ROYAL OAK - The Marburger STEM center will expose young people to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (and now the Arts) at Lawrence Tech University. Sibrina Collins, executive director of LTU’s Marburger STEM Center, appears on M2 TechCast to explain how this project will help students. Opened in August 2016, the A. Alfred Taubman Engineering,
ROYAL OAK - Amanda Lewan, president of Bamboo Detroit, describes its new 6000 square foot location in downtown Detroit at the Julian C. Madison Building on Washington. It will include dedicated desks and private offices, plus a lot more space for start-ups to grow. It is expected to accommodate up to 300 entrepreneurs, up 161
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Nov. 7, our guests include Kathleen Norton-Schock will highlight the MCWT gala, plus interview Julie Christ, Founder and CEO of Tech Smart Solutions. David Weaver, Chairman of Great Lakes Angels, will talk about the three companies pitching investors on Nov. 15. Melih Oztalay, CEO of Smart Finds Marketing,
ROYAL OAK - Terry Bean of Motor City Connect and Janet Tyler, COO of Red Level, also were producers of the TEDX Detroit conference held in October at the Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit. TED (Talent, Education, Design) drew 2,600, a record for the eighth year of the independently produced conference. Some 600 students also
ROYAL OAK - Delphi, a global automotive manufacturing company, won the Microsoft Ignite 2016 Mealogix MetroHero Award, in the Migration category, with the assistance of the C/D/H team. Delphi set almost unachievable goals that most organizations would have said were not feasible, possible, or attainable. Put quite simply, a pipe dream. That didn’t deter Delphi
ROYAL OAK - Janet Tyler, the COO of Red Level, talks about how IT people can sell their budgets to the “C” level decision makers, particularly when the early reports claim that IT budgets will be down in 2017. The key, she says, is effective communication—and a little persistence— that can do a lot to
ROYAL OAK - On the Halloween edition of M2 TechCast, Maureen Miller-Brosnan, executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, will discuss the award winner at the private equity finance group’s November 2 awards gala. Also on the show will be Linda Daischendt, president of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan. She’ll recap the TiECon
DETROIT - Continuing with our interviews from the North American International Cyber Summit, we spoke with Merit Network communications director Pierette Templeton explains how 97 high school teams competed for the High School Cyber Challenge. The winner on Oct. 17 was Clinton High School, second place went to Airport High School in Carleton and third
DETROIT - More interviews from the North American International Cyber Summit, this one with David Behen, the state of Michigan’s Chief Information Officer. Behen said Michigan is one of the nation’s leaders in cybersecurity, in large party thanks to the guidance of Gov. Rick Snyder. Behen said Virginia, Missouri, Ohio and Indiana are catching up,
DETROIT - M2 TechCast went to the North American International Cyber Summit on Oct. 17 to interview cybersecurity experts. One of those folks at the conference was Linda Marshall who spent decades in executive-level positions streamlining call centers and customer service at Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless, as well as a stint as president of
