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Unlike other device makers, Stryker settled be- The Grand Rapids Press reported. Michael A. Dunlap & Associates sur- Stryker will pay a base amount of $300,000 per fore facing a trial over claims their hips suffered The building is named after former veyed industry executives and sup- case to patients who had the devices surgically re- from design flaws and the company failed to warn UAW President Owen Bieber, who pliers, crunched the numbers and moved, Kim Catullo, one of the company’s lawyers, patients about the devices’ risks. grew up in nearby Dorr and also came up with a figure that was the told a New Jersey judge. The device maker faces “It’s odd that they would not try any cases and was a longtime friend of the late best reading since July 2007, before more than 4,000 suits consolidated in New Jersey then settle so early in the litigation process,” said Frederik Meijer. the Great Recession hit the industry state court and federal court in Minnesota. Carl Tobias, who teaches product-liability law at the Ⅲ Michigan State University alum- and pretty much every other sector. Stryker withdrew its Rejuvenate and ABG II de- University of Richmond in Virginia. “Sounds like they vices in July 2012 after warning surgeons they could might have been afraid of facing even bigger liabili- ni Peter and Joan Secchia donated Results show the office furniture harm tissue around the hip and cause other health ty if they didn’t settle them now.” $3 million to support the men’s bas- industry “continues to move on a problems. The company said that it set aside more — Bloomberg News ketball program and to endow the very steady and improving trend football team’s defensive coordina- line,” Michael Dunlap, principal of tor position. Peter Secchia, former the firm, said in a statement. “We Bay County’s Monitor Township. James Hightower, The Associated company for tax reasons, will rank chairman and CEO of Grand are confident that the industry is The automotive parts manufactur- Press reported. In September, the among the world’s five largest Rapids-based Universal Forest Prod- still on course to achieve its best er expects to create 25 jobs. Michigan Court of Appeals ordered providers of over-the-counter health ucts Inc. and former U.S. ambas- year in more than a decade.” the recall be taken off the ballot. care remedies, the company said. Ⅲ Ⅲ sador to Italy, previously funded Election leftovers: School merger Voters in Grand Rapids ap- Warren-based Ascension Health MSU’s softball stadium. MEDC awards $650K to 2 firms proved a change to the city charter Michigan named Kathy Young presi- Ⅲ One reactor unit of the D.C. isn’t, recall wasn’t, mayor can’t be under which nobody can serve as dent and CEO of Kalamazoo-based Cook Nuclear Plant near Bridgman that plan to create 115 jobs mayor or city commissioner for Borgess Health effective early next was taken offline and the other op- Ⅲ In last week’s election, voters in more than eight years, MLive.com year, MiBiz reported, succeeding The Michigan Economic Develop- the Ann Arbor Public Schools turned erated at half power while a storm reported. George Heartwell has the retiring Paul Spaude. Borgess The ment Corp. awarded $650,000 in down a proposal to merge with the passed over Lake Michigan, been mayor for 11 years. Do the Health serves patients across 10 Grand Rapids Press reported. On grants for two projects, The Asso- Whitmore Lake Public Schools, while math. He can’t run for re-election counties in southern Michigan. 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November 10, 2014 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 3 Texas VC firm opens branch in Ann Arbor Inside

Blair Garrou, a partner and co- a secondary of- erations in 2008. Some portfolio founder of Fund, said that fice in Ann Ar- Garrou said Mercury, which was his firm has big plans for the Michi- bor.” founded in 2005 to provide seed- and gan office. He said that not only will He said there early-stage funding to tech compa- companies the new fund invest in local early- is a depth of en- nies and now has more than $225 stage high-tech companies, but it gineering, com- million under management, ex- may move here plans to move here other Midwest puter science pects to finish fundraising on its companies in which it invests. and machine- third fund, Mercury Fund Ventures III learning talent LP, in the next two or three weeks. Garrou said Mercury looked BY TOM HENDERSON in the area, bol- “I don’t know what our final hard at opening an office in Chica- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS stered by gradu- close will be, but it will be more go but chose Ann Arbor because Fortino ates of the Uni- than $100 million, and that’s the “there’s so much development tal- A Houston-based versity of Michigan. One of fund Adrian will be investing out Q&A: New EAA leader spells ent in Michigan. We couldn’t match firm that has raised more than $100 Mercury’s main areas of invest- of,” he said. that in . As we invest in million for its newest fund is to an- ment is biotech, and there are nu- Fortino was managing director out her priorities, Page 4 Midwest companies, we’ll want to nounce Monday that it has opened merous contract research organi- of both of Invest Detroit’s funds, an office in Ann Arbor and recruit- move some of them to Ann Arbor. zations in Ann Arbor that were the First Step fund, which typically ed Adrian Fortino, formerly a vice And we’ve already got a company founded by former Pfizer Inc. em- president at Invest Detroit, to run it. in Texas; we are looking at opening ployees after it closed its local op- See Invest, Page 33 Company index These companies have significant mention in this week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: Aisin World ...... 25 Autoliv ...... 25 Law Group ...... 23 The Big Salad ...... 13 Botsford Hospital ...... 6 An elephant and a donkey Business Leaders for Michigan ...... 10 Causley Automotive Group ...... 7 Colliers International ...... 30 Core Partners ...... 30 County Road Association of Michigan ...... 19 Crest Automotive Group ...... 7 Cribspot ...... 11 in need of horse sense Danlaw ...... 15 Detroit Materials ...... 23 Detroit Wallpaper ...... 10 Domino’s Pizza ...... 25 REPUBLICANS: Campaign stumbles DEMOCRATS: Johnson’s high-tech Dow Chemical ...... 25 Education Achievement Authority ...... 4 El Vocero Hispano ...... 22 plan to get out the vote fizzles Etkin ...... 30 helped sink Land amid GOP wave ...... 25 Inteva Products ...... 25 BY CHRIS GAUTZ BY CHRIS GAUTZ Johnson Law ...... 28 CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT Kelly Services ...... 25 Main Street Strategies ...... 36 hen it came to Michigan’s open U.S. Senate emocrats traditionally do not fare well in Metaldyne ...... 25 seat, 2014 seemed to have it all for Republi- midterm elections. But Lon Johnson, the new Michigan Democratic Party ...... 3 W cans. DMichigan Democratic Party chairman, came in Michigan Freedom Fund ...... 3, 36 It was a midterm election year, which typically fa- planning to change that. Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center . . . . . 15 vors the party not in the White House; there was an For more than a year leading up to last week’s Michigan Municipal League ...... 18 unpopular Democratic president to run against; and midterm election, Johnson spoke confidently about Michigan Republican Party ...... 3, 36 there was a well-financed and organized effort na- his plan to turn out at least 200,000 Democratic vot- Miller Buckfire ...... 35 tionally to support Republican candidates to regain ers who didn’t vote in 2010 to help propel his candi- MSX International ...... 25 control of the Senate. dates to victory. NSF International ...... 25 One Detroit Center ...... 30 “This was a good shot for us,” Michigan Republican But the plan didn’t work. Penske Automotive Group ...... 25 Republicans won almost across the board Party Chairman Bobby Schostak said. Land Johnson Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations ...... 25 But it ended up being a huge oppor- in the major statewide offices and the Leg- Plastech Engineered Products ...... 1 tunity missed, as former Republican islature. Gov. Rick Snyder defeated De- Plastech Holding ...... 1 Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land mocrat by 4 percentage PRapid Global Business Solutions ...... 11, 12 lost in a landslide to U.S. Rep. Gary points, Attorney General Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan . 10 Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, by and Secretary of State RevSix ...... 36 14 percentage points. were re-elected with ease, the state Root 4 Creative ...... 10 Her resounding defeat, though, Senate increased its super majority by ShindelRock ...... 14 came in the midst of a huge one seat, and the state House picked up SkySpecs ...... 11 Republican wave in the four more Republican seats, giving Sommers Schwartz ...... 37 TI Automotive ...... 25 state and nationally, mak- the party a 63-47 majority. TRW Automotive Holdings ...... 25 The notable excep- ing the reason for her loss Truscott Rossman ...... 1, 36 simple to understand, po- tions were the drub- Vanguard Public Affairs ...... 36 litical watchers say. bing of Republican U.S. Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation ...... 6 “We had a bad can- Senate candidate Terri W3R Consulting ...... 11 didate, who then Lynn Land by 14 per- made a series of centage points to U.S. bad strategic decisions,” said Rep. Gary Peters, and Greg McNeilly, president the near sweep of all but of the Michigan Freedom one of the university board Department index Fund, a Republican-ori- races by Democrats. BANKRUPTCIES ...... 6 ented nonprofit. But not only did De- BUSINESS DIARY ...... 32 So why was Land the candidate? Essentially, she was the only mocrats lose most of Republicans won CALENDAR ...... 31 one to raise her hand. the biggest races, Popular and respected Republican U.S. Reps. Dave Camp of Mid- almost across the turnout overall ended CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 33 land and Mike Rogers of Brighton decided to retire from Congress up being less last week CRAIN’S LIST ...... 27 this year and both were considered top prospects for the board – with one than it was in 2010 by KEITH CRAIN...... 8 seat. U.S. Rep. , R-Harrison Township, about 80,000 votes. LETTERS...... 8 took herself out of the running early, saying she in- “We are not happy notable exception MARY KRAMER ...... 17 OPINION ...... 8 See Republicans, Page 36 PIERRETTE DAGG/CDB See Democrats, Page 36 OTHER VOICES ...... 8 PEOPLE ...... 32 Picture this: We’re on Instagram RUMBLINGS ...... 38 THIS WEEK @ You follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. Now share your photos. Follow us at Instagram.com/crainsdetroit, and STAGE TWO STRATEGIES ...... 15 WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM tag your photos with #crainsdetroit. WEEK ON THE WEB ...... 38 20141110-NEWS--0004-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 2:34 PM Page 1

Page 4 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS November 10, 2014 Priorities of new EAA leader: Improve learning environment, internal oversight

The Education Achieve- you turn that around? and documentation around what ment Authority, the turn- There was a drop after should be approved travel and around district for the the first year. It has been what should not be. That is part of state’s lowest-performing stable from last year to the operational review. schools, officially has a this year. In fact, we pro- Everything is up for review. new chancellor now that jected 6,100 and, with the Everything from instruction — its board appointed inter- charters, about 7,000. We and how we are doing it — to how im Chancellor Veronica are at 7,300. We exceeded we are doing safety, security … Conforme to the position our projections. how we can continue to improve vacated by John Covington I wasn’t here during on that, to the policy on conflict of in June. that time when enroll- interest, ensuring that we have Conforme, a graduate ment dropped so I can’t high integrity and standards for comment about when the of Syracuse University and Q&A all of our employees. Columbia University, previ- precipitous drop hap- ously held posts with The Veronica pened. We have stabilized What else is important to add? College Board and the New Conforme, enrollment. When schools One of the things I’m still doing York City Department of Ed- Education are improving, when they is really getting into schools. I’ve ucation. She was appoint- Achievement are demonstrating results Authority held teacher and staff forums in ed last week. — when the families start Within the next 30 to see that these are great every single one of our schools to days, Conforme, 41, said she will schools — they will come. hear directly from our teams as to present a plan for what she will do what is working and what’s not. to improve the nine elementary After some uproar over travel and That, coupled with the top-to-bot- and middle schools and six high credit card expenses of EAA adminis- tom review and my meetings with schools, all in Detroit, in the EAA tration, you revamped those policies parents and community members and its administration. as interim chancellor. What other … will be taken into account as we She spoke with Crain’s reporter oversight or administrative aspects of prepare a plan for improving our McDonald Hopkins BUSINESS HOUR LIVE WEBCAST Kirk Pinho on Thursday. The inter- the EAA need to be addressed? schools and operations. We have view has been edited for clarity We now have more oversight no more time to waste. EmploymentE Law Risk Management Series and length. Talk about your priorities for your How to say “you’re fired!” first weeks and months as the new Avoiding mistakes in EAA chancellor. I have had two major goals I’ve terminating employees been focused on the last four months that will continue to be priorities moving forward. First, Thursday, November 13, 2014 enhancing the student experience Noon to 1:15 p.m. EST – in our schools by ensuring they Live Webcast have a safe, secure and nurturing Scan to register Register at mcdonaldhopkins.com learning environment that is fo- or call: 800.847.6424. cused on improving academic achievement. The second priority has been really doing an internal operations review of the EAA and starting to address some of the is- sues that we’ve found. Some things that I’ve already McDonald Hopkins PLC 8PPEXBSE"WFOVF 4VJUF #MPPNöFME)JMMT .*t done include improving financial controls. My goal is to continue to James J. Boutrous II, Detroit Managing Member make changes in the operational $IJDBHPt$MFWFMBOEt$PMVNCVTt%FUSPJUt.JBNJt8FTU1BMN#FBDI and organizational infrastructure. NDEPOBMEIPQLJOTDPN Carl J. Grassi, President Today we announced a conflict- of-interest policy and an ethics hotline. We did have a policy in place, but employees were not signing off on confirming that they did not have a conflict of interest, and there was no actual way that people were able to report ethics violations anonymously.

What types of challenges lie ahead and how will they be addressed? I think we have a number of them. One is how we focus on im- proving outcomes for students, and that’s in a variety of ways. I think we have a challenge around recruiting the best talent, retain- ing that talent, and supporting and helping staff and teachers grow over time. We have to recruit the best peo- ple, retain them, incentivize them and support them. I would say that the EAA schools have done a lot of work improving the culture and climate in all the schools. That includes improved safety in all the schools.

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Page 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS November 10, 2014 Dresner Foundation assets hit $140M; to begin accepting grants

BY SHERRI WELCH Kevin Furlong, the Council of Michigan Foundations. eas that were important to both $5 million to Ann Arbor-based CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS who served as Serving on the foundation’s board Joseph, who was 87 when he died, North Star Reach to construct a accountant for with Furlong are Lori Dresner, and his wife, Vera Dresner, who camp for children with chronic A private foundation funded by the Dresner fam- Dresner’s daughter in Colorado; died in the late 1990s. Those areas and life-threatening health chal- the late real estate developer Joseph ily, Dresner’s Gary Weisman,a principal with Gen- are health research, youth pro- lenges and their families. Dresner is coming into its own. Highland Cos. and eral Development Co. in Southfield; grams and animal welfare. $3.25 million to the Jewish Feder- Transfers of cash, real estate in- the family’s oth- and Mark Cohn, a shareholder of Joseph Dresner’s struggle with ation of Metropolitan Detroit and United terests, cash and stock from Dres- er apartment Southfield-based Seyburn Kahn PC. disorder myelodysplasia Jewish Foundation to support several ner’s estate following his death in and industrial Over the past two years, the Dres- gave him an appreciation for the programs, including the Jewish Fami- 2012 increased the assets of the sites develop- ner Foundation has quietly been need to fund health research, Fur- ly Service of Metropolitan Detroit’s West Bloomfield-based Vera and Furlong ment companies making multimillion-dollar grants long said. He donated a total of $5 emergency needs for families pro- Joseph Dresner Foundation Inc. to in metro Detroit. as it puts in place systems to begin million to the Barbara Ann Karmanos gram. $78.5 million in 2012 from $1.5 mil- Another $10 million or so in as- accepting grant requests, Furlong Cancer Institute while he was alive. $2 million to the Michigan Hu- lion in 2011. sets has yet to transfer from the es- said. In September, it hired a pro- Today, the foundation continues mane Society to help fund the con- By the end of last year, the foun- tate, Furlong said. gram officer to assist Lori Dresner to support the areas the couple was struction of its new Detroit Ani- dation’s assets had reached The foundation’s existing assets in the grant review process. passionate about, Furlong said. mal Care Campus. $140.3 million, according to rank it among the 20 largest foun- Grants made in 2013 and this Multiyear grants made last year $1.3 million to Jewish Family Ser- the foundation’s CEO and CFO, dations in Michigan, according to year have been focused in three ar- and this year have included: vice of Colorado for the Safety Net and Lunchbox Express programs. $125,000 in grants to Warren- based Winning Futures to help fund its mentor programs for high school students. As the remainder of the assets transfer from Dresner’s estate into the foundation, Furlong said he ex- pects the annual grant budget to be $6 million to $7 million. The foundation plans to roll out a grant solicitation process next year. Until then, it is only taking grant requests by invitation. having options Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, [email protected]. Twitter: @sherriwelch

Botsford plans $160M expansion

Two months after agreeing to combine into eight-hospital Beau- mont Health, 330-bed Botsford Hospital announced last week a $160 million expansion plan for its Farmington Hills campus. Botsford CEO Paul LaCasse, D.O., said the osteopathic hospital plans to begin construction next summer after receiving expected certificate-of-need approval in the spring from the Michigan Depart- ment of Community Health. LaCasse said construction will include a five-story, 80-bed tower, bringing the total number of pri- vate patient rooms to 160 with an additional 24 private beds in the in- tensive care unit. Most hospitals in Southeast Michigan have been converting semiprivate rooms into private for patient convenience. “This has been overdue for a number of years,” LaCasse said. Botsford’s emergency and trau- ma center also will be expanded and critical care and observation units added. Surgical services will be up- dated with nine new operating rooms.

