Interview with Keith Brophy, president of NuSoft Solutions, 
who outlines five technology trends for 2007 that will rock the world. They include: The Emergence of the Health Care Techno Strategist, Computer Disaster, Maniacal Monitoring, Mobile Robotics, and the 7th Sense. Brophy provides an annual update of his take on technology for GLIMA.
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Interview with Skip Lawver, head of Eastern Michigan University’s Information Assurance Program. Lawver was a judge in the Cyberdefense competition hosted by EMU in mid February that pitted a red team of hackers against seven community college teams of security students from Michigan and Ohio to test security networks.
Interview with Mahendra Ramsinghani, who formerly worked for the Michigan Economic Development Corp., and now Plymouth Ventures. Ramsinghani helped create the state’s 21st Century Jobs Fund and other initiatives for entrepreneurs. He was given the New Enterprise Forum’s Entrepreneur Service Award.
Interview with Dick Beedon, founder, MacBeedon Group, who was named the Entrepreneur of the Year by the New Enterprise Forum. Beedon discusses the Entrepreneurial environment in Michigan, and a new $50 million Venture Fund he is organizing to pump money into promising Michigan startups.
Interview with Mike Klein of CompanyCrafters provides tips on marketing for entrepreneurial start ups. Klein lead a training session for the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest.
Tom Anderson, who heads up Automation Alley’s Technology Center, updates members on the progress made in 2007 at Automation Alley’s Annual Meeting Jan. 30.
Jerry Rush, outgoing president of Automation Alley, presents an overview of his two-years in office and discusses the future of the Oakland County based technology networking and marketing organization at Automation Alley’s January 30 annual meeting.
Interview with Ken Rogers, executive director of Automation Alley, who talks about the technology marketing groups mission in 2007 and highlights its successes in 2006. The Newsmaker Interview was recorded at the 2007 Automation Alley Annual Meeting on Jan. 30 at the Marriott in Troy.
Interview with Michael Finney, president of Ann Arbor SPARK, who talks about what happened at the Jan. 29 emergency meeting of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County and state business and government leaders that tried to respond to Pfizer announcement that the pharma giant will close its Ann Arbor R&D labs and terminated 2,100 high paying tech jobs.
Interview with Tom Hines, co founder of the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium, who talks about the Select awards to acknowledge Homeland Security segment leaders in Michigan.
Interview with Keith Brophy, co founder of the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium, who provides details on a new pre seed fund for Michigan companies that develop or manufacture security-related technologies and products. Some $500,000 is available for about a dozen start ups. Also provided will be services from NuSoft Solutions, Secure Matrix, Clark Hill and other sponsors.
