EAST LANSING - Supported Intelligence’ SmartBracket software after the first weekend of March Madness was ranked in the 74th percentile in the ESPN challenge pool. SmartBracket demonstrates the capabilities of its distinctive Rapid Recursive technology, which was designed to make sequential decisions – where one choice affects the next – for business managers. Their technology
TROY - Karen Stewart Spica, APR, has been named the recipient of the Headliner Award by the Association for Women in Communications Detroit Chapter’s Matrix Awards given to a chapter member for outstanding personal and professional achievements. The Diamond Award, which recognizes an individual who has improved workplace conditions for women, will be awarded to
GRAND RAPIDS - Join C/D/H consultant Ben Froese on March 29 for a webinar on best practices for creating custom data visualizations from SharePoint in Office 365 using REST API, JavaScript, and Third Party Plug-ins. Froese is a skilled designer and consultant, having significant working history in the web design and development field. Ben's experience include
TROY - Join Automation Alley April 22 for a town hall-style discussion with Steve Arwood, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Arwood has an extraordinary track record of accomplishment and knowledge of our state’s business climate. What are the MEDC’s plans to help grow Michigan’s economy now and in the future? Discover what it
WARREN - Three early-stage companies from Livingston, Washtenaw and Wayne counties will receive a total of $225,000 in funding from the Innovation Fund Macomb Community College, Powered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The companies represent a broad spectrum of market solutions, including a configurable, advanced suspension system for the transportation market, an app that provides
CHICAGO - Supply chain logistics company FourKites Inc., announced this week that Dave Walker has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. Most recently Walker was Vice President of North American Sales at Trusteer, acquired by IBM in 2013. As CRO of FourKites, Walker will be responsible for building a global sales organization with a scalable
DETROIT - Wayne State University business students have a powerful way to start building their networks from their very first day on campus by joining the Warriors Business Community and earning $2,000 housing scholarships offered to the first 30 newly admitted fall 2016 freshman business majors who sign up. Living on campus has countless benefits:
ALLENDALE - More than 1,000 high school students on 41 teams from across the state will compete in the varsity sport for the mind at Grand Valley State University March 24-26. The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics District Competition will take place in the Fieldhouse on the Allendale Campus. Teams will
GRAND RAPIDS – Open Systems Technologies has been named by the Association for Corporate Growth of Western Michigan’s as its 2016 Outstanding Growth Award recipient. The $160 million information technology consulting firm joins the ranks of influential past winners including Wolverine World Wide, Herman Miller and Rockford Construction Company. The annual award honors a local
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University is ranked 17th on the Princeton Review’s just-published list of 2016’s top 50 undergraduate schools to study game design. The Princeton Review chose the colleges and universities based on a survey it conducted in 2015 of 150 institutions offering game design coursework or degrees in the United States, Canada, and