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Causley Automotive Group LLC has purchased the Macomb Town- ship dealership property and Hyundai franchise that formerly operated as Crest Volvo Hyundai. Causley paid Crest Automotive Group $3.13 million for the real es- tate and an undisclosed amount for the Hyundai franchise. closed Oct. 31 and took the bet- ter part of a year to negotiate, said Joseph Sowerby, partner at Mt. Clemens-based Anton, Sowerby & As- Bernie Kent, JD, CPA, PFS | Jason Zimmerman, MBA, CLU, CAP | Marc Schechter, CLU | John Stein, MBA, CFA | Brad Feldman, JD, CLU sociates, who served as broker on Ilana Liss | Jeff Vieder | Aaron Hodari | Jordan Smith, JD, LLM | Paul Snider | Chris Hale | Kevin Beauchamp the deal. began operating as Causley Hyundai on Nov. 1. The 28,000-square-foot dealership, which sits on 4.5 acres fronting Hall Road, is undergoing signifi- cant renovations, Sowerby said. Contact a Schechter Expert to learn more about how an Independent advisor can make a difference: WWW.SCHECHTERWEALTH.COM The Volvo franchise that Crest Call 1.866.731.9500 or email [email protected] BIRMINGHAM, MI | NEW YORK, NY previously operated was not part of the deal. It was closed as part of Securities may be offered through NFP Advisor Services, LLC (NFPAS), Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment Advisory Services may be offered through NFPAS or Schechter Investment Advisors, LLC. Schechter Investment Advisors, LLC. a consolidation program, said Bill is not affiliated with NFPAS. SIA is an SEC registered investment adviser; please consult the Firm’s Form ADV disclosure documents, available on the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website. Chope, president of Crest Automo- tive Inc., in an email. Thirty employees continued on with Causley Automotive, he said. Rob Causley, president and CEO of Causley Automotive Group, which operates Jim Causley GMC in Clinton Township, did not return calls last week. Chope said the decision to sell the dealership was made after Sowerby opened a discussion about a deal. “We were excited by Rob Caus- ley’s plan for Hall Road and the en- ergy he would bring to the market Congratulations, for Hyundai and now with Maz- da,” he said. Bruce Goodman! The deal will allow Crest “to continue to expand our business, first with our existing remodeled Trail blazer, role model, mentor locations and then the opportunity to grow in the future,” Chope said. Crest operates Crest Lincoln in Inducted into the Energy Innovators Sterling Heights, Crest Ford in Cen- ter Line and Crest Ford Flat Rock. Business Hall of Fame by the Michigan Its owner is Paul Alandt, who is married to Lynn Alandt, a great- Energy Innovation Business Council granddaughter of Henry Ford and cousin of Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford. The automo- tive dealership group recently completed a $3 million expansion and renovation at Crest Ford in Center Line, Chope said. That fol- Ŷ Environmental and energy law practice lowed a $750,000 renovation at Crest Lincoln in 2013. Next year, the group plans to in- vest $100,000 to add a Lincoln “Black Label” studio at the Ster- ling Heights dealership, he said. Lincoln plans to begin rolling out top-of-the-line Black Label trim levels for nameplates includ- ing the MKZ and MKC compact crossover at year’s end, according to Automotive News, a sister publi- cation of Crain’s Detroit Business. Chope said Crest Automotive also plans to begin a $750,000 ex- pansion and remodeling of Crest Ford Flat Rock in the coming year. Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, Contact Bruce Goodman at [email protected] [email protected]. Twitter: @sherriwelch 20141110-NEWS--0008-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 2:51 PM Page 1

Page 8 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS November 10, 2014 OPINION LETTERS Showcase Motown sound in revue Patterson should Editor: would make an ideal home for a needed a Motown-themed bar in I was reading Mary Kramer’s permanent Motown revue show. town – a bar whose walls were dec- Oct. 23 column on You could get a small cast of orated with Motown memorabilia crainsdetroit.com regarding being three males and three females to like a Hard Rock Café, and many able to hear the Motown sound in do a medley of songs. The Motown video screens that could play non- back transit options Detroit (“Detroit needs more op- collection is so deep that the show stop Motown videos. portunities to hear Motown sound could be refreshed with different I think of when people visit a Brooks Patterson has been a tireless cheerleader for year-round”), and I couldn’t agree songs every few months. By using Hard Rock Café to look at memora- his beloved Oakland County. And as Crain’s report- more. a smaller theater, you would get bilia, they’d do the same for Mo- L. ed Nov. 3, Oakland continues to be a major economic I’ve always felt that either the visitors and tourists, but also lo- town. engine in terms of job growth and investment. City Theatre by the Fox or the Cen- cals, to attend. Roman Nestorowicz tury Club by the Of course, I have always felt we Warren Patterson’s latest initiative — Tech248 — will try to do what Medical Main Street has done: Focus on a key sector in Send your letters: Crain’s Detroit Business will consider for publication all signed letters to the editor that do not the county and try to grow it. defame individuals or organizations. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Email [email protected] Still, we winced when Patterson used the Tech248 launch last week to send a volley Dan Gilbert’s way by asking him to stop trying to recruit Oakland County companies to downtown. Two ironies struck us: Ⅲ First, Patterson never seemed to mind when companies exited Detroit over the past 30 years to new headquarters and of- OTHER VOICES fices in Oakland. So he shouldn’t gripe about the reverse. The county’s doing fine and does best when the region does well. Ⅲ Second, if he really wants to build IT jobs — jobs often held by millennials — he should get on board for plans for strong bus Ideas for new water authority rapid transit. Millennials like to text, not drive. Patterson has a great opportunity to become a champion of expanded transit op- Now that the new Great Count Port Authority. The sewerage system, and P3s could tions for the whole region. His support for a dedicated revenue Lakes Water Authority port authority will grow help alleviate these future costs to has been created, replac- significantly with the ex- rate payers. Such arrangements stream — likely to come to voters in 2016 — would be a big boost. ing the dysfunctional and pansion of the Panama would not wrest system control antiquated Detroit Water Canal to from public own- and Sewerage Depart- allow for ers. Learning from risky business ment, the regional orga- super con- Ⅲ Consider es- nization will be meeting tainer Southeast tablishing a pro- The Allen Park/Unity Studios saga came to an end last to map its mission, strate- ships to gram whereby gy and future action. I proceed Michigan must look rate payers will week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission set- suggest that the authority from Asia have a voice in tling fraud charges against former Mayor Gary Burtka and do the following: Joe Neussendorfer to ports at the big picture future rate hikes former city administrator Eric Waidelich. Ⅲ Consider creating a broad- along the Eastern when it comes to and water con- Burtka and Waidelich were accused of misleading prospec- based strategy that brings together Seaboard. Con- servation and tive investors in a $31 million bond issue for the project. Burtka all parties associated with water tainer traffic will using its water sustainability technology, water economics, wa- grow from the programs. will pay a $10,000 fine, and Waidelich agreed to be barred from ter usage and sustainability to Port of New York resources. Southeast participating in municipal bond offerings. work on growing Southeast Michi- and Montreal to Michigan must The project hinged on being able to use bond proceeds to gan’s overall economy. This initia- the Port of Detroit look at the big tive could be modeled after Mil- via the St. Lawrence Seaway. picture when it comes to using its buy land that would be turned over to an entity it had created Ⅲ with Detroit native Jimmy Lifton to build a movie studio. But waukee’s Global Water Center, Develop a partnership with water resources. It was the water which was created by business, ed- Michigan’s University Research that brought historical economic using the proceeds for that purpose proved to be illegal, and the ucation and government leaders to Corridor composed of Michigan development to the Detroit River developers then withdrew $20 million commited to the project. transform their region into a State University, the University of and the Great Lakes. Innovative Burtka and Waidelich proceeded with the bond sale any- “world water hub.” Our region Michigan and Wayne State Uni- programs to develop our precious could do likewise. versity. These universities have water resources will contribute way, failing to tell investors about the change in plans and in- Ⅲ curring debt the city couldn’t afford to pay back. Allen Park Consider creating an econom- received nearly $300 million in greatly to a turnaround. Let’s ic development arm to assist exist- awards for water-related research transform the moniker “Water ended up with an emergency manager. ing and new customers with its and outreach from 2009 to 2013, ac- Wonderland” to “Water Technolo- All of this falls into a “what were they thinking?” category services. There could be a linking cording to a report from the An- gy Innovation Land.” that we suspect was based on an inability to let go of the pro- of current and new efforts by coun- derson Economic Group. Joe Neussendorfer is an affiliate ject even after its financial underpinnings disappeared. ty and city economic development Ⅲ Consider the use of public-pri- member of the American Society of We hope Allen Park’s hard experience has made other pub- departments, such as Macomb vate partnerships to help with fi- Civil Engineers, a member of the County and Executive Mark Hack- nancing and sharing the risks and Engineering Society of Detroit and lic officials less starry-eyed. There are a lot of ways to foster el’s “blue economy.” rewards on infrastructure pro- the Detroit Economic Club. He is economic development, but making risky bets shouldn’t be Ⅲ Consider a development part- jects. Public funds will be limited president and CEO of U.S. Con- one of them. nership with the Detroit/Wayne to maintain the existing water and struction Research.

KEITH CRAIN: Now all we must do is live within our means The journey to the end of bank- been lucky to have today’s political leaders can’t happen ever again. Every deci- Let’s hope that they all work. ruptcy has been long and painful. as well as a to toe the financial line sion that is made by city employees Things were pretty easy up to There has been a lot of giving federal judge who under- today and tomorrow. and politicians will be watched and the bankruptcy. Everyone got with little or no taking, and now it stood what was happen- The mayor and the scrutinized under a microscope for away with whatever they wanted would appear that we’re at the end ing and, more important, Detroit City Council decades in the future. and let the financial consequences of that particular road. what had happened over cannot for a single That’s the real world. happen sometime in the future. But it’s not the end; it’s just the the past half century. minute assume that it’s The city has had a terrible histo- Those days are over. These 16 beginning. While the end of the The real success is business as usual. It ry of political malfeasance and fi- months under bankruptcy were bankruptcy case leaves the city that no one is complete- will never be business nancial improprieties. Everyone not pleasant. No one wants to see with a clean balance sheet, now ly happy. All the parties as usual again. That’s connected to this system for the that happen again. the real work begins in trying to involved with this set- what brought this city past half century will have to It will be up to the mayor and make sure everything is in place tlement are unhappy. to its knees before — share the blame. council to keep this ship on course for the right financial conduct for The conclusions simply and no one wants to see Going forward, this city cannot af- and make sure it’s heading in the the decades ahead. were not designed to make anyone it happen again. ford to have it happen again. Checks right direction financially. Everyone owes the emergency completely happy. Political decisions that don’t refer- and balances have been put in place It was a tough journey. Now, the manager a great debt. The city has But the real challenge will be on ence financial implications simply to prevent this from happening. real challenges begin. 20141110-NEWS--0009-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 10:21 AM Page 1

November 10, 2014 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 9 OTHER VOICES: CBA would boost neighborhoods, small biz

We have all heard the Detroit’s economic Marathon expansion: a $175 mil- good on deliverables based on ing $4 million annually for local tale of two Detroits, the progress and further dis- lion tax abatement in exchange for signed agreements. No less should residents; a full-service grocery whispered interplay be- enfranchises communi- 15 Detroit jobs. be expected of major developers store where 95 percent of the em- tween the haves and the ties of color. Although a small percentage of who receive massive public subsi- ployees are minorities and 65 per- have-nots, the rich versus Detroit’s leadership business leaders have expressed dies and need to be a good fit for cent live in the Hill district; and a poor, black versus white must move past emotion- their dissent toward a CBA ordi- the communities that host their new $13 million neighborhood and corporate versus com- al and opinion-driven nance, a large percentage of De- projects. partnership program that sup- munity. rhetoric by adopting a troit-based businesses, especially In August 2008, the Pittsburgh ports home maintenance, re-entry While Detroit is witness- policy that would include those of African-American descent Penguins, the city of Pittsburgh, programs for former offenders and ing a paradoxical resur- targeted hiring, first- operating in Detroit’s neighbor- Allegheny County (Pa.) and scores a variety of additional social ser- gence between downtown source employment, em- hoods, call for a return of invest- of community groups entered into vices. Ken Harris and Midtown (commercial ployer training, forecast- ment. the Hill District CBA. These are not empty promises. corridor), amounting to billions of ing, Detroit-based procurement, What the community benefits In return for $750 million in pub- These are real outcomes that can dollars in investment, the city’s enforcement and monitoring. ordinance offers is something that lic investment, the One Hill coali- be achieved when there is a legally neighborhoods (urban corridor), Such measures are needed to most businesspeople and business- tion negotiated $32.5 million in di- binding CBA. which comprise more than 82.7 avoid the repetition of Detroit’s es crave: a clear framework with rect community benefits, Ken Harris is president and CEO percent African-Americans and spotty history, from the urban re- established expectations. Develop- including a first-source hiring sys- of the Michigan Black Chamber of 32,490 black-owned businesses, moval of Black Bottom on up to the ers expect subcontractors to make tem for newly created jobs generat- Commerce. have largely been ignored for any economic opportunities, resources and benefits. The absence of diverse partici- pation and inclusion in Detroit’s economic revitalization efforts has become a serious problem in a city that’s majority minority. The lack of a clear economic pol- icy for Detroit’s neighborhoods has led to insurmountable socio- economic disparities, resulting in increased unemployment and job- lessness, small-business and entre- preneurial neglect, community de- spair and a sense of hopelessness. A community benefits agreement can help achieve equitable and in- clusive development that will ad- dress Detroit’s “neighborhood problem” and bring together the two Detroits. 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BY DUSTIN WALSH tation is titled more. 4 Creative LLC, will be on the panel ties for exposure; business leaders CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS “Do You Know Other notable speakers at this titled “Getting Your Business off from around the region to become Who Your Com- year’s summit include Jeff Fettig, the Ground.” aware of our product,” said Josh The third annual Michigan CEO petition Is?” CEO of Whirlpool Corp.; James Hackett, Brown, attending his first CEO Young, co-owner of Detroit Wall- Summit from the Business Leaders X Prize is a vice chairman of Steelcase Inc. and Summit, said understanding the paper. for Michigan will focus on keeping nonprofit that interim athletic director at the Uni- business trajectory in Michigan is “We’re also looking forward to the state’s companies competitive, provides prize versity of Michigan; Blake Kreuger, critical to his firm’s success, as meeting other Michigan-based locally and globally. money for inno- chairman, president and CEO of well as the networking. makers and help bring the frame- The Nov. 14 event is designed to vative techno- Wolverine World Wide Inc.; Florine For the second year in a row, the work to help support us and sup- create and express ideas and con- logical develop- Mark, president and CEO of WW CEO Summit will feature the Made port other companies like us.” cepts from the business communi- ment. Its board Group Inc.; and Jonathan Woetzel, di- in Michigan Lounge, where entre- The CEO Summit will be held Diamandis ty on how the state can outperform members in- rector of the McKinsey Global Institute. preneurial companies will display from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Westin others in job growth and innova- clude Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Google Crain’s Detroit Business Publish- their work. Book Detroit. tion. CEO Larry Page, filmmaker James er Mary Kramer is moderating the Ferndale-based Detroit Wallpaper Tickets are $125 for individuals Peter Diamandis, chairman and Cameron and others. panel “Growing Innovation Co. will showcase its customizable and include breakfast and lunch. CEO of Culver City, Calif.-based Past X Prize challenges have in- Through Collaboration.” wallpaper and rug creations. For more information, go to X Prize Foundation and noted author, cluded suborbital flight, genome Jaeson Brown, partner at Detroit- “As a small business, we’re al- www.businessleadersformichigan. will keynote the event. His presen- sequencing, oil spill cleanup and based digital marketing firm Root ways trying to find new opportuni- com. Transit summit showcases new RTA chief Ford

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An upcoming business-oriented transit summit will introduce Michael Ford, the new CEO of the Regional Transit Authority of South- east Michigan, to local business, civic and religious leaders. “Build Transit, Build Busi- ness” is a free event scheduled for 8:15-11 a.m. Nov. 18 at Ford Field and is a follow-up to “Better Tran- sit, Better Business,” which drew 100 participants to its Detroit Zoo location in June. “We are introducing Michael Ford to a diverse group of region- al leaders, some who will offer to arrange meetings with him in the future,” said longtime transit ad- vocate and event co-organizer Marie Donigan, a former state legislator and partner at Royal Oak-based Donigan McLogan Con- sultants LLC. “In June, the RTA was in a hold- ing pattern; now they can get down to business,” she said. “We want to give Michael Ford a head start, meeting the people he needs to know.” The RTA is expected to seek a re- gional transit tax in 2016. The summit also will include leaders from local colleges, hospi- tals and business. “We are convening a panel of higher education presidents and chancellors to discuss the issues they face with regards to transit for their students and faculty and the development of their campus- es,” Donigan said. Additionally, Jason Jordan, di- rector of the Washington, D.C.- based Center for Transportation Ex- cellence, will speak about trends in transit planning, ballot issues, messaging, champions and transit campaign best practices. The summit is a product of the Metro Coalition of Congregations of the Detroit-based Harriet Tubman Center. Eight churches in Oakland and Macomb counties make up the MCC. Donigan said she expects at least 300 participants. Those interested in attending the summit must RSVP through tubmanorganizing.org. 20141110-NEWS--0011-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 12:07 PM Page 1

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Tom Henderson Accelerate software Michigan picks winners ... beware SkySpecs LLC, an Ann Arbor-based maker of drone aircraft to inspect bridges, water pipelines, and other infrastructure, won the grand prize of $500,000 last week at the finals of the fifth annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation event. It was the third year the company has competed at the three-day event. Launched in 2012 by a team of engineering students at the , SkySpecs finished third in the student category that year and was a semifinalist last year before being named one of the 10 finalists this year. Finalists made five-minute presentations to a panel of four judges that decided the big payoff GLENN TRIEST Thursday night. To grow quickly and stay competitive, Troy-based Rapid Global Business Solutions Inc. had to update its information technology, said Ravi Kumar, Now all SkySpecs CEO Daniel Ellis vice president of global operations. “Because,” he said, “technology can really take you forward or hold you back.” and other drone makers need is the long-anticipated approval by the Federal Aviation Administration for arise. Little issues gath- commercial drones to take to the air. 3 firms said ‘bye’ to old tech, overhauled er over time and present Ann Arbor-based Cribspot.com, themselves during over- which helps college students find hauls and upgrades. places to live while helping mom-and- pop owners manage rental properties, IT and rebooted their bottom lines “It’s exceptionally won $100,000 as runner-up. common to run into an The other Accelerate finalists were BY GARY ANGLEBRANDT environment that has Akervall Technologies Inc. of Saline, SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS IT INVESTMENTS:3 THAT DARED been allowed to decay to a maker of mouth guards; Ann Arbor- Rapid Global Business Solutions Inc.: The a point to where simple based AMF-Nano Corp., which makes nce upon a time, it seemed Emsley engineering services company reconfigured its upgrades become an im- sensors to monitor crop and animal as if every business was IT and replaced all hardware — then doubled conditions; Ann Arbor-based touting the latest in infor- revenue from 2010 to last year, added 25 possibility,” Emsley said. FreeStride Therapeutics Inc., which mation technology it used employees in the past year and moved to Anything from staff time to legacy- makes drugs to alleviate joint paint larger headquarters this year. Page 12 software surprises can become part of and arthritis symptoms in animals; to be more efficient and O The Big Salad LLC: Having replaced the what Emsley called “scope creep,” as the Levanto Financial Inc. of Troy, a gain a competitive edge. inventory and time management systems at project swallows up more and more re- cloud-based “CFO” for high-income Nowadays, businesses are more like- the heart of his restaurant chain’s business, households; Ann Arbor-based sources because of lack of front-end plan- ly to groan when faced with investment owner John Bornoty said, “However long you Movellus Circuits Inc., which makes think it’s going to take, triple it, then double ning. Even off-the-shelf software systems decisions for their back-office manage- electronic device circuits; Ann Arbor- it.” Page 13 that appear ready to go usually aren’t. based Ornicept Inc., which provides ment systems and IT infrastructure. ShindelRock: The Novi accounting firm This month, Crain’s talks with three cloud-based data management; Bothering with these things seems more ditched its ’90s-era billing software a few SurClean Inc. of Wixom, which years ago and spent six months building a companies that recently overhauled provides laser-based removal of akin to changing the carpet than any- new one. The result: A customer management their business management technology surface coatings and dirt; and thing having to do with improving oper- system that peers deeper into the firm’s — the software and hardware that make TurtleCell LLC, an Ann Arbor-based ations. operations, spots trouble areas and improves maker of smart-phone cases. the overall business. Page 14 their operations run — to see how they This is especially so for small and Since awards were given out in did it and what snags they hit. various sectors, companies were able to midsize businesses, said Stephen the CFO that these systems we put in If one thing can be learned from win money even though they had not Emsley, technology director at place increased performance by this their stories, it’s that businesses should been selected among the finalists. The Webrunners Inc., a Southfield IT staffing much or saved costs by this much,” Em- not underestimate the time it will take sector awards went to: Solartonic LLC; and consulting company better known sley said. “IT directors are always ask- Ornicept; Akervall; SurClean; FreeStride; to upgrade back-office systems. While AlertWatch LLC; Inventev; BEET as W3R Consulting. ing for money.” the financial costs aren’t always daunt- Analytics Technology; and TurtleCell. “A lot of companies see IT on their But sooner or later, improvements are ing, the cost in time it takes to get the For information on student winners, balance sheets and just see it as a big needed, and waiting a long time to do it systems up and running is easy to mis- see longer story at crainsdetroit.com minus sign. It’s very hard to prove to increases the chances that problems will judge at the outset. 20141110-NEWS--0012-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 10:09 AM Page 1

