions now available as you expand into

By |2009-02-25T00:00:00-05:00February 25th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

Automation Alley Enhances Online Job Board

TROY - Automation Alley, southeast Michigan's largest technology business consortium, has improved its online job board that is available to help more than 1,000 of its member organizations find and hire some of the best talent in the state. Job seekers can use this site to search for jobs at Automation Alley member companies, create

By |2009-02-04T00:00:00-05:00February 4th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|

Automation Alley Kicks Off 10th Anniversary Celebration

TROY - Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, has launched its year-long 10th year anniversary celebration. Automation Alley was founded in 1999 by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson after learning from local business associates that there was a shortage of technical workers in the area. He commissioned a study and discovered that there

By |2009-02-04T00:00:00-05:00February 4th, 2009|Archive, Automation Alley|