A group of community-minded businessmen emerged from a meeting nearly 20 years ago, committed to help their struggling city make a comeback. Each put up a significant amount of their own cash to try to redevelop a sleepy downtown with numerous shuttered storefronts and buildings. The investors formed Uptown Six LLC in 2001 and Uptown Continue Reading
Doug Witten, Baker College’s cyber defense program director, tells a funny story that illustrates just one of the dangers of being lax about cybersecurity. When Witten worked at EDS, one of his friends was a practical joker. That guy left his computer unlocked around the Christmas holiday. Witten noticed that, went in and called up Continue Reading
When employees of Dee Cramer spend time helping with Hurley Medical Center’s phone-a-thon or GM Customer Care and Aftersales employees do work around Carriage Town Ministries, the organizations clearly benefit from the help and are grateful for having their load lightened a bit. For the volunteers, they get a day away from their jobs and Continue Reading
The story of Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. is in many ways the story of Flint, Michigan. Established as a corner drugstore half a century ago, Diplomat today is a thriving $4.4-billion company that saves thousands of lives every year through its healthcare management leadership in the complex illness and oncology sector. At the heart of this Continue Reading