Page 12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS November 10, 2014 Second Stage BIRMINGHAM’S IT changes present peabody mansion is on the market a challenge – even for engineering firm

Rapid Global Business Solutions Inc. in Troy doubled its revenue in three years. With that growth came Newer business a need to scale up the company’s back-office technology to match the owners should take new size of the enterprise. The engineering staffing and ser- this as a word of vices company, which does business under the name RGBSI, brought in warning: If a $35.5 million in 2010. Last year, its revenue came in at $74.9 million. technology overhaul RGBSI has about 85 internal em- was challenging for ployees (excluding workers the com- pany places for its staffing services). an engineering firm, Twenty-five of those employees were added in the past year. it’s not likely to be After “just surviving” the 2007- SEIZE IT BEFORE DAN GILBERT SEES IT!! 09 period, the company embarked easier for anyone else. on an aggressive growth plan to hit $100 million, a goal it expects to trieve and send files from central Here’s your chance to own a signature commercial building to showcase your business. reach next year, said Ravi Kumar, storage to the individual employ- vice president of global operations. ees who needed them. Switches BILL MILLIKEN, MILLIKEN REALTY COMPANY — CALL TO SCHEDULE A TOUR Growth has been driven by a needed to be programmed and per- [email protected], 734-821-4321 ext.101 hard push to diversify the customer mission issues dealt with before base, offer new products and ser- things were properly functioning. vices and, more recently, an agree- Newer business owners should ment with Dassault Systemes to act take this as a word of warning: If a as a reseller of the French design technology overhaul was challeng- and product software maker’s sys- ing for an engineering firm, it’s not tems to students. The push led to likely to be easier for anyone else. new customers in the aerospace, de- “It’s not straightforward,” Kumar fense and railroad industries and a said. tripling of the total number of cus- This year, the company went tomers, now numbering several through another overhaul, this hundred, Kumar said. time of its IT infrastructure. To better grapple with the in- Business growth prompted creased volume of work, RGBSI RGBSI to move from its old head- wanted new and nimbler systems quarters in Madison Heights to a to support a bigger and more mo- larger space in Troy. The company chooseHAP.org/group bile workforce. figured it might as well replace all The first of two major shifts was its computers, Internet, IT and tele- last year’s installation of a “virtu- phone hardware while it was at it. al desktop infrastructure,” sys- About 95 percent of the equip- tems whose benefits include re- ment powering these systems was duced power and hardware costs, replaced. “We essentially started a but also support greater mobility new company,” Kumar said. by storing employees’ work on a The revamp included beefing up central server instead of their in- network security in a way that dividual hard drives. This allows prevents different departments in them to bring up their desktops the company — HR and account- anywhere. ing, for example — from being able The project meant an IT overhaul to access each other’s files. The “To attract the best people, of more than $100,000, but it was separation makes it harder for deemed worth the expense because files to be accessed by outsiders, as offer themm thethe best.”best. of the speed with which new cus- well as mishandled by insiders. Rob Farr, President and CEO, Bank of Birmingham tomers and employees could be tak- The company’s customers, a en on under the new system. Where group that includes government it used to take at least a day or two agencies and companies like Boe- to get new employees up and run- ing, demanded this. “Some cus- One of the things that persuades a job candidate is our benefits program with HAP. ning at their workstations, it now tomers put in their terms that if takes just a few minutes. you don’t meet these guidelines we Almost every one of our employees has a positive story about HAP – including me. Besides the planning and financ- can’t issue POs. Some actually do We review our health plan provider every year. Renewing with HAP is a no-brainer. ing, the other big challenge was audits,” Kumar said. getting employees to change their The total bill for this hardware workstation habits to suit the new overhaul came to $180,000, he said. virtual desktop environment. To hear the full story, visit myhapstories.com. The two big technology upgrades “Typically, people are averse to weren’t done just to get the latest change,” Kumar said. “We com- toys. RGBSI plans to reach its municated that this is what we’re $100 million revenue goal in 2015. thinking about doing, this is the “That’s where we saw that to advantage it will have.” grow fast and be competitive, we Once employees saw how well have to upgrade our back-end in- Individual • Group • Medicare • Medicaid the new system worked, they had frastructure and technology, be- nothing but good things to say, he cause technology can really take said. you forward or hold you back,” The company had trouble get- Kumar said. ting the system to correctly re- — Gary Anglebrandt 20141110-NEWS--0013-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 10:09 AM Page 1

November 10, 2014 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 13 Second Stage Big Salad owner finds tech overhaul a lot to digest

One of the gravest oversights “People is needed and how it needs to be ma- feature for turn rates, they asked business heads can make when em- underestimate the nipulated is where businesses get him what a turn rate is, an answer barking on a technological over- time it takes to themselves into trouble in a hurry. he did not receive well. “How can haul is that of time. That is, not the put in data,” said That can lead to months of wasted you have an inventory system that John Bornoty, time it takes to get and install the founder of The Big labor and the system spitting out a doesn’t give a turn rate? ... It does system, but to make it work after Salad LLC. “Just hodgepodge of useless data, Borno- everything else!” he said. those steps are taken. getting the data ty said, so dedicated resources are In one instance, he met a guy ped- “When it comes to technology, it in the system can needed. dling a consumer rewards card sys- never goes as planned — never,” take a year.” “Someone’s going to have to take tem that looked great and did every- said John Bornoty, founder and ownership of it because they’re go- thing Bornoty thought it should to CEO of The Big Salad LLC, a Grosse ing to be on the phone for six months suit his business, except one critical Pointe Farms-based chain of six fast with the developer,” he said. thing: It only worked for credit card salad restaurants and 90 employees. The project cost Big Salad purchases. So customers paying Bornoty knows of what he speaks: $100,000 over two years, most of it in with cash — roughly half of the to- Before getting into the restaurant labor. And that was with a plan. tal — wouldn’t collect reward business, he owned a technology COURTESY OF THE BIG SALAD LLC “However long you think it’s going points for their purchases. business whose services included Or they might see that an extra ers. This would be the company’s to take, triple it, then double it. “A lot of software out there is back-office infrastructure support. employee at a certain hour of the day third-generation system. The first Then it’ll be there,” he said. written by developers and not In high school, he had a side job re- will yield thousands of dollars in was based on Microsoft’s Excel Coming from the tech world, users,” he said. “I’m still surprised pairing Commodore 64s. revenue over a year, Bornoty said. spreadsheet program; the second Bornoty wasn’t surprised at this. at how dumb tech companies can “People underestimate the time “Everything in our world, and was custom-made by the company. But he was surprised at the lack of be, for how smart and innovative it takes to put in data,” Bornoty in any business, you have product Managing the custom-built sys- tech support he received from the they can be.” said. “Just getting the data in the costs, labor costs and sales. Every- tem became too expensive, so The software maker. This has become The Big Salad is using a spread- system can take a year.” thing boils down to that,” he said. Big Salad bought one off the shelf a trend over the years, he said, sheet to work around the invento- This is nowhere truer than in the “We have to find ways to get extra and integrated it with its point-of- making it difficult for businesses. ry turn rate problem while twist- restaurant business, with its tight pennies, or see why certain tasks sale system. The challenge lay in Similarly, he gets frustrated at ing the developer’s arm to add that profit margins and inventories of are taking too long. Over the entering all the information need- seeing great software missing one feature. Bornoty said if he had to perishable goods. In Bornoty’s com- years, we’ve had to come up with ed to make it do things like track vital component that ruins the rest do it again, he would exercise his pany, which had 2013 revenue of ways with a click of a button to see average chickpea usage per cus- of the program. One gap in his new IT background a little more by ask- $2.2 million, it might be tempting to what’s going on; otherwise, we’d tomer, calculate how many ounces system was the ability to account ing deeper questions about how raise the price of a menu item by a have to raise our price without of lettuce come out of a case and for inventory turn rates, a pretty the software was developed. penny. But when given more pre- knowing what’s going on.” show how many customers were important piece of information For those without such a back- cise data, managers might see that Two years ago, the business be- served at specific times of day so when it comes to items like raw ground, he recommends hiring a lowering the price by a penny is the gan an overhaul of its systems sup- managers can staff appropriately. chicken. consultant who can ask those way to go, because that would boost porting inventory, ordering and Going into this process without a When he asked the developers questions. sales volume. time management for hourly work- specific plan as to what information why the software didn’t include a — Gary Anglebrandt 20141110-NEWS--0014-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 10:10 AM Page 1

Page 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS November 10, 2014 Second Stage Software upgrade improves numbers for accounting firm

Accounting firms don’t always sociates PC, which does business as in 2001, making it quite possibly a sake,” said managers to better analyze opera- get speedy access to the latest tech- ShindelRock. “Our technology lags 1990s-era system. Wisinski, who tions. nological toys that other industries the rest of the world. We’re just More important, it just wasn’t also manages ShindelRock also in the past year do. starting to have apps on our good at doing what the firm needed. the firm’s IT. made a push to go paperless. This “The accounting industry is a phones.” The central role of an accounting So when the was done to make operations more bunch of Luddites when it When 2011 rolled around, Shin- firm’s business software is billing right software efficient, and also because more cus- comes to technology,” said Steve delRock had been using the same and tracking of billable hours. Shin- came along, it tomers expect it — they want to Wisinski, partner at Novi-based business management software it delRock’s system spit out two types was an easy de- share tax documents electronically. accounting firm Shindel, Rock & As- had when Wisinski joined the firm of billing reports, and reconciling cision for Shin- ShindelRock now scans all paper the two was problematic. delRock to go documents that come in, which re- “The different reports weren’t Wisinski get it. quires more labor on the front end, tied to each other,” Wisinski said. Business man- especially when the system was “We’d print things, and new infor- agement software is meant to mir- new, but speeds things up later. It mation would show up that didn’t ror real-life processes, a point that’s also set up an online portal for show up before.” easy to overlook when planning an sharing documents with clients. Let the Giant Buy Your Part of the problem was that staff upgrade. That means closely con- “New clients have been pretty members had to track their client sidering exactly how a company steadily asking for something like hours in a Microsoft Excel spread- does its day-to-day business and that,” Wisinski said. sheet, then someone else entered then making changes to suit the This move to paperless only took that into the billing software, a software, and vice versa. a few months because training was process prone to user error. ShindelRock spent a month on minimal and the company already “We’d been trying to get better this step, building the infrastruc- had the software to do it. IT A$$ET$ information about the internal ture of the new program to match ShindelRock, which has 20 em- workings of the company. Our how client tax forms come in and ployees and had 2013 revenue of $4 business is based on billing of what process those forms would million, spent about $11,000 on the time; the prior software we had experience until project comple- business software and another wasn’t able to give us reliable in- tion. “We changed our billing pro- $40,000 when training and staff time formation on that,” Wisinski said. cedure from that,” Wisinski said. were factored in. The software for While many businesses drag After that step came testing, the the paperless system cost $500 and their heels on investments in back- hiring of a consultant to train the another $20,000 in time and train- office technology because of the cost staff, and a few months of fine-tun- ing. and hassle, accounting firms are ing. The whole project, including The new client management slow because they have little choice. the initial time to find the system, system isn’t perfect. The database “Sometimes we don’t implement took six months. has plenty of information, but E-waste recycling/data destruction/computer liquidation when we could because the soft- Once done, the new system pro- takes coaxing to make it spit out ware’s not there. We have to wait a duced clear billing reports — the needed information. When called couple years before they straight- original goal — and also showed upon to provide anything beyond Call: 248-891-7330 or Email: [email protected] en it out. I’m not going to imple- more specific information on work the “canned list of reports” it of- ment technology for technology’s being done for clients, allowing fers, it balks, and then the devel- oper’s technical support people have to be called to make the re- ports happen. “Sometimes they do, sometimes LENDING | TREASURY MANAGEMENT | BANKING | BUSINESS SERVICES they don’t. If not enough cus- tomers are squawking about it, they won’t do it,” Wisinski said. 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November 10, 2014 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 15 Second Stage Danlaw builds automation to return manufacturing to this nation

BY GARY ANGLEBRANDT base for doing electronics manu- hassles over time zones, communi- than American-made ones — a SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS DANLAW INC. facturing has left us over the cation differences, shipping and IP close enough gap to cover with course of a decade. Being able to worries, Coast said. Labor costs in productivity, technology and effi- Location: Novi Danlaw Inc. isn’t a stranger to new confidently get the process tuned- China aren’t as cheap as many ciency gains. challenges. Description: Automotive electronics in was quite a risk and took a lot think, and the gap is closing. “That’s within striking dis- testing service provider; maker of The company was formed in longer than it would have in Chi- The MMTC did a study five tance, and that was five years 1984 as a tester and developer of automotive telematics devices for the insurance industry na, to be honest,” Rzeznik said. years ago that showed prices of fin- ago,” Coast said. “Their (China’s) automotive electronics systems. to U.S. manufactur- President and COO: Tom Rzeznik ished Chinese-made products were labor rates are going up, and our Automotive manufacturers would ing took a few extra months be- only 17 percent to 18 percent lower productivity rates are going up.” Chairman and CEO: Raju Dandu send their systems to Danlaw for cause the manufacturers had to third-party testing and validation. Founded: 1984 buy and set up new equipment to This worked fine until the most Employees: 150 make high-density miniature recent economic downturn, which Revenue: $58 million in 2013 electronics — not the sort of man- motivated ufacturing Michigan is known Danlaw to di- new tooling to make the miniature for — and then find people to run STAGE 2 versify its of- parts that compose the telematics it. ferings and device, Rzeznik said. Expert opinion: A shortage of STRATEGIES client base. The automated process saves skilled labor is affecting small The answer time and money, shifting the man- manufacturers A look at to the problem ufacturing advantage stateside. across the problem-solving was obvious “Add in the logistics and cost to board, includ- by growing because the companies ship parts, and dealing with cus- ing ones that company al- toms and deeds, and it’s a lot more try to bring ready had an- beneficial for us to do it here,” manufacturing other industry knocking on its back home, said door: In 2007, automotive insurers Rzeznik said. Mike Coast, began asking that it build a telem- Now, local manufacturers are atics device — one of those plug- gaining new business from Dan- president of the ins insurers offer to track driver law’s growth. Danlaw’s revenue Michigan Manu- has risen from $10.8 million in facturing Tech- habits and vehicle information, os- Coast tensibly to save drivers money. 2010, before any significant telem- nology Center in But having always been a ser- atics money began to flow, to . vice provider and not a manufac- $58 million last year. About half of Preparing the road ahead by turer, this solution presented a revenue comes from the telematics working with local high schools new set of challenges. Besides hav- business, which turns out more and community colleges to build a ing to develop a product and find a than 1 million units a year. talent pipeline is one way to ad- contract manufacturer in China to Risks and considerations: The dress that problem. make it, Danlaw had to meet the company’s biggest concern was Manufacturers are realizing it’s tough standards required to oper- that of talent. “A lot of the talent worth the effort, given the reduced ate on cellular networks. 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PUBLISHER’S NOTEBOOK

