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March 13, 2006 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 9 MARY KRAMER: Downtown needs to be a neighborhood
When I go to New York City, I Association has a 20- of downtown venues. a major study of business and civic about themselves and not about don’t think twice about walking 20 year tradition of At the same time, bars power in Detroit. grooming for the future. blocks. Every block has something monthly “HACK” par- and restaurants might One name missing from the list A friend of mine has a simple new or interesting to look at. ties. Home owners sign consider promoting of movers and shakers is Ed McNa- yardstick to measure the worth of During Super Bowl festivities, up a year in advance to “48226” nights during mara. The retired Wayne County a leader: Who prospers under his host a monthly bring- people rediscovered walking in the week for those liv- executive, who died Feb. 19, had an or her tutelage? Whose career ad- your-own Historic Area downtown Detroit. Now the trick ing in the primary enviable talent for using humor to vances? is to keep people on the street. And Cocktail Klub soiree. downtown ZIP code. blunt our too-sharp regional If you have an example to share in the mix of all the busy civic and They are hugely popu- Being an urban pio- edges. business agendas, someone should lar, help newcomers of an executive with a track record neer may be fun, but be- In the many eulogies for him, we find room to promote a walkable meet new neighbors for developing talent, send me an ing part of a neighbor- downtown and ways to create a and give everybody a heard one theme over and over: e-mail at [email protected]. hood is attractive, too. sense of neighborhood for the sense of belonging. “He saw things in me that I didn’t We’ll profile some of the best. see in myself.” growing number of people who As the weather grows Mary Kramer is publisher of live downtown. warmer, Campus Martius Park Leadership means developing How many people have you en- Crain's Detroit Business. Her weekly John Thompson has the right will promote its outdoor concerts next generation of leaders countered in your own career who take on the latest business news airs idea. Thompson, who owns Honest and films. But nightspots also had that same talent? at 6:40 a.m. Mondays on the Paul W. John’s Bar on Selden Avenue near could promote organized “crawls” Next week, Crain’s will publish Too many “leaders” are all Smith show on WJR AM 760. Orchestra Hall, printed maps of all the restaurants and bars within walking distance of his own. If more people walk from Point A to Point B, and then on to Point C, all the destinations on the map will Advertisement benefit. GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE CENTER Farther east, the Indian Village AN ERNST & YOUNG GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE CENTER REPORT LETTERS CONTINUED Sell-Side Due Diligence ■ From Page 8 ture workforce and avoid “mission creep” into questionable uses of Get Your House in Order Before Hitting the Street the public’s money. Charles S. Owens Whether an auto supplier is failing financially or QCalculate the many legacy costs that things that emerge once the process starts. And, Michigan state director National Federation of Independent carving out a non-strategic piece of its business, may remain after the divestiture despite presumably having identified those concerns Business/Michigan many on the sell-side are doing their homework getting rid of what seems to be the whole in advance, the seller has alternatives identified Lansing before actually putting the business up for sale business, and determine if all that cost to address concerns as they are raised by School boards are and, by doing so, maintaining more control of the structure is required. perspective buyers. M&A process and achieving better outcomes. the real problem Q Weigh the post-sale tax position, assessing These auto companies are undertaking presale gain or loss and ways to optimize tax To the Street Editor: due diligence work and presale planning, either on positioning. If the seller has done their homework, the advan- I wanted to thank Crain’s Detroit their own or with the help of external resources. In tage is that they control the process and direction. Business for helping to educate the Q Evaluate pensions and post-retirement addition, more structure and organization are being They’ve anticipated questions and events that are business community on the K-16 obligations, and determine if those should added to the process to be more proactive with the likely to occur and have tentatively gathered solu- Coalition’s Guaranteed Funding stay or go with the business. initiative (“Petition drive fore- divestiture process as opposed to being reactive to tions/resolutions. The seller is prepared to address shadows school-funding fight,” matters that arise during the process. things in a timely fashion, keeping the process Much of this pre-sale planning and analysis is and “Opinion: School proposal under control, which can result in a much faster thinking through all the touch points of a doesn’t fix problem,” Feb. 20). Strategic-Decision Follow-Through closing process. According to the Anderson Eco- business, whether its legal issues, human capital After a company evaluates where they want to be in nomic Group, school revenues in- matters, infrastructure support, or environmental the auto marketplace and what needs to happen to While there is no guarantee that every issue will be creased 54.81 percent since Propo- responsibilities, and making sure all are dealt with get there, certain operations will be identified that identified and potentially resolved with sell-side sition A passed in 1994, while upfront before the business is even taken to market expenses increased 55.14 percent. “fit” and others simply won’t. For those that don’t, due diligence, ideally all the larger issues have been to be sold. Then, on