Dan Shoemaker, who is in charge of the University of Detroit Mercy’s Information Assurance Center, talks about the new Security IAC Centers that have been certified in Michigan to provide security training, in this Newsmaker Interview.
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Larry Shattuck, a Midwest region board member for InfraGard, talks about the FBI-backed Security organization, its mandate and the help InfraGard can provide companies trying to protest their computer networks and physical assets from potential terrorist attacks, in this Newsmaker Interview.
Skip Lawver, who heads up Eastern Michigan University’s Security Information Assurance Center, talks about the security training offered from IAC Center, include EMU, which works closely with law enforcement officials to make the cyber savvy. Listen to Lawver’s comments in this Newsmaker Interview.
William Kowalski, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI for the state of Michigan, talks about terrorist threats and the Michigan ties to those terrorists in the Newsmaker Interview from the ITEC Detroit 2007 trade show at Cobo Center in Detroit.
ONEKAMA – Rep. Frank Accavitti Jr. (D-Eastpointe) has introduced legislation in the Michigan House to create a renewable energy portfolio standard for the state. Anyone who generates electricity in Michigan will have to generate 10 percent of that energy by 2015. This is a special edition of Newsmaker Interview recorded at the 2007 Michigan Energy Fair.
LANSING - Rep. Dave Agema (R-Grandville) has introduced legislation to prevent illegal aliens from getting a Michigan driver’s license. Agema said his legislation would complement the proposed new regulations that would allow a Michigan driver’s license to substitute for a United States passport for Michigan residents entering and leaving Canada. This is a special edition of Newsmaker Interview underwritten by BL Government Affairs.
ONEKAMA - Jennifer Alvarado, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, talks about how the Michigan Energy Fair, held in Manistee County from June 22-24, was much larger than a year ago – signaling that Green technology and renewable energy have become part of mainstream thinking. This is a special edition of Newsmaker Interview.
ONEKAMA - Eric Larson, a self admitted professional camper, spent his summer holiday in 2006 on a 70-day hike to the North Pole. Larson’s mission was to call attention to the impact of global warming, particularly on the Polar Bears who live on the ice. Hear what he discovered in this special Michigan Energy Fair edition of Newsmaker Interview.
WARREN - Robert Skandalaris, chairman and founder of Noble International, a $1.5 billion laser welding company, said in a keynote address at the awards ceremony for the 2007 Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest that Innovation will be the key to rebuilding Michigan’s battered economy. He summarizes his address in this Newsmaker Interview.
TROY - BA Maze, a Michigan startup company that makes products to help the Aging Baby Boomer set better cope with their lives, was the grand prize winner in the 2007 Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest contest, winning $25,000. Founder Robert Mazor talks about what he’ll do with the money in this podcast interview produced for GLEQ.
ANN ARBOR - PromoVUZ, an online music promotional service for up and coming musicians, won second place in the Emerging Company category of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest 2007 contest. Run Suarez, an Ann Arbor Councilman and Michigan entrepreneur pocketed a check for $5,000. He talks next steps in this podcast interview produced for GLEQ.
LANSING - A fifth Angel Investing group may be forming in Lansing, says David Weaver, president of Great Lakes Angels, in this Newsmaker Interview. Investors representing Capital Angels have approached Weaver and others seeking their help and guidance. Angel Investors typically pump several hundred thousand dollars into promising companies.
KALAMAZOO - First Angels, a private equity finance group set up by Southwest Michigan First, has made its first investment, a mid to high six figure deal in an undisclosed life sciences company in the Kalamazoo area. First Angels Managing Director Paul Neeb provides more details in this Newsmaker Interview.
Media G was seriously thinking about leaving Michigan because the web development company in Madison Heights was having trouble recruiting programmers and other IT professionals. Now armed with a $3.7 Million Mega Tax Credit from the state of Michigan, Media G President Antoine Dubeauclard said he’s moving his company to trendy Royal Oak, a cool city that future employees will want to flock to. Listen to the rest of the story on this Newsmaker Interview podcast.
LANSING - State Rep, Steve Bieda from Warren was one of the chief negotiators for the development of recently announced plan to replace the single business tax. Bieda, chair of the House Tax Policy Committee, provides the inside story on the negotiations for the new Michigan Business Tax plan that almost never was. This interview was arranged by the BL Government Affairs group in Lansing and is part of the BL Government Affairs Tax and Legislative Update series.
ANN ARBOR - Dick Beedon, of MacBeedon Partners in Ann Arbor, thinks Michigan-based pension funds should put their money where their mouths are. Beedon, who is developing a $50- to $100 million venture fund to invest in Michigan technology start ups, thinks the $40 plus billion state of Michigan pension fund, and the multi-billion dollar pension funds run by state universities and colleges, should invest in Michigan, and not other states as has been past practice.
Dick Beedon - State Pension Funds Should Invest In Michigan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (328)MANISTEE - Manistee County has been named one of the 2007 winners of our America’s Crown Communities Awards this year for its work on the Michigan Energy Fair. Manistee is among an elite group of communities whose projects represent some of the finest examples of local leadership at work. County Commissioner Alan O’Shea will represent the county at the event. The interview is with Associate Publisher Bill Wolpin.
Interview with Brandan Ringlever of BL Government Affairs office in Lansing on Michigan’s efforts to develop alternative energy - in this case E85 ethanol gas. Ringlever examines the pros and cons of this conversion attempt.
Interview with Brandan Ringlever of Butzel Long’s Government Affairs Group in Lansing. Ringlever kicks off a new podcast news series at MITechNews.Com that will update Michigan citizens about what tax and budget issues are afoot in Lansing. This week’s episode examines the budget compromise that has been proposed to close the state’s nearly $1 billion budget deficit.