Contact Mary Kramer at mkramer @crain.com. CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS Mary Kramer Imagine results of a U.S., state lawmaker retreat One city has had its fill of Now that the elections are over, what’s Michigan’s agenda? Is there a “Michigan agenda”? And no, I’m not talking about bad roads. Now it has University of Michigan football. Virtually every person elected last week has an agenda — for Lansing or Washington, D.C. a tax – and a plan – to Grand Imagine the power of finding issues that Democrats and Republicans could agree on — and work together to address. Heck, even President and soon-to-be Senate Majority do something about it Leader Mitch McConnell seemed to be moving toward a “bourbon summit” to find common ground. With Republicans BY ROD KACKLEY holding both chambers of Congress, it’s SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS not enough to be the “opposition party.” Rapids Long before she ran to succeed her report released by the Grand Rapids 21st husband in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 12th District, Century Infrastructure Task Force recom- Debbie Dingell was mended spending $4 million more a year talking up ways to work across the to maintain the city’s roads, pushing aisle. It seems the roads budget to $12 million. incredible, but no A The task force recommended increasing gen- one I’ve talked to can challenge her eral fund support, maximizing state and federal claim that the grants, and also called on the Michigan Legislature cracks congressional delegation has to chip in more funding, possibly through a higher gas never gotten tax. together with top That report was released a dozen years ago. Dingell state lawmakers. Not even during the auto crisis. The 2002 plan fell apart when the state’s economy began Imagine if they did, meeting first for to crumble. Followed by the state’s roads. an informal but structured retreat. After Twelve years after that report came out, with Grand a successful initial meeting, they could convene, say, quarterly or every other Rapids’ roads now in even worse shape, the city’s voters ap- down month — in Michigan and in proved the 15-year continuation of an increase of the city in- Washington. They could do immersion tours in various parts of Michigan to come tax to 1.5 percent from 1.3 percent for residents and better understand issues. They could 0.75 percent from 0.65 percent for nonresidents that had hold briefings on key issues from been scheduled to end in July of next year. The tax, renewed stakeholders, including business, labor and the nonprofit sector — including by voters in May, should raise close to $9 million annually foundations, which are leading the way through 2030 for repairs to the city’s vital streets. on many fronts in this state. They could, in a safe environment, brainstorm The original increase was part of the city’s “transforma- “what if?” ideas. tion plan” approved by a margin of only 204 votes in 2010. Agenda items could emerge and The five-year increase helped balance the budget and gave coalitions could be built. What results could occur? Maybe better roads. Or the city time to negotiate union concessions. The tax also al- urban strategies to help Michigan lowed Grand Rapids to retain 10 community police officers cities or ways to support and sell and pay for a 15-member fire rescue squad. Michigan farm products. Ways to harness — and protect — the power With the new money, city officials also have a new asset and beauty of the Great Lakes. management plan for deciding which roads get fixed first. So who could help convene such a And plenty of them need fixing. simple but powerful idea? Deputy City Manager Eric DeLong said that of the 588 Dave Camp of Midland gets my vote. Camp, the outgoing chair of the House miles of city roads in Grand Rapids, 371 miles are in poor Ways and Means Committee, chose not condition. The goal is to get 70 percent of to run again. But he could be a powerful convener. So would Candice Miller, a them into fair to good condition in 15 years. congressional veteran and Republican Andy Johnston, vice president of govern- from Harrison Township. Or Carl Levin, ment and corporate affairs for the who is leaving the Senate after six Grand terms. My guess is Gov. Rick Snyder Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, said the would buy in. chamber supported the May ballot proposal And of course, Debbie Dingell and because taking care of city streets “is a core other Democrats should be tapped. She has key relationships honed function of government.” through her years as a Democratic “The city went through a really robust leader, lobbyist and wife of a powerful Johnston congressional leader. process,” Johnston said. “They implemented Bottom line: Gridlock is not an asset management. They also dedicated general fund support to attractive option, either in Lansing or fund roads in addition to the income tax.” Washington. Michigan could try a new tack. See Roads, Page 18

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Page 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS November 10, 2014 CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS Roads: Money, and a plan ■ From Page 17 Don’t blame last winter Road conditions are judged by the John LaMacchia Grand Valley Metropolitan Council, a re- gional planning agency, using a II of the van outfitted with laser technol- ogy. The van drives every street Michigan and looks at every crack and pothole. The data flow into a Municipal Pavement Surface and Evalua- Reliable, modernized grid tion Rating — or PASER — sys- League said tem that provides a numerical designation for each street seg- 40 cities and Energy is essential to the way we live, work and play. ment, with zero being on the poor end and 10 very good. 60 villages in ITC operates, builds and maintains the region’s Although battered by one of the worst winters on record, the road the state have some electric transmission infrastructure. We’re a Michigan- conditions were the result not of source of dedicated one year but of at least 12 years of based company working hard to improve electric delayed repairs and maintenance, funding. reliability and increase electric transmission capacity DeLong said. Steve Warren, managing director crease or an income tax increase throughout the Midwest. of the Kent County Road Commission, and decided the income tax would doesn’t agree with the common wis- be best “because you would have dom that the 2013-14 winter beat up city residents and noncity resi- the roads more than normal. dents paying for it,” DeLong said. “Regardless of the severity of The tax is expected to bring in We’re ITC – your energy superhighway. winter, every winter is character- about $9 million a year for the city’s ized by not only cold weather but a vital streets. That will be on top of lot of fluctuations,” he said. “It is the $3.4 million the city was already the freeze-thaw cycle that gives us spending out of its major and local a roller-coaster ride in Michigan. ss street fund and the $3 million in “So if roads are bad going into grants from the federal government. the winter, they are going to be That’s an improvement but still bad coming out of it.” not enough for what needs to be Warren said that during the fall www.itctransco.com done, DeLong said. of 2013, up to 35 percent of county “We are counting on $6 million roads carrying the heaviest volume more from the state,” he said. “We of traffic were in poor condition. are going to be a lot better off than Grandville, to the southwest of we would have been even if the state Grand Rapids, is another municipal never comes up with that money.” survivor of the winter of 2013-14. DeLong also said funding can’t be But that city maintains that none of a one-time parachute drop of man- its roads are in poor condition. na from Lansing. The funding must “Roads are like a car. You can’t be “a consistent, long-term, every- neglect it for five years and expect it year, systematic investment.” to last,” said Ron Carr, the public Although the income tax revenue works director for the city of has not started coming in and the $6 Grandville. million in state funding may never Seeking a Carr said Grandville had the same problem as Grand Rapids but “to a materialize, city officials decided much smaller extent,” thanks to a they could wait no longer. And so visionary dedicated road millage of 1.5 mills work has begun on city streets. that helps pay for road maintenance. Some funding is from the $3 mil- John LaMacchia II, a state affairs lion in Metropolitan Planning Or- Leader legislative associate at the Michigan ganization money from the federal Municipal League, said that by the his government that flows through organization’s count, 40 cities and Lansing. Some is from money for 60 villages in the state have some special projects. But most is bor- The Jewish Community Center of source of dedicated funding. He said rowing in anticipation of the in- most of those 100 municipalities are come tax revenue. Metropolitan Detroit is looking for a new doing it with a property tax millage. DeLong said they had no alter- native. If everything ran on its nat- Chief Executive Officer. However, he said, most commu- We are one of the nities are also forced to raid their ural course, the city would not start receiving the revenue from nation’s largest JCCs, serving thousands of general fund budgets to pay for road and other infrastructure repairs. the income tax increase, which children, teens, adults, seniors and families takes effect June 30, until August or September 2015. through arts, cultural, educational, health The road to a tax “Which would have meant we Grand Rapids officials knew would have missed one construc- and wellness programs. they had a major problem with the tion season, and we would have city’s roads going into the 2013-14 suffered through another horrible winter. The city had been able to winter,” DeLong said. We are seeking a dynamic leader with proven put more money into the roads The Grand Rapids City Commission experience taking businesses to the next level. from its general fund for close to 10 authorized up to $50 million in years, DeLong said. But that ended bonding. The city has borrowed, to in fiscal 2012. date, $17 million for the first con- Applicants should send their resumé to: “By then our financial situation struction season. had deteriorated so severely that [email protected]. we needed to reprogram those The worst shall not be first monies for operations,” he said. “We could no longer invest in capi- Now, Grand Rapids officials not tal” improvements. only have new money to fix the A group known as the Sustain- city’s roads, but they also they have able Streets Task Force was appoint- a new strategy. They no longer fix ed and developed the recommenda- the worst first, the way roadwork tions that resulted in May’s was done when state funding was income tax ballot proposal. never an issue. City officials considered asking residents for a property tax in- See Next Page 20141110-NEWS--0017,0018,0019-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/6/2014 4:13 PM Page 3

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From Previous Page that as of Oct. 22, they had worked on nal numbers from all 83 counties about 35 miles of the 588 miles of city in Michigan are not in yet, but the They decided to look at different streets. They have not started on re- feeling is they will show most of scenarios, using the PASER data, construction of the poor roads yet, the other roads in the state are in and determine what it would cost to concentrating instead on moving much worse shape.” bring poor streets to fair condition fair roads into the good category. LaMacchia of the municipal and fair streets to good condition. “We are much better prepared to league agrees with Johnston of the DeLong said they also looked at get through this next winter,” De- Grand Rapids chamber that the is- what the right “balance point” Long said, “and we will continue to sue needs to be addressed in the would be for the condition of make steady progress next year.” Legislature’s lame-duck session. Grand Rapids’ roads. The next phase is to “make sure He wants any measure on Snyder’s It might seem obvious that streets we never go back, continuing to in- desk by Christmas. and roads should novate and grow and manage these “If it doesn’t happen by then, we be brought up to resources very well.” are going to usher in a whole new 100 percent. Not Meantime, newly re-elected session and a bunch of new legisla- so, DeLong said. Gov. Rick Snyder has not given up tors,” LaMacchia said. “Then the “If you’re his quest to win legislative ap- whole debate and the whole educa- building a nu- proval for $1.2 billion in funding to tion process would have to begin clear plant, you repair Michigan’s roads. again.” do need to hit Dave Murray, deputy press secre- DeLong said Grand Rapids offi- 100 percent,” he tary for the Snyder administration, cials have testified before state said. “But with said the wants that pack- Senate committees, met with legis- streets, there is a DeLong age approved by the end of the year. lators and talked with the Snyder balance. We However, that amount is far administration about the need for found that once we got beyond short of what the Michigan Munic- a stable stream of state funding for 70 percent of the roads being good ipal League and County Road Associ- road repair and construction. or fair, we essentially were over- ation of Michigan think is needed to Said the chamber’s Johnston: investing. We were stretching too fix all of the roads in the state. “The longer we wait to address the far, trying to achieve too much.” “Eighty-two percent of the roads issue, the more expensive it be- The investments are all focused that are eligible for federal fund- comes to fix. And a partial solution on making sure that what is good ing are in fair or poor condition,” is only going to slow the decline. It and fair stays good and fair and said Denise Donohue, the director is not going to maintain the roads doesn’t drop to poor. of the county road association. “Fi- at the proper level, long term.” “Doing rehab, which is the roto- milling (grinding down the road surface) and resurfacing, we get four miles for every $1 million” THE MILLER LAW FIRM spent on roadwork, DeLong said. Changing the Odds in our Clients’ Favor Reconstruction costs $1 million for every mile of road. With a process known as “cape seal” — which pro- vides a thinner, waterproof treat- ment — the city get 36 miles for every $1 million spent, he said. Rick DeVries, Grand Rapids’ as- sistant city engineer, said that un- der asset management, rather than fixing the worst first, the city con- centrates on making sure roads stay good. “Basically, the poor roads are as bad as they are going to get,” he said. “They are not going to get a whole lot worse.” DeVries said major streets eligi- The Miller Law Firm is Recognized ble for federal funding are being targeted first. To pay for that as a Leader in Complex Business Litigation work, the city expects to receive a steady stream of $6.5 million of fed- Q Automotive supplier counseling Q Commercial and business lawsuits eral funding annually for 15 years Q Employment litigation Q Shareholder and partnership disputes

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Heritage, III Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC Troy 248.457.7104 Close/Private Held; Corporate Finance; M & A; Publicly Held Corp Richard D. Rattner Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett PC Birmingham 248.642.0333 Real Estate: Commercial William L. Hooth Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC Troy 248.457.7090 Labor: Mgmt William H. Horton Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC Troy 248.457.7060 Comm Lit Daniel J. Kelly Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC Troy 248.457.7025 Gov't/Muni/Lobbying/Admin; School A lawyer CANNOT buy the distinction of being a Leading Lawyer. This distinction was earned by being among those George D. Mercer Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC Troy 248.457.7120 Banking; Real Estate: Commercial; Real Estate: Finance Timothy J. Mullins Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC Troy 248.457.7020 Comm Lit; Gov't/Muni/Lobbying/Admin; PI Defense: General; School lawyers who were most often recommended by their peers in statewide surveys. Respondents COULD NOT recommend Albert T Nelson, Jr Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC Troy 248.457.7170 Work Comp Defense themselves or lawyers at their law firm. For a complete list of all Leading Lawyers and to view profiles of the lawyers Ryan L. Perry Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC Troy 248.457.7068 Comm Lit listed on this page, go to www.LeadingLawyers.com. 312.644.7000 | LeadingLawyers.com Leroy H. Wulfmeier, III Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC Troy 248.457.7077 Medical Malpractice Defense A Division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company–est. 1854 20141110-NEWS--0022,0023-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/6/2014 4:49 PM Page 1

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As West Michigan’s A RISING TIDE Michigan’s Hispanic population is projected to more than double by 2040. Hispanic population 2010: 436,358 2020: 577,078 2030: 734,875 rises, so do opportunities 2040: 907,172 Source: Weldon Cooper Center for Public BY TED ROELOFS 60,000 in 2010. Service, University of Virginia SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS It is a remarkable jump for a pop- ulation first drawn to the region A couple of decades ago, Andres decades ago by seasonal agricultur- WHERE HISPANICS LIVE Abreu played a hunch: Convinced al work in apple orchards and blue- Top 10 Michigan counties by that West Michigan’s Hispanic berry and cucumber fields. Hispanic population in 2010: community was poised for El Vocero — which started in 1. Wayne: 95,260 growth, the Dominican Republic 1993 with just Abreu, his wife and 2. Kent: 58,437 native launched a newspaper an early-version Apple computer 3. Oakland: 41,920 called El Vocero Hispano from the — now has a staff of 14. What be- 4. : 22,761 living room of his Grand Rapids gan as a 16-page tabloid and circu- 5. Ingham: 20,526 home. lation of 3,000 is now up to 48 6. Macomb: 19,095 “I knew the community was pages and circulation of 15,000, growing,” Abreu said. “I saw there with each issue of the weekly 7. Saginaw: 15,573 is a market for a Spanish language free-distribu- 8. Washtenaw: 13,860 good newspa- tion publication brimming with 9. Genesee: 12,983 per.” 80-120 ads. 10. Kalamazoo: 9,959 In the 20 years The bottom line of other Hispan- Source: U.S. Census Bureau since, the His- ic ventures is looking up as well. panic popula- Hispanic grocery stores have tion in Grand sprouted on the west side of Grand HIGHER EDUCATION Rapids more Rapids and south of downtown, The number of Hispanics earning than tripled, meeting a need that big-box stores four-year and advanced degrees is from less than such as Meijer can’t or won’t fill. rising fast. 10,000 in 1990 to Hispanic-owned restaurants such Four-year degrees: Abreu more than 29,000 as Lindo Mexico in Wyoming serve 2000: 75,059 in 2010. In neighboring Wyoming a growing customer base. 2010: 140,316 and Kentwood, it more than dou- Statewide, Hispanics are a rising Master’s degrees: bled from 2000 to 2010. The number share of the population, climbing 30 2000: 19,384 of Hispanics in Kent County percent from 2000 to 2010 to more 2010: 43,535 quadrupled in 20 years, to nearly than 430,000 — about 5 percent of the Doctorates, other advanced state population. Michigan’s His- degrees: panic population is projected to 2000: 5,039 more than double to more than 2010: 8,085 900,000 by 2040. Source: U.S. Census Bureau In 2007, according to the U.S. Cen- sus Bureau, the state’s 10,770 His- panic-owned businesses generated or grow their business, he said. sales and receipts of $3.9 billion But Sanchez also thinks Hispan- and employed nearly 20,000. A 2008 ic entrepreneurs could be selling themselves short. study of the Hispanic community “There are so many important ar- in seven counties in Southeast eas that Latino business owners Michigan calculated that Hispan- have not moved into, like sales and ics contribute $14.5 billion to the marketing,” he said. “There is no in- regional economy. That same surance agency (in West Michigan) Affordable year, the statewide GDP totaled that is Latino. I don’t think there is about $345 billion. an accounting firm that is Latino.” But for all that, advocates such as Rick Baker, president and CEO care act Carlos Sanchez of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of of the Ferris State Commerce, expects the Hispanic University Latino community to have ever-increasing 10 big ideas You Business and Eco- impact in West Michigan in the nomic Develop- years ahead. may have missed ment Center in “Our community is going to Grand Rapids look different 10 and 20 years down see considerable the road from what it looks like Nov. 18 • Noon-1 p.m. untapped poten- right now,” Baker said. “The de- tial. mographic projections show that “The potential This webinar will look back on the past two years of Sanchez almost all the growth in West for the non-Lati- the HealthFacts series and review some topics that Michigan will be from persons of no business owner is tremendous,” expert presenters have covered. color, and a big chunk of that is in Sanchez said. “What other ethnic the Hispanic community.” group is projected to grow at that Baker said the chamber — with • Pitfalls for employers to avoid level? • Using public and private exchanges “For the Latino business owner, several Hispanic members — is • What providers must know the potential is quite big as well.” working to ensure Hispanic and Businesses not owned by Hispan- other minority businesses are full In addition, a report will off er the top ideas generated ics miss opportunities to reach His- participants in the region’s eco- nomic growth. during the roundtable discussions at Crain’s Health FREE WEBINAR panic consumers, Sanchez said, of- “That is a huge priority to us,” Care Leadership Summit. Register at crainsdetroit.com/webinars ten because they fail to bridge language and cultural differences he said. between that ethnic group and the Heading into the Nov. 4 election, Sponsored by: majority culture. Sanchez said, no Hispanic officials In Partnership with: Hispanic-owned businesses held elected public office in Kent ™ might be held back because they have trouble gaining credit to start See Next Page 20141110-NEWS--0022,0023-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/6/2014 4:49 PM Page 2