the financial side, what’s being During that same period, the Con- the process begins for assessing exactly what to do addressed. Smaller concerns may arise in any deal, sold needs to be carefully defined, the prospective sumer Price Index (inflation) in- with these business segments and/or product lines. but they’re not likely to cause heartburn on the sales numbers evaluated to see if they really make creased 27.5 percent. The state cur- Assuming the position is divestiture as opposed path to closure. rently spends $13 billion of its $41 sense, and preparation of the proforma financial to liquidation, the choice is not to quickly gather billion budget on education. Fund- information on the business to better reflect to ing is not the problem. financial data, “put a book together,” and try to sell. For more automotive insights visit prospective buyers what it is that’s being sold. ey.com/us/automotive. It’s school boards that are out of These are all processes — commonly called reverse control. Most working adults Instead, sell-side due diligence must include planning due diligence or sell-side due diligence — that an might struggle to recall when they through scenarios of how to divest — sell assets, By Mark Short. Mark is a partner in Ernst & Young’s educated and wise seller is doing before they ever last had “free” benefits. Defined re- sell legal entity (stock), etc. — and, based on what Transaction Advisory Services and the leader of its tirement plans started disappear- take a deal to the street. It’s all about controlling the auto supplier wants to sell, how to properly and North American Automotive Industry practice. ing in the 1980s as companies the divestiture process, not being surprised by Mark can be reached at [email protected]. moved to 401(k) plans, yet boards carefully carve that out of the larger company: still provide them at a cost of 16.8 QCompletely identify all components and percent of payroll. Many private- activities of what’s being divested, such as sector employees contribute $100 to $500 per month for health insur- a plant, staff, capital assets, property, ance, yet many teachers pay more intellectual assets, etc. in union dues than they do for su- Q Identify the infrastructure that supports perior (and often free) health in- the business being divested, and project surance costing districts $12,000 per employee. how a divestiture will affect the retained Health care reportedly repre- infrastructure needs of the business. sents $1,500 of a vehicle’s price. In Conversely, assess the needs of the education, it’s approximately divested business and alternatives for $1,700 per pupil and rising annual- that business, such as a transition ly at 11 percent or more. services arrangement. Approving this legislation with no serious reforms, oversight or accountability won’t help the chil- • • dren or the taxpayers. 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Page 12. MacKeigan Michigan State Medical Society health care Future of Michigan Task Force On March 1 the Michigan State Medical Society gathered 40 health care stakeholders together in Lansing and called for a statewide collaboration to achieve universal health care in a report it titled, “The Conquering heroes Future of Medicine.” The 47-point action plan was intended to spur broad-based action to create a high- quality, cost-effective health care “It’s not about cancer,” she system that ensures everyone in the Group uses business said. “It’s about reshaping and WHERE TO GO FOR SUPPORT: state has coverage. renewing your life.” ■ She may be on to something. C-Club for Cancer Conquerors Is the society advocating for a “Survivorship is a huge area Canton, (734) 223-3938 government-sponsored plan for coaching techniques now in cancer,” said Michelle www.thecclub.org universal health care coverage? Riba, medical director of the Uni- This is not about a single-payer ■ American Cancer Society versity of Michigan’s PsychOncolo- government program. This is about to help cancer survivors Southfield, (248) 557-5353 gy Clinic at its Comprehensive finding multiple approaches to get to www.cancer.org universal health care with a small “u” BY MICHELLE MARTINEZ Bernat, program manager at Gil- Cancer Center. ■ and a small “c.” We aren’t about to CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS da’s Club Metro Detroit in Royal “The whole experience affects Gilda’s Club Metro Detroit prescribe how we achieve it. But it’s Oak. people in very individual ways. Royal Oak, (248) 577-0800 probably going to be a combination of esley Delgado’s watershed The C-Club is different, Minin- Most people want to go back to www.gildasclubdetroit.org moment came about a year ni said, because it uses business the way it was, and it just does- responsibilities between employees, ■ employers, the government and the L after her May 2004 breast- coaching approaches to help sur- n’t.” Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute insurance industry to try and find ways cancer diagnosis. vivors make permanent life and Kristi Schingeck, a C-Club to give all residents access to quality The owner of Southfield-based career changes. member since 2003 and a breast- Patient and Family Support Services health care. Staffpro America Inc. had success- Mininni, a human-resources cancer survivor, said the C-Club We’re bringing the stakeholders back fully endured two lumpectomies, executive-turned-business coach, helped her “press the reset but- Detroit, (313) 576-9280 together next month for starters. One chemotherapy and radiation, and started the C-Club as an offshoot ton.” www.karmanos.org was reviving her business from a group of them will be focused on of her 4-year-old Canton Town- After an intense two-day work- ■ University of Michigan developing a universal benefits midyear slump. But picking up ship consulting company, Exceller- shop and several conversations Comprehensive Cancer Center where she left off before the diag- structure. We’ll