November 10, 2014 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 23 CRAIN’S MICHIGAN BUSINESS From Previous Page overcame long odds herself to break from business representation to nity has. enough money for an Apple Macin- into the legal field. The native of the criminal defense, immigration law “There are 11,000 Hispanic busi- tosh II computer and a layout pro- County. That could have been due Dominican Republic grew up in a and estate planning and trademark nesses in the state. They need gram called Aldus PageMaker. De- to a variety of reasons — from the home with sporadic electricity and work. more than just family, immigra- pending on the need or time, he lack of a single, organizing issue, remembers bathing in water her Its five lawyers and four parale- tion and criminal matters.” was ad salesman, editor, reporter to the low voter turnout of Hispan- mother heated on the stove. gals speak both Spanish and Eng- Within six months, Avanti Law and design specialist. ics. Two Hispanics elected Tues- By 2010, Salas was working in lish. had outgrown its office and moved Now he’s got a problem common day to the Grand Rapids Public family law at Warner, Norcross & Judd “One of the things I noticed was to a new location to accommodate to many business ventures as rivals Schools Board of Education ended LLP in Grand Rapids. She was that the (legal) community had ex- its growing client base. see the same opportunity he did 20 that shutout. pleased enough with her work for isting lawyers that were bilingual,” Looking back at the past two years ago. In addition to his own, It’s also true that Hispanics do the large firm, but she sensed an she said. “But they were just fo- decades, El Hispano Vocero owner three other Hispanic newspapers not readily fit the stereotype of a opening others had not, co-founding cused on immigration, criminal Abreu sat at a table at his small now circulate in West Michigan. monolithic group but, rather, Avanti Law Group with two other and family law. There are a lot of headquarters and recalled his “There is just more competi- comprise a community with roots lawyers. The firm spans everything other legal needs that the commu- shoestring origins. He had just tion,” he said. in nearly two dozen countries, from Mexico to the Caribbean to Central and South America. That might explain not only why it can be hard to organize this group po- litically but also why a one-track marketing approach might not al- ways work. LENDING While Michigan high school graduation rates have improved a helping hand for Hispanics, they lag the overall A DVISOR S POTLIGHT from one entrepeneur state average. According to state to another. figures, Hispanic graduation rates increased 7 percentage AARON LOISELLE points over five years, to 67 per- Vice President of Employee Benefits cent in 2013. That was 10 percent- age points below the overall state average. Aaron has 15 years of experience in the employee health and benefits And according to the Pew Re- field. With a strong actuarial and financial background, Aaron is able to search Center, 24 percent of Hispan- communicate well with CEOs/CFOs, while addressing the very real and ics in Michigan ages 18-64 were in constant benefits issues that face HR managers. Born and raised in the poverty in 2011, compared with 13 Detroit area, Aaron believes that reviving the city can be achieved by Mike Semanco percent for non-Hispanic whites. attracting and retaining the best talent, and a significant part of that starts President and COO with providing a well thought out and cost effective benefits program. Growing by degrees Grow your company with 535 Griswold Street, Suite 1600 • Detroit, MI 48226 • www.lovascogroup.com • 313.394.1700 our cu•tomiœe†ǡ ƪeši„Že In Detroit, Pedro Guillen, a na- ƤnanciaŽ •oŽution•. tive of Spain, A Member Firm of M Financial Group. LoVasco Consulting Group is Independently Owned and Operated. Ȉ Ȁ inancin‰ sees education HitachiBusinessFinance.com (248) 658-1100 as the best Ȉ ine• of re†it way to combat those numbers. Guillen is CEO of a tech startup called Detroit Ma- terials Inc. that hopes to pro- duce high- Guillen strength, low-al- loy steel parts for the military and off-road markets. Guillen is pleased to see a grow- ing number of fellow Hispanic pro- fessionals, along with a growing number of Hispanics four-year de- grees and more. (See table, Page 22.) It has been a different story at the University of Michigan since voter ap- proval in 2006 of a measure ban- ning affirmative action for college admissions. Hispanic enrollment fell from 5.3 percent in 2006 to 3.9 percent in 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld that ban in April. Among Guillen’s classmates at UM was a native of Mexico, Alejan- dro Quiroz. He grew up helping his father with an ice cream shop in that na- tion’s central highlands. To- day, Quiroz is vice president of global advanced manufacturing Quiroz for Benton Har- bor-based Whirlpool Corp. “Not many Latinos really break the glass ceiling,” Quiroz said. “It is our responsibility as those who are already in senior leadership that we support this network of Hispanic professionals. The bet- ter we perform, the more compa- nies will keep hiring people like me.” In Grand Rapids, Raquel Salas 20141110-NEWS--0024-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/6/2014 2:57 PM Page 1

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Like much of the manufacturing industry, Zeeland-based Primera Plastics Inc. has had trouble finding qualified workers to fill gaps in its staff. “West Michigan is growing so fast, the talent is not keeping up with it,” said President and CEO Noel Cuellar. The injection molder, producing primarily automotive and furni- ture parts, had turned to internal training to build the skill level among its staff of about 130 but still had trouble filling both skilled and entry-level positions. COURTESY OF PRIMERA PLASTICS INC. “We have positions open right Primera Plastics bought a bus to help potential new workers get to needed jobs. now, but we’re using temp agen- cies to fill those because we can’t guardian to sign up for the pro- find permanent employees,” said gram. Each potential hire must Steve Berkenpas, Primera’s CFO. We will pick you complete an application, and local “ nonprofit organizations will pro- GG Brown Laboratories Cuellar, who has involved his up, we will bring Ann Arbor, MI company in community outreach vide pre-screening. Hannah Lofts Apartments KERKSTRA PRECAST in the past, thought of a solution you to work, and we If Pathways hires are successful East Lansing, MI www.kerkstra.com that had his staff momentarily at the company, the intent is for confounded. will train you. them to stay on as permanent em- “We bought a bus,” he said. ployees after the one-year period is ” up, said Bambi Hollingsworth, di- The “bus” is a part of the compa- Noel Cuellar, Primera Plastics CEO ny’s new program, Primera Path- rector of operations. ways, which targets local, unem- “Depending on whether they ployed high school graduates who want the quality (department), op- Inc. in Grand Rapids, has experi- lack reliable transportation. erations, engineering — we have ca- mented with unconventional re- Primera plans to hire three to five reer paths for all of them, for all of cruiting programs. In the mid- our operators,” Hollingsworth said. per shift for full-time, entry-level 1990s, Cascade created a van pool Primera also is working with positions and will offer the new to transport recruits — unem- customers Gentex Corp. and Herman employees transportation to and ployed and homeless individuals Miller Inc. to use the program for from work for one year in the com- on welfare — to and from work. In their own hires. pany’s recently purchased 15-pas- OF IHG’S DEVELOPMENT& that case, the company found the “It’s about giving those kids an senger shuttle. DESIGNER AWARD transportation privileges were option and opening their eyes to “We will pick you up, we will sometimes abused, and the pro- the skilled trades,” Cuellar said. bring you to work, and we will gram ended. “Somebody still has to grease the train you,” Cuellar said. In an effort to promote account- wheel, and there’s a shortage of Winner The company-funded program, ability and mitigate obstacles for people that do that, and you can which launched last month, is in- its program, Primera will require make darn good money at it.” tended to benefit the community interested individuals to bring a From Plastics News while filling Primera’s own needs for workers. “I was asking the question, what happens to those kids when they’re done (with high school)? Because not all of them are going to go to college,” Cuellar said. “So there has to be trade school, there has to be a certification program; what is there out there for these kids? I wasn’t getting quite the an- swers I was looking for.” The new employees will receive on-the-job training as well as guid- ance in personal development and career skills; PNC Bank has agreed to provide training in financial in- telligence. “What we want to try to accom- plish is to bring these young indi- RENEWED REFRESHED REFINED viduals into the workforce before their skills that they’ve received in Celebrate your special occasion, corporate meeting or holiday party in style. Beautiful guest rooms, breathtaking views and inventive high school become diminished,” culinary creations at the new Top of the Pontch. Cuellar said. “We want to get them Let us show you a new kind of luxury. engaged as much as possible so www.crowneplaza.com | 313-965-0200 | 2 Washington Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226 that they can look at a brighter fu- ture. Not just for the manufactur- ers and Primera, but we’re also fo- cusing on the individual.” Another West Michigan injec- tion molder, Cascade Engineering 20141110-NEWS--0025-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 10:19 AM Page 1

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Brazil operations: One production facility cides, oil, gas, paints and plastics industries in Indaiatuba, São Paulo and technical center in Taubaté, São Paulo Venezuela top executive: Daniella Souza, Employees: 72 Employees: 1,200 geographic leader Andean region of Latin Products: Powder metal automotive com- TI Automotive Ltd. Products: Airbags, steering wheels, seat- America ponents including main bearing caps, cam Based: Auburn Hills belts, height adjusters, buckles, textiles, Venezuela clients: Las Plumas, Agropica, rings, rotors, plates, cam caps and piston Brazil operations: Manufacturing facilities Top executive: Tim Ambrey, president of Semillas Flor de Aragua, Bariven, Plásticos de cooling nozzles and fluid-carrying systems plants in Gra- Autoliv South America Empaque, Gamma Química, Intequim Top executive: Gilvan Nunes-Bezerra, vataí, Juatuba, São José dos Campos and Clients: General Motors, Ford Motor Co., Fiat plant manager São José dos Pinhais; a manufacturing facil- , PSA Citroën, Renault SA, Clients: Ford Motor Co., Fiat Chrysler, Schaef- ity for pump and module systems in Eu- Volkswagen AG, Toyota Motor Corp., Daimler AG General Motors Co. fler Group, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, DHB, Nexteer gênio de Melo; a laboratory and test center Based: Detroit Automotive, Bosch GmbH, MWM International in Caçapava Domino’s Pizza Inc. Brazil operations: Three vehicle assembly Brazil employees: 1,240 plants, in São Caetano do Sul, São José dos MSX International Inc. Brazil products: Pump and modules, level Based: Ann Arbor Campos and Gravataí. Also, a powertrain sensors, brake and fuel lines, power steer- Based: Detroit Brazil operations: 103 stores in the country plant in Joinville, a components plant in ing products, HVAC, HVAC parts and coat- Brazil operations: Headquarters in São Paulo, Employees: 1,500 Mogi das Cruzes, a logistics center and ed tubes seven branch offices throughout the country Products, services: Pizza, pasta, chicken, warehouse in Sorocaba and Guarulhos, and Brazil top executive: Luiz Lourenco, acting Employees: 2,000 bread sides, beverages a technical center in São Caetano do Sul plant manager; Andre Bonatto Nunes, plant Services: Technical staffing services to Top executive: Edwin Junior, market di- Brazil employees: 21,000 manager; Nelson Ferreira, plant manager; OEMs and tier-one and tier-two suppliers; rector for Grupo Trigo Brazil services, products: Vehicle design Marcio Pinto Albino, plant manager and business and process, technical, war- and construction, producing engines, cylin- Brazil clients: Volkswagen AG, Fiat Chrysler, ranty and training services to vehicle man- der heads and stamping parts Ford Motor Co., Mercedes-Benz, Renault SA, Dow Chemical Co. ufacturers and dealer networks Brazil top executive: Santiago Chamorro, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Motor Co., General Top executives: Ilkka Palin, human capital Based: Midland president Motors Co., Android, Iveco Latin America Ltda., Brazil operations: Five offices and research solutions managing director, MSXI Brazil Venezuela operations: One assembly plant Dytech Dynamic Fluid Technologies, General and development offices and 15 manufactur- Clients: Fiat Chrysler, Ford Motor Co., General in Valencia and one in Mariara, a spare Motors Co., Hyundai, JTEKT North America Inc. ing sites in the São Paulo, Guarujá, Bahia, Motors Co., Hyundai Motor Co., Jaguar Land Rover, parts and service center in Los Guayos, Venezuela operations: A manufacturing and Jundiaí and Rio de Janeiro regions LG Brasil, MAN SE Corp., Mercedes-Benz, Nissan Carabobo fluid carrying systems plant in Valencia Brazil employees: 3,000 Motor Co., Peugeot Citroën, Volkswagen AG Venezuela employees: 3,100 Venezuela employees: 50 Brazil products: Soy solutions, Herculex, Venezuela products: products Venezuela products: Brake and fuel bun- WideStrike, chlor-alkali envelope and such as the Spark, Aveo 3 and 4-door Cruze, NSF International dles, tube fuel compressed natural gas bun- epoxy products Silverado LS 4x2, Silverado LT 4x4 as well dles, tube fuel canister and tube brakes Brazil top executive: Pedro Suarez, presi- Based: Ann Arbor as bus chassis Venezuela top executive: Julian Pabon, dent for Latin America Brazil operations: Laboratory and office in Venezuela top executive: Carlos Alberto plant manager Brazil clients: Unilever plc, Whirlpool Corp., Porto Alegre Martorelli, president Venezuela clients: Ford Motor Co., General Danika Employees: 72 Motors Co., Fiat Chrysler, Toyota Motor Corp. 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BY CHAD HALCOM ly of McKeen & earlier this year. with Fieger culminated in Johnson 2012 on about $9 million in cases, CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Associates PC, In early 2015, the firm plans an learning he couldn’t return to the to $4.5 million in 2013 on $18 mil- starts as an as- expansion into the floor above its office, he said, because the locks lion and $6 million on cases re- It’s been a long and turbulent sociate at the offices, Johnson said, to occupy had been changed and his computer solved this year. three years since Ven Johnson and firm’s second of- the former Savoyard Club atop De- was shut down. “I didn’t pay myself anything a sole paralegal found themselves fice in Grand troit’s historic Buhl Building. A “I had a few cases, but I didn’t out of the business for the first two sharing his home office in Birming- Rapids, bring- 2012 lawsuit against Fieger Law know it was going to be my last years,” Johnson said. “Instead, I ham after their abrupt departure ing the firm’s President Geoffrey Fieger alleging day, so I didn’t exactly develop an had liquidated the majority of my from their former law firm. number of attor- unpaid wages and commissions exit strategy,” he said. available funds and used that peri- But branching out from trial at- neys to 14. was settled in September. Johnson Law specializes in med- od for investing in myself, which torney to entrepreneur is paying is what the books and other mater- Johnson That includes But first came the challenge of ical malpractice, automotive and off for the owner of Johnson Law Jeffrey Danzig, spending almost seven figures to other vehicular negligence, prod- ial on startups and entrepreneur- PLC, a Detroit personal injury and the former intake department di- build and promote an all-new law uct liability, police and govern- ship all tell you to do. medical malpractice law firm with rector at Southfield-based Fieger firm, and building a caseload, with mental misconduct, and other “It was petrifying, because of more than 30 employees, two of- Law PC who succeeded Johnson as any revenue from contingency fees plaintiff personal injury litigation. how long it takes to come fices and $24 million worth of ver- a partner at Fieger Law following or judgments from new cases likely Revenue grew from about in from your work, and with the ebb dicts and settlements this year. Johnson’s 2011 departure — then to be months away. The career $300,000 on $2 million worth of and flow of cases, there’s no guaran- This week, Brian Molde, former- followed Johnson to the new firm change came after a disagreement awards in 2011, to $1.6 million in tee of what’s going to happen.” Johnson estimates he has spent well over $500,000 since 2012 on marketing to raise the firm’s pro- file, including the “Ven Fights” billboards that include pictures with boxing champion Thomas Hearns, and some TV spots. That’s over and above his office lease in the Buhl and payroll for a Three generations and counting—on you. growing staff. The marketing is through Harper Woods-based J.L. Barlow & Associates Inc. At a certain level of wealth, a family’s wants and needs invariably change. Philanthropy, and the values it imparts to Fieger did not return phone calls seeking comment about younger generations, takes on greater meaning; the long-term balance between family wealth and family harmony Johnson or the settlement. Scott Goodwin, president of the becomes ever more important; and the merits of a trust become clear. Issues relevant to generational wealth are best Michigan Association for Justice and a managing partner at personal in- served by an advisor with unimpeachable integrity, competence and a steady hand. Consider the Family & Foundation jury firm Goodwin & Scieszka PC in Birmingham, said Johnson’s re- Services Division of Greenleaf Trust. From one generation to the next, we serve families and oversee their best interests sults are what will make the differ- ence for him. in a meaningful, personalized manner remarkable for its reliability and attentiveness. As part of a highly respected, Johnson’s business growth “was not because it’s any kind of growth privately held wealth management fi rm with over $7 billion in assets, we know family matters—in every time within the personal injury practice field right now. Ven has a meaning of the phrase. For a discrete consultation, call us. reputation for being aggressive, and other attorneys are referring to him.” Johnson came away from Fieger “with a lot of experience in a very well-known firm and had the wherewithal at the time to build a new one. And fortunately for him, results matter. ... Good cases find their way to good lawyers.” Johnson said the media cam- paign now generates about half the cases, but early on most came from referrals from other attorneys. “With referrals, of course, you also pay a referral fee, but I also got some level of case referrals from judges who knew my work. And at times, I’ve even had cases referred by attorneys who had been my opposition counsel.” Johnson said he started drawing a salary in late 2013, shortly before adding the Grand Rapids office in January by hiring attorney Victo- ria Marks. Other hires, like Danzig and medical malpractice veteran Jody Aaron, cultivate a mentorship and professional development struc- ture by pairing experienced attor- neys with newer ones, he said. Notable wins this year include an $8 million jury verdict in June against Beaumont Health in Wayne County Circuit Court for the family of a 24-year-old patient who died after a gall bladder procedure in 2009; a $2.44 million verdict in May against Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. and Home-Owners Insurance Co. in Macomb County Circuit Court in- volving insurance coverage to an accident victim; and a $2.75 mil- lion accident verdict in Oakland Cir- cuit Court last month. 34977 woodward avenue birmingham, mi 48009 greenleaftrust.com 248.530.6202 877.530.0555 Chad Halcom: (313) 446-6796, [email protected]. Twitter: @chadhalcom DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 8/5/2014 4:39 PM Page 1 20141110-NEWS--0030-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 10:08 AM Page 1

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BY KIRK PINHO are very few real (local) buyers — value in Detroit compared to other CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS the big funds, the REITs (real es- major markets, Detroit is actually At that price point (more than tate investment trusts),” said Paul seeing a large influx of out-of-town When and if downtown’s third- “ Choukourian, executive managing buyers poking around.” largest office building sells, it will $1M), there are very few real director in the Southfield office of Among those that have entered likely be to a large out-of-state buy- Colliers International Inc. the market recently is DDI Group, a er. (local) buyers – the big funds, Still, that bodes well for down- Shanghai-based investor group The brokerage firm for iStar Fi- town because it shows that Detroit that purchased the David Stott nancial Inc., the majority owner of the REITS. buildings are now seen outside of Building and the former Detroit One Detroit Center, began Monday ” Michigan as sound investment op- Free Press headquarters at auction Paul Choukourian, Colliers International marketing the building and an at- portunities, Choukourian said. a year ago for more than $13 mil- tached parking garage to potential “The good news is that Detroit is lion combined. buyers. land on which they sit — for more and its broker, Eastdil Secured LLC, now off many people’s blacklists. Others buying downtown in- But that wasn’t before an offer than $100 million, said Greg searching for other buyers. Those For years, Detroit properties clude Emre Uralli, the Florida real was made to the Detroit Police and Camia, senior vice president of are likely to come in the form of would not even get considered by estate investor who sold those two Fire Retirement System — which New York City-based iStar. large out-of-state buyers, local real many of the largest national pur- buildings to DDI, and a New York owns 10 percent of the building, a The retirement system declined estate experts said. chasers. With the good news that entity called 600 Randolph SN LLC, 2,070-space parking garage and the the offer last month, leaving iStar “Really at that price point, there is being generated and perceived which bought the Old and a surface parking lot for $13.4 million in Au- gust. “For the size that (One Detroit Center) is, I think it might be simi- lar to the (South- field) Town Center deal, where “ WHAT’S DTE ENERGY someone came in, gets it at a good price point and then sells it DOING TO MAKE IT a few years down the line,” said Josh Suar- dini, vice presi- Suardini dent of South- EASIER ON BUSINESS?” field-based Etkin LLC. Matt Farrell, executive princi- pal and partner of Birmingham- The new interactive eBill from DTE Energy makes it easy to analyze energy usage and pay your based Core Partners Associates LLC, said the building’s quality, its ten- bill. The new, simple layout shows your usage at a glance, gives you links to energy-saving ideas, ant roster and the parking deck and lets you pay your bill in a snap. There are even sections specific to your business that can make it a solid investment. “It’s one of the highest quality help you understand and manage what you use, and pay. buildings in Southeast Michigan,” Farrell said. The buyer would receive all rev- enue from the building and park- ing deck and pay iStar and the re- tirement system annual rent on a long-term ground lease on the land on which One Detroit Center and the parking deck sit, Camia said. “The leasehold structure pro- Sally Like, Owner vides the opportunity for an in- Marcile’s Fashions & Bridal vestor to benefit from the dynamic changes occurring in Detroit and to continue upon the recent leas- ing success at One Detroit Center while still allowing iStar to retain a significant investment in the city,” the company said in a state- ment to Crain’s Thursday. There is 13.45 million square feet of office space downtown, of which 23.2 percent, or 3.12 million square feet, was vacant in the third quarter, according to the Southfield office of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. The asking rent for Class A space downtown was an average of $23.02 per square foot per year. That’s slightly higher than the $22.60 per square foot per year av- erage cost to lease at One Detroit Center, according to CoStar Group Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based real estate information service. One Detroit Center is at 500 Woodward Ave. between Congress and Larned streets. At 957,000 square feet, One De- troit Center is third in size only to the Compuware Corp. headquarters at One Campus Martius (1.1 mil- lion square feet) and the Penobscot Building at 645 Griswold St. (996,000 square feet). Kirk Pinho: (313) 446-0412, kpin- [email protected]. Twitter: @kirkpin- hoCDB 20141110-NEWS--0031-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 11:14 AM Page 1

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PEOPLE BUSINESS DIARY EDUCATION tion Project, Detroit. CONTRACTS changed its name to Spalding DeDecker. Website: sda-eng.com. Nicole Wells Stallworth to assistant vice IN THE SPOTLIGHT Rohatynski-Harlow Public Relations LLC, REAL ESTATE president for gov- ViMax Media has named Jeffrey Brighton, has been retained to pro- NEW PRODUCTS ernment and com- Scheiber as president and CEO. James Bowling Jr. to vice president of cor- vide public relations and media rela- munity relations, He will porate services, Compass Commercial tions services to the North American In- Duo Security Inc., Ann Arbor, a ternational Auto Show in Detroit. The Oakland University, assume the LLC, Troy, from manager corporate fa- provider of secure, cloud-based au- at the Macomb- cilities, planning, design and construc- company, which has been associated thentication services for companies, post Jan. 1. with NAIAS and the Detroit Auto Deal- OU Incubator, tion, Kelly Services Inc., Troy. announced its API Edition for cloud Scheiber has ers Association, Troy, since 1999, has Sterling Heights, and mobile software providers to been with been PR agency of record for NAIAS from director RETAIL protect user account access by ViMax for since 2012. Website: roharpr.com. of community en- nearly two Melissa Morang to adding two-factor authentication. gagement, gov- marketing and Palace Sports & Entertainment LLC, Duo also introduced its Mobile Soft- decades, Auburn Hills, announced a multi- ernment affairs sponsorship direc- ware Development Kit for iOS and including as year contract with Avita Artesian and enrichment tor, Great Lakes Android, which lets mobile app vice president Water, Roscommon, for Avita to serve Stallworth programs, The Crossing Outlets, providers embed authentication ca- and creative Auburn Hills, from as the “official water” of the Detroit Children’s Center, Detroit. director of pabilities. Website: duosecurity.com. Scheiber marketing and Pistons and be featured in all areas of ViMax Media, sponsorship direc- the Palace of Auburn Hills, the offi- Sika Corp., Madison Heights, an- FINANCE working on marketing campaigns tor, The Mall at cial Pistons website and the Pistons nounced two new auto glass replace- ment adhesive products: SikaTack Mark Sutton to senior associate, Plante for national companies such as Partridge Creek, mobile app. Website: pistons.com. MACH 30, a cold-applied product Moran PLLC, Auburn Hills, from associ- Kroger and Sysco Foodservice. Morang Clinton Township. with a 30-minute safe drive away ate. Also to senior associate from asso- Scheiber, 41, replaces Michael EXPANSIONS time and SikaTack MACH 60, an im- ciate: At the Auburn Hills branch, Jen- McGraw, who will remain SERVICES The Big Salad LLC, Grosse Pointe proved one-hour cold-applied prod- nifer Chambers; at the Clinton chairman of ViMax Media. Jeff Forrester to director of purchasing, Woods, has opened Nourish by The Big uct. The company also introduced Scheiber earned a bachelor of fine FordDirect, Dearborn, from senior buy- Township branch, Dana Coomes and Salad restaurant at AL!VE health Sika Primer-207, a one-step primer- Robert Shefferly III. arts degree from the College for er, General Mo- care park, 800 W. Lawrence Ave., Creative Studies in Detroit. tors Co., Warren. for surface treatment of pinchwelds, Maya Wagh to partner, audit, Grant Charlotte. Website: thebigsalad.net. encapsulated parts and glass. Sika Thornton LLP, Southfield, from senior Judy Perry to direc- Gateway-Detroit East, an affiliate of also announced more sustainable tor of community manager. Also, Steve Skiba to manag- MARKETING Gateway Community Health, Detroit, has product packaging modifications. service and busi- ing director, tax, from director. 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uddled inside Stafford’s Perry Hotel overlooking Little Traverse Bay in downtown Petoskey,state Rep. Frank Foster was working the phones during the final moments of the Aug. 5 primary campaign. As the polls closed and early returns came in, Foster, surrounded by family,his girlfriend and campaign staffers, was optimistic. While voter turnout was low, it exceeded their target goals against a challenger who had never run for office before. And, while just 28, Foster had never lost an election. But by 9:30 p.m., Foster, a two-term Republican incumbent and chairman of the House Commerce Committee, was making a con- cession call to Lee Chatfield, a teacher at a private Christian school. Chatfield won by fewer than 1,000 votes. And Foster knows why: He championed an effort to amend the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orienta- H tion and gender identity as protected from employment discrimination. “This was the defining factor,” universities. nance from Grand Valley in 2009. al Resources, are people who Foster said. Foster organized marches with At the time, he had made the final Tourism and are discriminat- Now, as a lame-duck lawmaker, the black student union on cam- cut for the Teach for America pro- Outdoor Recre- ed against and Foster knows the bill could be dead. pus against Prop 2, which eventu- gram, but he decided instead to ation. have no re- His primary loss may have chilled ally passed and became law. run for the state House. Foster was course.” any support among Republican col- Around the same time, the uni- When he moved back to one of just two Democrats in- leagues, although business advo- versity was considering adding sex- Petoskey, and when he wasn’t cam- freshman law- troduce such a cates — including the Detroit Region- ual orientation to its equal-opportu- paigning, he worked at his family’s makers to be- bill every leg- al Chamber, the head of AT&T’s nity statement, something Foster construction company, Frank Foster come committee islative session, Michigan division and office furni- pushed the administration to do. Builders LLC, as the business manag- chairs, a feat and he said he ture makers in West Michigan — “Coming from a really small er. Bolger rare even in the Irwin asked Foster be- still want to push for lame-duck rural town in Michigan, that had He won the 2010 GOP primary term-limits era. cause he adoption. never occurred to me that that was in convincing fashion and would Bolger said he felt confident in thought there would be a better This is a story of how a primary an issue,” Foster said. “When I got soon be on his way to Lansing. making Foster, who was only 24, a chance of passage if a Republican battle in a district in northern there, I felt it was a real injustice.” chairman because he saw in him a got on board, since the GOP con- Michigan derailed legislation that So how did he become a Repub- level of maturity, courage and a trols the House and Senate. major employers across the state lican? Getting involved willingness to tackle problems. Until Irwin approached him, had championed. Foster said his conversion be- Confident of his own chances in “Those were all evident when we Foster said, he had no idea that gan by watching the policies of De- the general election in 2010, Foster first talked to him,” Bolger said. the state didn’t already include mocratic Gov. started donating some of his cam- And Foster soon earned a repu- such a protection for sexual orien- Passion for politics cripple the state budget and cut paign funds to be used to help oth- tation for working well with tation. Growing up, Foster was not all funding to higher education. er Republicans across the state. House members on the other side As the two talked, they decided that interested in politics. He was And he also came across a pam- And when Republicans took back of the aisle. Not long into his sec- that Foster should introduce the much more interested in hockey, phlet from Business Leaders for control of the House, he urged ond term, Democratic Rep. Jeff Ir- bill himself, not just co-sponsor it. being part of two state champion Michigan that led him to explore House Speaker , R-Mar- win of Ann Arbor asked him to co- But for that to work, Foster knew travel league teams. more of the group’s ideas. “It was shall, to make him the chairman of sponsor a bill to amend the it would take time, and a plan. But politics — of the Democratic a Republican strategy to get the a committee — any committee. Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. variety — was in the family’s blood. state moving again,” he said. “I lobbied him for it,” he said. “Frank is a good guy,” Irwin said. Great uncle Al Foster chaired the He graduated with a major in fi- Bolger assigned him to lead Natur- “I thought he would care that there Testing the waters Emmet County Democratic Party in Foster reached out to Jim Mur- the 1970s. For years, county ray, president of AT&T Michigan fundraisers were held at the Foster and a former chief of staff to family farm, which still has picnic House Speaker Rick Johnson, to tables autographed by U.S. Sen. help him put together a strategy Debbie Stabenow and former Gov. for getting such a bill passed. . HE TOOK ON A CAUSE, Murray, who As a freshman at Grand Valley is gay, is re- State University, Foster landed a spected around seat on the student general assem- town for his leg- bly. Soon after, he was writing let- islative savvy, ters to university administrators, and that is why requesting a meeting with the Foster said he president to talk about higher edu- BECAME A CASUALTY sought his ad- cation funding. vice. He said he That got him a meeting with learned much Matthew McLogan, vice president later about Mur- BY CHRIS GAUTZ | CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT Murray for university relations at GVSU, ray’s sexual ori- and eventually President Thomas entation. Haas. They tested the waters with Re- McLogan said GVSU then and Next up for Foster: Owning a publican leadership and the Sny- now receives the lowest appropri- long-term care facility in der administration, and conducted ation per student of the 15 public Flushing for people with polling on the issue. universities from the state, but is traumatic brain and spinal Murray knew the timing had to injuries. And maybe run one of the highest-performing in- be just right to get such a bill for office again. stitutions in terms of graduation passed, but by the spring of 2013, and retention rates and adminis- word got out of Foster’s interest in trative efficiency. the bill, and he did several media That dichotomy bothered Foster interviews. and his colleagues in student gov- That helped draw attention to ernment. the issue statewide, Murray said, So GVSU administrators but he also worried it was putting brought Foster with them on sev- a big target on Foster’s back. eral trips to Washington, D.C., and So Foster stayed quiet publicly Lansing to advocate for increased as he worked with Murray on bill higher education funding. Foster language and quietly gathered sup- even testified before the House Ap- port in the business community. propriations Higher Education Meanwhile, discussions were subcommittee. taking place in the Petoskey area He served as student body presi- about who would run for Foster’s dent as a junior and was re-elected seat after he finished his third term to serve his senior year. in 2016. “His fellow students saw some- Chatfield and Ken Bradstreet, a one very bright in him, and they former Republican lawmaker were right,” McLogan said. from a neighboring district, ap- As Foster took over as presi- proached Foster to pitch Chatfield dent, the issue of affirmative ac- as his successor. tion was the hot topic on college Bradstreet works at the Northern campuses across the state due to Michigan Christian Academy with the pending vote on Proposal 2, a Chatfield, and is part of a daily state constitutional amendment to Christian radio show with Chat- ban racial, gender and ethnic pref- erences in state government and AL GOLDIS See Next Page 20141110-NEWS--0034,0035-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 6:00 PM Page 2

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From Previous Page field’s father, Rusty, who runs the We need to decide whether we are going Bankruptcy:City reinvests school. “ Foster brought Chatfield to the to stay out of people’s lives or not, and be ■ From Page 1 Capitol in October 2013 for a day as Duggan said by serving on the being replaced with an aluminum his guest on the House floor so he consistent. I’m still a Republican commission, he will make “darn compound. That, plus some cash on could see what life was like as a sure” that the panel works toward hand, should make more borrowing lawmaker. and will vote Republican. unanimous resolutions to decisions. unnecessary, Buckfire said. But toward the end of 2013, Re- ” Buckfire added that the Bar- publican National Committee- Rep. Frank Foster clays financing positions Detroit man Dave Agema, with whom Dividing the shares to repay several classes of bank- Foster had served in the state The police, fire, general services ruptcy creditors as well as fund House, was making national was still not finished and law- If Foster had won, there could and finance departments together improvements. headlines for a series of disparag- makers instead focused on trying have been an opportunity to account for about $730 million of re- “The difference (after creditor ing remarks against gays and to find a transportation funding move the legislation after the structuring expenses in a largely settlements) is in what we will other groups. solution before leaving for sum- primary, but with Chatfield’s front-loaded package of improve- keep of it for the frontloading of Foster publicly called for Age- mer break and heading home to victory, that idea died. And ments for city programs by fiscal service improvements,” he said. ma to resign, as did dozens of oth- there was real concern that an 2023, according to project lists and Rhodes in court favored financ- er state and national Republican campaign for the primary elec- attempt to change the law at all restructuring experts in the bank- ing to pay for city reinvestment leaders. tion. had ended once the final votes ruptcy reorganization. over a tax increase. He cited wit- Not long after, Foster said, And Foster had to focus on his were tallied. “We’ve been implementing this ness testimony on the matter dur- Agema and Bradstreet encour- race back home against Chat- “Right after Frank lost, there plan of adjustment all along. More ing his remarks Friday. aged Chatfield to take on Foster field. Foster knew he was facing a was this pause everywhere,” than 200 additional police officers “(A) property tax increase would in the 2014 primary and not wait challenge. Murray said. “That delayed us. are on the street as a result of the produce little additional income ... two years to run. Private polling he had seen in We just ran out of time.” plan. There will be an additional (and) raising taxes would add to “I think that all changed when 2013 showed protection from dis- Now, hopes for passage of the 100 firefighters,” said Duggan. population decline,” he said. those two got into the mix,” Fos- crimination based on sexual ori- bill rest in the hands of Republi- Residential blight removal is the Of the borrowed money, about $85 ter said. entation was not a popular issue can leaders and whether they largest earmark on the city’s list of million will effectively pay off credi- Agema said he encouraged in his Republican-leaning dis- want to push the issue during the restructuring projects, with $440.3 tors UBS AG and Bank of America’s Chatfield to run, because he felt trict, which stretches from lame-duck session, which begins million in planned spending, in- Merrill Lynch unit. The city has been the newcomer more closely rep- Petoskey to Cheboygan, with part in earnest this week. While it cluding $115 million in the fiscal putting about $4 million a month to- resented the Republican National of the Upper Peninsula and cost Foster his seat, he remains year that already began July 1. ward that debt, but will retire the Committee platform, which be- Beaver and Mackinac islands. undeterred. After that comes a $252.2 million balance after the exit plan is final. lieves in traditional marriage. But the same polling showed “After he lost, the first thing he investment in the Detroit Police De- Another $55 million will pay off “Foster’s voting record was not that the issue resonated told me was, ‘I want to do this partment, including $49.4 million the city’s limited-tax general obliga- particularly conservative. I think statewide and, Foster believed, more than ever,’ ” Murray said. this year (much of that in vehicles, tion bondholders on their $163 mil- that’s what primaries are for,” more importantly, that it was the right thing to do. hand-held radios, IT, precinct facili- lion claim, and $20 million will go to Agema said. “If you have people ties and new civilian jobs); then fund retiree health care costs. straying off the reservation, then “My drive wasn’t to serve in What’s next $180.1 million to the General Services That leaves about $115 million to someone can run against them.” the Legislature until the Consti- For Foster, there’s life after Department, including $18.8 million go toward other expenses like the Crain’s attempted to contact tution said I couldn’t, but doing Lansing. this year (much of that in capital ex- planned service improvements, re- Chatfield and Bradstreet, who something meaningful while I In July, he and a middle school penditures and facility upgrades). structuring experts said. did not return messages seeking was there,” he said. friend purchased Rehabitat Sys- Next up after that: $158.3 million Barclays expects to buy bonds comment for this story. The nervousness that set in tems of Michigan Inc., a long-term for the Detroit Fire Department, in- sold through the Michigan Finance Foster said late last year Chat- among GOP circles in Lansing care facility in Flushing for peo- cluding $28.6 million this year Authority, including up to $200 mil- field demanded that he be given a that Foster was in trouble was ple with traumatic brain and (much of it fleet improvement and lion of tax-exempt debt, that will be copy of Foster’s proposed bill on clear; the Detroit Regional Cham- spinal cord injuries. While work- hires to offset attrition); then $142.1 secured by city income tax revenue. extending protections in the state ber took the unusual step of get- ing in Flushing, Foster said, he million to the Detroit Finance Depart- civil rights law. Foster said Chat- ting involved in a race so far will still live in Petoskey, and ment, including $37.4 million this field also demanded that Foster away from metro Detroit. doesn’t rule out running again year (new software and hardware, Jobs, pensions publicly declare his opposition to The chamber’s political action for office someday. reorganization costs and imple- extending protections to gays by committee, Powering the Econo- Finance expects to add more But for that to happen, the Re- menting a new enterprise resource Dec. 21. Foster declined. my, paid for mailers and robo- than $90 million for new positions publican Party needs to change planning system). On Jan. 15, Chatfield formed a calls to support Foster. The ads in grant administration, risk man- its stance on some social issues, None of the 20 other city depart- campaign committee to enter the reminded Democrats and inde- agement, income tax, purchasing, he said. ments and agencies in its project race. Agema was among the first pendents they could cross over accounting and finance adminis- “We need to decide whether we list receives more than $46 million to donate. and vote for Foster in the GOP tration, including $8.2 million this are going to stay out of people’s in elevated spending over the peri- The primary challenge did not primary and encouraged them to year and $10.2 million next year. lives or not, and be consistent,” od — though several will see at deter Foster’s support for his bill. “take a stand against the Tea Par- Another $20 million will go to soft- he said. “I’m still a Republican least one investment that is offset “He never stopped on this issue, ty.” ware upgrades and data backup ser- and will vote Republican.” by projected operational savings. even though we took a lot of grief, Brad Williams, vice president vices, and the department expects to Chatfield easily won election to More than a dozen receive a net in- even if it meant he might lose his of government relations for the save $66 million due to vendor con- the seat on Tuesday. Whether Fos- vestment of less than $7 million. job,” Murray said. chamber, said it was the first solidation, improved software, in- time the chamber’s PAC had paid ter voted for Chatfield is some- The bankruptcy exit plan ap- sourcing, and better worker’s com- for independent expenditures thing he is keeping to himself. proved Friday also calls for more pensation claims management. Building momentum like that, but felt it was impor- Looking back, Foster said he than $90 million to create new city Another funding source will be wouldn’t change anything about jobs, new software to better track On May 1, Murray unveiled the tant to try to protect Foster, who general fund dollars freed up by a what he did. It would have been city planning efforts, and restruc- Michigan Competitive Workforce had been supportive of many of near-elimination in what Detroit the chamber’s initiatives. disingenuous to avoid a primary tured payment plans for creditors. Coalition, formed to advocate for expects to contribute annually to “It was breaking new ground challenge by waiting until after adding sexual orientation and its General Retirement System and for us,” said Williams, who added April’s filing deadline to disclose Police and Fire Retirement System gender identity to the state’s civil that the chamber had supported his opinion. Money to exit pensions over the 10 years. rights act. Republicans and Democrats and “My voters should have the Helping to pay much of the up- Murray would co-chair the The $816 million “grand bar- appreciated Foster’s willingness right to judge me based on what I front cost will be exit financing gain” by the state of Michigan, committee, along with Kary to support the civil rights issue. believe,” he said. “It would have from lender Barclays plc, which has foundations and philanthropists to Moss, executive director of the “Real leaders do the right been politically advantageous for approved up to $325 million for De- prevent the sale of valuable city- American Civil Liberties Union of thing even if they know it’s not me not to talk about it, but it’s an troit to exit bankruptcy, although owned art at the Detroit Institute of Michigan, and Brian Walker, CEO going to be politically popular,” issue that deserves a discussion.” the city only plans to borrow about Arts, will shore up pensions and of Herman Miller, the Zeeland- Williams said. “We really wanted Chris Gautz: (517) 403-4403, $275 million. avert steep benefit cuts. based office furniture maker. to see him come back for a third [email protected]. Twitter: Kenneth Buckfire, co-president The GRS pension plan also will At the Detroit Regional Cham- term.” @chrisgautz of Miller Buckfire & Co., said the city get a contribution through about ber’s Mackinac Policy Conference must submit a final account of how $300 million in bonds raised by a a few weeks later, the chamber much it will borrow from Bar- newly created regional Great Lakes and several other businesses clays, and for what purposes, be- Water Authority, to lease and man- joined the coalition, including fore its formal exit from bankrupt- age assets of the Detroit Water and Chrysler Group LLC, Clark Hill PLC, Foster’s voting record was not cy on Nov. 21. Detroit previously Sewerage Department. Kellogg Co., Pfizer and Slows Bar “ thought it might have to borrow That leaves the city paying noth- BQ. particularly conservative. I think that’s up between $45 million and $50 ing to the police and fire retirement Also at the conference, Gov. what primaries are for. If you have people million more from Barclays. system and only about $100 million Rick Snyder went as far as he But a $25 million windfall from over the 10 years to the general re- ever had on the issue, saying he straying off the reservation, then someone the trading value of copper will tirement system, compared with its hoped the Legislature would take help the city avoid that borrowing. traditional required contribution up such a bill before the end of can run against them. The money is projected to come that often topped $100 million a year the year. from a proposal to sell some of the to the plans, said Charles Moore, Momentum seemed to be on ” Dave Agema, Republican National Committee more than 10 million pounds of cop- COO and shareholder of Conway their side, but work on the bill per in Detroit’s lighting grid that is MacKenzie Inc. in Birmingham. 20141110-NEWS--0036-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 3:58 PM Page 1

Page 36 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS November 10, 2014 Republicans: Land only one who said ‘I’m ready’ – but wasn’t ■ From Page 3 tended to run for re-election to her Poor decisions included the near- have been different if Republicans House seat. invisible nature of Land’s campaign. had gone with a different candidate. Camp said he wanted to focus on The campaign rarely, if ever, an- You have to go out and meet voters and “The outcome of that race was serving out the remainder of his nounced where it would be ahead of “ decided when the matchup was de- term, in which he has been focused time. Land only did a handful of ap- be able to explain your cided,” McNeilly said. on passing a tax reform package, pearances with statewide media and But McNeilly said it was clear and Rogers announced he would be declined to debate Peters. The few positions on the issues. That’s a another Republican could have moving into the talk radio world, times she did talk with reporters, her basic skill that (Land) was won that seat. taking a job with Cumulus Media. lack of a grasp on national issues was “There was no reason given the John Truscott, president of Lans- apparent, analysts say. lacking. makeup of the election that it was ing-based nonpartisan political con- McNeilly said he and other ” predestined to be that way,” he sulting firm Truscott Rossman LLC, prominent Republicans tried to talk said. “We’d be looking at a differ- said another reason that they and with Land’s campaign early on Joe DiSano, Main Street Strategies ent U.S. senator in Michigan if we some others may have passed on about her mistakes, but was assured had fielded a different candidate.” the seat is that Washington has not by her staff that the problems were polls closed and it was clear she had road voters. Schostak, though, said it would been a fun place to be in recent being addressed. But they were not, lost, she did not give a concession “You can’t run a Rose Garden have been tough for any Republi- years, given the gridlock in Con- he said, most notably after her ap- speech or even issue a statement af- campaign if you’re not in the Rose gress. pearance at the Detroit Regional can Senate candidate because the terward. Garden,” said Joe DiSano, partner Republicans haven’t elected a U.S. “You can’t blame someone who Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Confer- “Terri just didn’t do anything,” with Main Street Strategies, a Lans- senator in Michigan in 20 years. has been there to want to come ence in May. Truscott said. “You can’t expect to ing-based Democratic political con- Michigan’s last Republican sena- home to where reality is,” Truscott Attendees said Land looked stiff go up on air and expect to buy an sulting firm. “You have to go out tor was Spencer Abraham, who said. and read from prepared remarks, election.” and meet voters and be able to ex- served a single term beginning in T.J. Bucholz, president of Lans- never venturing far from her script. As of Oct. 15, Land had spent $10 plain your positions on the issues. 1995 before being defeated by cur- ing-based Vanguard Public Affairs, said Land met with political reporters million on her campaign and Peters That’s a basic skill that she was it appeared as though Land was sim- for the first time in the campaign $8.7 million. Outside groups and the lacking.” rent U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow in ply the only candidate left standing after that appearance, but lasted candidates themselves had spent 2000. The last Republican before once the others declined to run. just about two minutes before walk- $32.3 million on television ads as of that was Robert Griffin, who served “I don’t think she was ever the ing away. Oct. 3, according to the Michigan Giving credit from 1966 through 1978 before retir- party’s first choice,” he said. Bucholz said Land’s inability to Campaign Finance Network. The ma- But DiSano said it is a copout to ing and being succeeded by Carl Schostak said Land stepped for- articulate a vision hurt her. jority, $18.2 million, was spent by blame Land’s loss on being a bad Levin. ward early to say she was interest- “The U.S. Senate is a high-stakes Land and outside groups supporting candidate. Schostak said Land worked hard ed in being a candidate, but was re- race where policy matters,” he her. “It takes a lot away from Gary and improved as a candidate as the spectful of Camp and Rogers while said. “It’s not enough to regurgi- Bucholz said a loss of that mag- Peters to say she was a bad candi- campaign went on, and he blamed they considered a run for the seat. tate talking points.” nitude can be attributed to one date,” DiSano said. “(Peters) went Land’s loss on the negative ads run “When the other fellows decided When she lost on Tuesday, she thing — hubris. out and met voters.” against her. not to proceed, she was the one followed a pattern similar to Mack- “You cannot take the Michigan Truscott also credited Peters “She ran into a buzz saw with there saying ‘I’m ready,’ ” he said. inac. Before the polls closed, she electorate for granted,” he said. with running a disciplined cam- Gary Peters with all the negatives, briefly addressed the crowd at the Bucholz said the attitude of paign as a reason why he won, and and it was nonstop,” he said. ‘It’s not enough’ GOP victory party at the Renais- Land’s campaign came off as not just the poor showing by Land. Chris Gautz: (517) 403-4403, sance Center, thanking her family though she didn’t feel it was neces- However, Bucholz and others say [email protected]. Twitter: But she wasn’t. and staff, and then left. Once the sary to engage with middle-of-the- the result on Election Day could @chrisgautz

Democrats: Leader ‘promised the moon and he didn’t deliver’ ■ From Page 3 with the turnout,” Johnson said. About 28 percent of the ballots Day before Thanksgiving 2012. “But the party delivered on what not returned were from Wayne Republicans were also encour- we were tasked to do.” County, and more than half of those I think Lon Johnson is going to take it aging people to vote absentee and And that was to identify poten- were Detroit residents, he said. “ worked hard to identify voters and tial voters, call them, knock on Greg McNeilly, president of the on the chin for the turn them out as well. their doors and deliver the party’s Michigan Freedom Fund, said for De- “We were pretty confident we message, and he said that was all mocrats to win they have to actual- overexaggerated claims. To were going to match everything he done in record numbers. More ly bring new voters to the polls, not did, if not exceed it. We were letting than 1.5 million doors were just get people who went to the polls say it was a disappointing him say it the way he wanted to pre- knocked by volunteers, more than in 2010 to vote absentee in 2014. night for Democrats is a sent it,” Schostak said of Johnson. 2.3 million calls were made and But Johnson said based on the “We knew what was really going on, more than 1 million absentee bal- data they have so far from the De- massive understatement. and we needed to get our voters out lot applications were mailed, he partment of State, there were more ” and not get overly confident.” said. Rep. Brandon Dillon, D-Grand than 100,000 Democrats who did T.J. Bucholz, Vanguard Public Affairs “But the results weren’t what we not vote in 2010 that requested ab- Rapids, campaign chairman for the wanted,” he said. sentee ballots. House Democratic caucus, said the the state party convention. of goods to Democrats,” he said. mechanics of Johnson’s plan were Dennis Darnoi, director of ana- He said final figures won’t be It was at that convention in 2013 Johnson’s confident talk leading good, but they were not able to over- lytics at RevSix, a data management available from the state for anoth- where Johnson successfully oust- up to the election worried Republi- come the Republican wave that company based in Pontiac, said the er month to see exactly who voted ed Mark Brewer in a contentious cans, said John Truscott, president swept the state and the nation on Democratic effort to recast the play- and who didn’t. fight for his job leading the party. of Lansing-based nonpartisan polit- Election Day. He said without the ing field in midterm elections in But Darnoi said if the Democrats’ Brewer had been the longest ical consulting firm Truscott Ross- work Johnson and his team did, the Michigan was just not successful. plan had worked like they said it serving Democratic state party man LLC, because there was no way results would likely have been “This whole notion that Democ- was going to, Schauer would have chairman in the country, at the of knowing if he was right until much worse. rats were going to increase turnout been elected governor, because Sny- helm in Michigan for 18 years. Election Day. He also saw hope in the fact De- and participation was proven to be der received fewer votes in all 83 “Johnson came in after years of But McNeilly said both parties mocrats won all but one of the uni- factually inaccurate,” Darnoi said. counties than he had in 2010. Brewer and promised the moon need to revisit their plans to bring versity board races, which tells Johnson’s plan relied heavily on and he didn’t deliver,” said T.J. voters to the polls because turnout him Michigan, deep down, is still a No absentee advantage technology, with the use of an in- Bucholz, a Democrat, who is presi- was down overall compared to 2010. blue state. ternal party website developed in dent of Lansing-based Vanguard The difference was that Democrats Dillon said he has confidence in One way Democrats planned to part by Dandelion Detroit LLC. The Public Affairs, a full-service public spent the past year boasting about Johnson. increase turnout was to encourage site allowed volunteers to connect relations company. “I think Lon their system and how it was going “If people don’t have confidence the use of absentee ballots. with the close to 1 million Democ- Johnson is going to take it on the to lead them to victory, while the in Lon, they are going to have to In 2010, 793,914 absentee ballots rats the party identified as not vot- chin for the overexaggerated Republicans not show such brag- look at every state party chair in were requested and 757,627 were ing in 2010. claims. To say it was a disappoint- gadocio. the country because turnout was returned. This year, 866,289 were ing night for Democrats is a mas- “It shows action speaks louder down in almost every single state,” requested, a small increase over Actions vs. rhetoric sive understatement.” than rhetoric,” Truscott said. Dillon said. “He put together a re- 2010, but only 767,851 were re- Bucholz said there was a discon- ally strong plan and implemented turned, Darnoi said. There are rumblings in Democ- nect somewhere between what GOP planned ahead it, but it did not show the results Using modeling software, Darnoi ratic circles that Johnson may be Johnson was saying about the par- we were expecting.” said 60 percent of the ballots not re- in danger of losing his job because ty’s ground game and what the re- Republican Party Chairman Chris Gautz: 517-403-4403, turned this year were by Democrat- of the poor showing, but he said he ality was. Bobby Schostak said his party be- [email protected]. Twitter: ic voters. plans to run again in February at “I think Lon Johnson sold a bill gan its political plan for Election @chrisgautz 20141110-NEWS--0037-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 11/7/2014 3:35 PM Page 1

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New Wayne County Exec Evans names transition team www.crainsdetroit.com EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith E. Crain BY KIRK PINHO of public services and homeland tee will look at issues in the de- ily services, and senior and veter- GROUP PUBLISHER Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS security and the Wayne County Eco- partments of management and an services. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Marla Wise, (313) 446- nomic Development Growth Engine. budget, personnel and human re- Ⅲ Mark Zausmer, managing 6032 or [email protected] After easily being elected Wayne EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446- She is legislative director for the sources, and technology. shareholder of Farmington Hills- 0460 or [email protected] County executive last week, War- Michigan Regional Council of Carpen- Ⅲ Former Wayne County Cir- based Zausmer, Kaufman, August & MANAGING EDITOR Jennette Smith, (313) 446- ren Evans announced his adminis- ters and Millwrights. cuit Court Judge Richard Kaufman Caldwell PC, will head a committee 1622 or [email protected] DIRECTOR, DIGITAL STRATEGY Nancy Hanus, tration’s transition team. Ⅲ Robert Daddow, deputy Oak- will head a committee studying the studying legal affairs. (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] Evans named the following, who MANAGING EDITOR/CUSTOM AND SPECIAL land County executive, will lead a half-finished county jail project on Evans, the 65-year-old former PROJECTS Daniel Duggan, (313) 446-0414 or will be unpaid volunteers: committee studying Wayne Coun- Gratiot Avenue. county sheriff and Detroit police [email protected] Ⅲ Joseph Nardone, director of de- SENIOR EDITOR/DESIGN Bob Allen, (313) 446- ty’s budget deficit. Ⅲ Former Wayne County com- chief, will replace Robert Ficano 0344 or [email protected] velopment for the Wayne County Air- Ⅲ Mark Davidoff, managing part- missioner Bernard Parker will co- and serve a four-year term begin- SENIOR EDITOR Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 or port Authority, will lead the team, ner of the Michigan practice of De- chair the team and lead a commit- ning in January. [email protected] WEB EDITOR Kristin Bull, (313) 446-1608 or known as Transition: Wayne. loitte LLP, will co-chair the team tee studying health and welfare. At transitionwayne.org, job ap- [email protected] Ⅲ RESEARCH AND DATA EDITOR Sonya Hill, (313) Lisa Canada will co-chair the and head up a committee studying This committee will look at the plicants will be able to submit ré- 446-0402 or [email protected] team and lead a committee study- financial responsibility and rein- county departments of health and sumés for appointment- and direc- WEB PRODUCER Norman Witte III, (313) 446- ing efficiencies in the departments venting government. The commit- human services, children and fam- tor-level positions. 6059, [email protected] EDITORIAL SUPPORT (313) 446-0419; YahNica Crawford, (313) 446-0329 NEWSROOM (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446- 1687 TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 REPORTERS Plastech: Ex-CEO in court over Chinese car contract Jay Greene, senior reporter: Covers health care, insurance, energy utilities and the environment. (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] ■ From Page 1 Amy Haimerl, entrepreneurship editor: Covers entrepreneurship and city of Detroit. (313) 446- passenger electric vehicles made contract, so we can review its mer- sioned producing several models, among automotive companies. 0416 or [email protected] by JAC to U.S. dealers. Plastech its.” with a large portion of them being “Generally speaking, tortious Chad Halcom: Covers litigation and the defense industry. (313) 446-6796 or [email protected] Holding alleges GreenTech and Kochanowski said the contract exported to world markets. interference claims are very com- Tom Henderson: Covers banking, finance, JAC began a partnership in April contains a confidentiality clause Launching production in the mon in commercial litigation, but technology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or [email protected] 2013 to bring Chinese cars to the that has prevented Plastech from next two months would cap off a I’ve never seen the layers of in- Kirk Pinho: Covers real estate, higher education, U.S., side-stepping Plastech’s exclu- giving the contract to GreenTech. complicated birth for the startup. trigue alleged in this complaint, it Oakland and Macomb counties. (313) 446-0412 or [email protected] sive agreement — which is valid He said the agreement will be en- Since 2009, GreenTech has been reads like a novel,” Sharkey said. Bill Shea, enterprise editor: Covers media, through October 2015 with a clause tered in court soon. dogged by delays and political flak. advertising and marketing, the business of sports, and transportation. (313) 446-1626 or for automatic renewal. Plastech is also anticipating ar- Complicating its story was [email protected] Plastech Holding seeks a yet-to- bitration with JAC Motors in McAuliffe’s and Wang’s plan to fi- Plastech’s roots Dustin Walsh: Covers the business of law, auto suppliers, manufacturing and steel. (313) 446- be determined amount for damages Hong Kong over the issue, he said. nance the venture through the con- GreenTech isn’t alone in its 6042 or [email protected] but said it potentially lost $4 mil- The legal battle is in anticipa- troversial EB-5 U.S. immigration rough go toward profitability. Sherri Welch, senior reporter: Covers nonprofits, services, retail and hospitality. (313) 446-1694 or lion, said Andrew Kochanowski, tion of a push to sell China-made program. EB-5, as created by Con- Brown’s former company, Plastech [email protected] senior partner at Southfield-based cars in the U.S. gress in 1990, grants immigration Engineered Products, suffered a LANSING BUREAU Chris Gautz: Covers business issues at the Capitol Sommers Schwartz PC and Plastech’s To date, Chinese-made cars have visas to foreigners who invest at worse fate. and utilities. (517) 403-4403 or [email protected] Plastech Engineered Products, representation in the case. not been imported to the U.S. The least $500,000 in a job-creating en- ADVERTISING Kochanowski said Plastech Hold- issue surrounding such an endeav- terprise in regions targeted by the the largest minority-owned suppli- SALES INQUIRIES (313) 446-6052; FAX (313) ing spent millions hiring engineer- or is that cars manufactured in federal government for job growth. er in the U.S. at the time, filed for 393-0997 ing firms and introducing U.S. China do not meet U.S. regulatory GreenTech made its original Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection SALES MANAGER Tammy Rokowski dealers to JAC Motors. Now, on Feb. 1, 2008, after its largest cus- SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Matthew J. safety standards. fundraising appeals to wealthy in- Langan Kochanowski said, the company is “I certainly believe that China- dividuals in China with the tomer, Chrysler LLC, began to cancel ADVERTISING SALES Christine Galasso, Jeff left in the lurch without any JAC made cars in the U.S. will occur promise of a U.S. visa in return. its contracts with the supplier. Lasser, Joe Miller, Sarah Stachowicz Chrysler cited Plastech’s produc- CLASSIFIED SALES MANAGER Angela Schutte, cars to distribute. eventually, that’s very likely,” said The venture also became some- (313) 446-6051 According to the October claim, Fred Hubacker, managing director thing of a political target when tion quality as its reason for pulling CLASSIFIED SALES Lynn Calcaterra, (313) 446- GreenTech knowingly violated of Birmingham-based advisory McAuliffe, who led campaign the contract. In 2007, Chrysler is- 6086 DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER Plastech’s agreement with JAC on firm Conway Mackenzie Inc. “Howev- fundraising for Jimmy Carter, Bill sued 449 “quality tickets” to Plas- Jennifer Chinn several fronts. er, the timeframe for that to happen Clinton and Hillary Clinton, ran tech for “non-conforming material” AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Eric Cedo GreenTech hired Marianne is later, not sooner, in my view. A successfully for governor of Vir- for its injection molded compo- EVENTS MANAGER Kacey Anderson SENIOR PRODUCER FOR DIGITAL/ONLINE McInerney as executive vice presi- host of quality, branding and distri- ginia in 2013. The U.S. Securities and nents. Chrysler considered this a PRODUCTS Pierrette Dagg dent of sales and marketing in bution issues must be solved before Exchange Commission investigated material breach of its purchase SENIOR ART DIRECTOR Sylvia Kolaski March 2012, according to the com- we are likely to see any significant the venture at the same time. agreement, Crain’s reported in 2008. SALES SUPPORT Suzanne Janik, YahNica Crawford Plastech had 35 plants and more PRODUCTION MANAGER Wendy Kobylarz plaint. McInerney had been Plas- amount of Chinese-built automo- McAuliffe has stated in media PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Andrew Spanos tech’s COO. biles in this country.” reports that he ended his ties with than 7,700 employees when it filed. CUSTOMER SERVICE “McInerney assisted in raising a the auto venture in late 2012. At the time, Plastech owed credi- tors as much as $560 million. significant amount of funds and in- Plastech alleges GreenTech mis- MAIN NUMBER: Call (877) 824-9374 terest from U.S. automobile dealers ‘Layers of intrigue’ led economic incentive agencies A dispute with Chrysler over the or [email protected] and dealer groups for the JAC pas- The suit also makes claims that about its ability to make cars, stat- supplier’s tooling ensued and by June, Plastech sought to liquidate SUBSCRIPTIONS $59 one year, $98 two years. senger vehicles to be distributed by GreenTech is a “shell company” ing it is simply importing Chinese Out of state, $79 one year, $138 for two years. its assets. It sold its exteriors busi- Outside U.S.A., add $48 per year to out-of-state (Plastech),” the complaint states. and that it’s desperate to get JAC cars and adding a battery pack. ness to units of Goldman Sachs Group rate for surface mail. Call (313) 446-0450 or The complaint alleges McInerney cars to fulfill obligations. “GreenTech has spent a lot of (877) 824-9374. Inc. and Magna International Inc. for knew the terms of Plastech’s deal The allegations center on Green- time to convince the state and fed- SINGLE COPIES: (877) 824-9374 $24.7 million and its interiors busi- REPRINTS: (212) 210-0750; and would have informed Green- Tech’s troubled history — which eral investigators that it was going or Alicia Samuel at [email protected] ness to Johnson Controls Inc. and Tech. Kochanowski said supports Plas- to create manufacturing jobs in TO FIND A DATE A STORY WAS PUBLISHED: Goldman Sachs for $199.5 million. (313) 446-0406 or e-mail [email protected] Plastech also alleges it also met tech’s claim that GreenTech does Mississippi,” Kochanowski said. Plastech also sold its stamping CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS IS PUBLISHED BY with GreenTech CEO Charles business in ways that are mislead- “They are not going to be manufac- business to J.D. Norman Ohio Holdings CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. Wang about Plastech serving as the ing and raise ethical questions. tured in the U.S. They are not buy- CHAIRMAN Keith E. Crain Inc. for $4.5 million. PRESIDENT Rance Crain middleman — distributing JAC GreenTech Automotive was start- ing kits; they are buying complete- Brown’s compensation, and that TREASURER Mary Kay Crain cars to GreenTech. ed in 2009 by De- ly assembled cars.” Executive Vice President/Operations of family members she hired, also William A. Morrow “They knew perfectly well that mocratic Party Murphy said these issues are out- became a hot-button issue during Executive Vice President/Director of Strategic we had an agreement and inter- fundraiser Terry side the scope of Plastech’s com- the proceedings. Brown earned Operations Chris Crain Executive Vice President/Director of Corporate fered with it,” Kochanowski said. McAuliffe, now plaint and are “salacious” in nature $3.23 million in the 12 months be- Operations KC Crain GreenTech said it would abide the governor of and filed a motion to strike the alle- fore the bankruptcy filing. Brown’s Vice President/Production & Manufacturing by an agreement, if one existed. Virginia, with a gations from the suit. He called Dave Kamis husband, three brothers, two sis- Chief Financial Officer A motion filed on Oct. 31 by plan to build 1 Plastech’s complaint “gamesman- ters-in-law, sister, cousin and Thomas Stevens GreenTech said JAC Motors con- million vehicles ship” by the firm to build a negative Chief Information Officer nephew were also on Plastech’s pay- Anthony DiPonio firmed no such deal was reached. a year. Now it public perception of GreenTech. roll, for a total of $6.4 million for the G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) GreenTech attorneys asked more modestly “Rather than pleading a simple 2007 fiscal year, Crain’s reported. Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr. Chairman (1911-1996) Plastech to provide the contract proposes to turn complaint based on straightforward Plastech blamed Chrysler’s EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICES: McAuliffe 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732; with JAC Motors in response to an out a few thou- contract interference allegations, pulling of the contract for its (313) 446-6000 Aug. 7 cease-and-desist letter from sand low-speed “neighborhood” ve- (Plastech) instead chose to fill its demise, according to court filings. Cable address: TWX 248-221-5122 AUTNEW DET CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ISSN # 0882-1992 Plastech’s attorneys. hicles a year. complaint with a multitude of false, Since then, Brown and Plastech is published weekly, except for a special issue the Larry Murphy, partner at Honig- GreenTech opened its long-de- impertinent, immaterial and scan- third week of October, and no issue the fourth have remained largely out of the week of December by Crain Communications Inc. man Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP and layed assembly plant in Tunica, dalous allegations about the Green- public eye until the new Plastech at 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732. Periodicals postage paid at Detroit, MI and GreenTech’s representation, said Miss., south of Memphis, Tenn., on Tech companies that do not relate legal case cropped up. additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send Plastech has yet to enter the agree- Oct. 22, the day after Plastech filed to (Plastech’s) counts or its claims Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042, address changes to CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS, Circulation Department, P.O. Box 07925, Detroit, ment in court or produce it for his its suit. for relief,” the motion said. [email protected]. Twitter: MI 48207-9732. GST # 136760444. Printed in review. In 2009, the venture estimated Dan Sharkey, partner at Birm- @dustinpwalsh U.S.A. Entire contents copyright 2014 by Crain “We asked for the contract and the Mississippi plant would cost $1 ingham-based Brooks Wilkins Automotive News reporter Lind- Communications Inc. All rights reserved. what we got was a lawsuit,” Murphy billion and employ 2,500 workers to Sharkey & Turco PLLC, said Plas- say Chappell contributed to this re- Reproduction or use of editorial content in any manner without permission is strictly prohibited. said. “We really want a copy of this start. 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Page 38 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS November 10, 2014 RUMBLINGS WEEK ON THE WEB FROM WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM, WEEK OF NOV. 1-7 Trailer Company from 2-5 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Detroit thor. Brian Hermelin, who co- 6,000 properties for about Historical Society, 5401 Wood- Compuware proxy founded DVP with Linkner $3.18 million in last Former gov. ward Ave. and Quicken Loans Inc. month’s Wayne County tax The 129-page book, in- statement details Chairman Dan Gilbert, is foreclosure auction. But cluding 90 pages of photos, now acting CEO and acting Strather said plans are still is published by the Mari- $23.5M in golden managing partner. in the works to buy the gets to keep posa, Calif.-based Fruehauf The Oakland Community properties and demolish Trailer Historical Society, re- College Foundation named blighted homes on about tails for $29.95 softcover and parachutes Carol Furlong as executive 2,000 of them. $39.95 hardcover. director. Furlong, 57, was Organizers of Detroit’s August Fruehauf was ompuware Corp.’s top chief development officer M-1 Rail will begin talks portrait post asked in 1914 to covert a and executive director of with the parent company of executives have wagon into a trailer to haul C golden parachutes operations for CARE House Czech rail car manufactur- a boat behind a Model-T, in place worth a total of of Oakland County. She suc- er Inekon Trams to design ichigan Gov. Wilbur and four years later ceeds Kathryn Rusak, now and build six streetcars for Brucker was granted $23.5 million should they launched his company. lose their jobs following the director of development at use on the Woodward Av- M another four-year It stayed in the family for Mercy High School in Farm- enue loop when it begins term by voters from across Detroit company’s expected decades and grew to become acquisition by San Francis- ington Hills. service in 2016. The street- the state last week. one of the largest compa- cars are expected to cost a The oil-on-canvas version co-based Thoma Bravo LLC, nies in the nation, but fi- combined $30 million. of him, that is. according to a proxy state- nancial troubles led to COMPANY NEWS The Detroit Lions are The re-election of Gov. ment filed with the U.S. Se- bankruptcy and a 1997 sale Kelly Services Inc. is headed back to London. Rick Snyder means Bruck- curities and Exchange Com- of the U.S.-based assets to moving forward with a re- The National Football er’s official portrait will mission. Ohio-based Wabash National structuring plan to close or League’s newly announced hang on the third floor of CEO Bob Paul would re- Corp. Fruehauf’s overseas three-game 2015 Interna- the Capitol rotunda for an- ceive $6.7 million in a com- consolidate 50 U.S. branch operations still operate un- tional Series schedule in- other four years. bination of cash and equity, offices and eliminate 100 der the Fruehauf name. and CFO Joseph Angileri jobs, including 55 at its cludes a Lions matchup When a governor leaves CHRIS GAUTZ/CMB office, his or her portrait is The portrait of Michigan Gov. would get $4.5 million if Troy headquarters. Cuts with the Kansas City Chiefs hung in the Capitol rotun- Wilbur Brucker will remain in Office chair maker’s they are terminated either will include several senior Nov. 1 at Wembley Stadi- da, but there is only enough the Capitol rotunda for four survey: Office chairs fail without cause or what is leadership positions set to um. space for the portraits of the more years. termed good cause, such as be vacated in December. The Detroit RiverFront 14 most recent governors. ters cherry cola, Graveyard The Spanish Inquisition a mandatory transfer to an- Target Corp. plans to Conservancy is seeking pro- If Snyder would have lost, Delight ginger ale and black had the Judas Chair. Roman other city. close three Michigan stores posals for an experienced the Brucker painting would cherry-flavored Royal Rot- Emperor Constantine the Others are: — Northland Center in operator for its RiverWalk have been moved elsewhere ter. The bottle labels are il- Great had the Iron Chair. The John Van Siclen, head of Southfield and stores in Café. With the right opera- in the Capitol. lustrated mostly by local modern workplace has the the company’s applications Monroe and Bay City — as tor, the seasonal café may Brucker, who fought artists. infamous office chair. performance management part of a wider plan by the be operated year-round, against Pancho Villa and was Caprice principal Gary A recent survey found unit that helps customers Minneapolis-based retailer conservancy director Marc a doughboy in World War I, Reed is also the publisher of that 31 percent of small- monitor the performance of to shutter 11 stores across Pasco said. was unavailable for com- Caliber Comics. Soda will business owners experience their software applications, the country by Feb. 1. The Detroit Garment ment. He died in 1968. be sold in four- and 12- lower back pain due to their would get almost $6 million. Ann Arbor-based Non- Guild, which operates out of packs; the 12-pack will in- office chairs, and 88 percent Christopher O’Malley, Profit Enterprise at Work the Rochester Hills home of clude a mini-comic.Detroit- say office chairs affect em- president of mainframe op- leapfrogged two other con- founder Karen Buscemi, is Zombie comic inspires based Intrastate Distributors ployee productivity. erations, $2.7 million. tenders on crowdfunding looking for a place to call new Detroit soda line Inc. is the distributor. The survey — funded by, General Counsel Dan website Crowdrise to take home. Buscemi said the ahem, office chair retailer Follis Jr., $2.3 million. the $50,000 grand prize for nonprofit is working with A zombie-themed comic Staples Inc. and Grand Kris Manery, the senior raising the most money in city and state officials to book has inspired the latest Centenary of semi-trailer’s Rapids office chair maker vice president of the main- the RiseDetroit Challenge. find a space in Southwest made-in-metro-Detroit bev- Steelcase Inc. — says a qual- Detroit birth gets book frame business unit who re- The nonprofit garnered Detroit for a multipurpose erage. ity office chair should be tired Oct. 31, a little more $94,850 in commitments. facility. Dearborn Heights-based The granddaughter of the adjustable and the backrest than $1 million. Under the new Detroit A citizens group’s law- Caprice Brands LLC will German immigrant black- should be in contact with Former CFO Laura Service Corps program, J.P. suit against Rochester Hills launch its DeadWorld soda smith and carriage builder the sitter’s back at all times. Fournier, an equity payment Morgan Chase & Co. will and Traverse City-based oil line at a Friday party at who invented the semi-trail- “As this survey reveals, of $284,656. She would not send teams of employees to exploration company Jor- Best Western Plus Sterling Inn er in Detroit 100 years ago many small-business em- receive additional cash or Detroit to help some non- dan Development Co. LLC in Sterling Heights. has published a history of ployees are sitting in pain, other payments because profits address the city’s was dismissed by an Oak- DeadWorld soda is based August Fruehauf’s iconic especially as they work she is no longer with the economic challenges as land County circuit judge, on the zombie comic book Fruehauf Trailer Co. with new technologies company. part of the $100 million who ruled that lease deals DeadWorld, published by De- Ruth Ann Fruehauf will which cause new postures,” commitment by the bank. Jordan signed with the city troit-based Caliber Comics LLC. sign copies of Singing said Allan Smith, vice presi- The five-year program will for oil and gas exploration The soda line features 12 Wheels: August Fruehauf & dent of global marketing for N THE MOVE O support projects at Eastern rights under two city- flavors, including Goon Bit- The History of the Fruehauf Steelcase, in a statement. Michigan’s first auto Market, Focus: Hope, Michi- owned parks and a ceme- tery do not violate the czar is resigning to work gan Community Resources city’s charter. HEALTH CARE LEADERS SUMMIT for an automotive company and Vanguard Community De- Twelve colorful life- in the state. Nigel Francis, velopment Corp. sized cows, which raised senior au- The Adoba Hotel Dear- $30,000 at the American Can- tomotive born/Detroit will continue cer Society’s Cattle Baron’s adviser for to operate by that name, Ball as part of the national under a deal between the the state public art project CowPa- outgoing and incoming and senior rade, will be on display in management companies for vice presi- Detroit at the Renaissance dent at the the Dearborn hotel. Center this month. Victory Capital Holdings Michigan A federal appeals court Inc. of Cleveland closed on Economic upheld anti-gay marriage its acquisition of Birming- Francis Develop- laws in four states includ- ment Corp., will be replaced ham-based Munder Capital ing Michigan, breaking Nov. 14 by the current vice Management Inc. and its ranks with other courts president of the office, wholly owned subsidiary, AARON ECKELS that have considered the is- Kevin Kerrigan. Francis, Integrity Asset Management Crain’s Detroit Business hosted its sixth Health Care Leadership Summit last Thursday, sue and setting up the named to the state post in LLC of Rocky River, Ohio. drawing more than 450 attendees to the Silver Garden Events Center in Southfield. Among prospect of U.S. Supreme speakers at the half-day event was a panel discussion of trends in health care, featuring September 2013, did not re- Munder will keep its name Court review. (from left) Nancy Schlichting, president and CEO, Henry Ford Health System; Joseph veal what position he and continue operating Mullany, CEO, Detroit Medical Center; Gene Michalski, president and CEO, Beaumont would be taking. from its current office. Health; and Rob Casalou, president and CEO, St. Joseph Mercy Hospitals-Ann Arbor, Josh Linkner stepped OBITUARIES Saline, Livingston. The panel was moderated by Marianne Udow-Phillips, director of the down as CEO and manag- Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation in Ann Arbor. Also speaking at the OTHER NEWS David Posavetz, retired event, on a panel addressing the Affordable Care Act: Carl Camden, president and CEO, ing partner of Detroit Ven- Her- chief photographer for the Kelly Services Inc.; Scott Eathorne, M.D., interim president and CEO, Together Health ture Partners. Linkner, 44, Detroit developer Network; and Rick Murdock, executive director, Michigan Association of Health Plans. said he wants to focus on a bert Strather withdrew his Macomb Daily, died Nov. 5 career as a speaker and au- bid to purchase more than of a heart attack. He was 67. DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 10/29/2014 12:37 PM Page 1 DBpageAD_DBpageAD.qxd 10/23/2014 3:32 PM Page 1

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