be reporting out on ate Associates. That company ad- with Mininni, Schingeck quit her Ann Arbor, (800) 865-1125 the efforts over the next year. nosis was impossible, she said. vises businesses on how to make www.cancer.med.umich.edu “I was looking at what I wanted cultural transitions associated See Survivors, Page 12 How does this effort differ from other to do with my life with new eyes,” coalitions or work groups that have with new corporate philosophies Delgado said. taken on this issue? or mergers and acquisitions. The big change came, Delgado This is the first time in our knowledge said, when she discovered the C- that the society has come out for Club for Cancer Conquerors several universal coverage. It’s not about months after her treatment had incremental change anymore, but about starting to transform how we ended. perceive and deliver health care in a After one-on-one sessions bold fashion. Physicians are beginning with business coach Lisa Minin- to be part and parcel of the solution ni, C-Club founder and lym- and beginning to lead. phoma survivor, she cut back The report was based on a survey of her commitments and hours at health care leaders from multiple work, and spent more time with disciplines across the state that her husband and three children. included leaders in business, health The result, she said, is that her care, government and labor. It’s not a business is growing again and piecemeal approach. It involves her relationship with her family unprecedented collaboration has developed “in a way that’s statewide. almost indescribable.” Life makeovers like that are What other issues did the report why Mininni created the club prioritize? about four years ago, she said. The other categories the stakeholders “I discovered that there was will be working on are community no real program out there to wellness, prevention and screening, help people with this transi- and simplifying administrative tion,” she said. “It’s such a sig- processes to cut costs. nificant event; (survivors) real- About 30 percent of costs within the ly want to re-create what their health system is waste — in some lives look like. They want to cre- instances administrative, in others, ate balance, and not work 80 unnecessary testing because of liability issues or because the patient hours a week and be married to demands them. But it’s also about their jobs.” health status. Michigan has the third- Nonprofit cancer support highest obesity ranking in the nation groups long have provided pa- and health care costs are increasingly tients and their families with about chronic conditions. If we can emotional grounding and practi- improve these things on a long-term cal advice to adjust to life dur- basis, we can finally move the needle ing, and after, cancer. on costs. “We like to call it finding the new normal,” said Kristen If you know someone Lisa Mininni (second from left) interesting you started the C-Club for Cancer would like Conquerors to help survivors Michelle Martinez transition back to their everyday to interview, Call lives. Leslie Delgado, Kristi (313) 446-1622 or Schingeck and Janine Krasicky (left write mlmartinez@ to right) have all participated in the crain.com program. DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 03-13-06 A 12 CDB 3/10/2006 11:15 AM Page 1 Page 12 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS March 13, 2006 FOCUS:HEALTH CARE 7ORLDCLASSßORTHOPEDICßCAREßSOßCLOSEß Health coaching cuts YOUßCOULDßALMOSTßWALKßHOME #RITTENTONß(OSPITALß-EDICALß#ENTERß/RTHOPEDICß3URGERYß#ENTER costs for companies BY MICHELLE MARTINEZ business case.” CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Rochester-based Michigan Insti- tute for Health Enhancement said en- Companies searching for relief rollment in its weight-manage- from growing health care costs are ment program jumped from 53 spurring growth for Southeast patients to 969 patients from Michigan’s health coaches. March 2004 to July 2005. The com- A cross between a motivational pany added two locations in 2004 booster, health assessor and advis- and is looking to add another office er, health coaches work with em- in Southfield in the near future. ployees to help them lose weight, “There’s a big demand,” said One of the best teams of orthopedic surgeons youÕll Þnd anywhere is just around the corner from where stop smoking, monitor chronic ill- Richard Beck, the company’s clini- you liveÑat Crittenton Hospital Medical Center. nesses and take other steps to live cal operations supervisor. “We re- healthier lives. ceive phone calls from as far away Crittenton orthopedic specialists perform thousands of procedures every year Ð along with new and The more personal, intensive as Traverse City asking when advanced procedures like Kyphoplasty Ð a breakthrough procedure that can relieve the pain and service is not new, said Dee Eding- we’re coming out there.” ton, director of the University of debilitating spinal curvature associated with osteoporosis in women. MIHE this year started a dia- Michigan Health Management Re- betes-management program that search Center, but has become Using minimally invasive surgery techniques, CrittentonÕs team of world-renowned orthopedic likely will generate more interest, more popular in the past few years specialists can also minimize the pain of surgery, facilitate faster recovery, and reduce scarring. Beck said. as companies look beyond tradi- Employers are paying attention. CrittentonÕs rehabilitative programs and specialists work with you to have you living and enjoying life tional programs to find health care Pfizer Inc. in June rolled out a new the way it was meant to be. And CrittentonÕs orthopedic program was recently recognized by an savings. independent healthcare rating agency as being in the top 10% nationally for joint replacement surgery. “We’ve been studying (health wellness program and is working coaching) for 25 years, and it’s nev- with Leade, among others, to target Call the Crittenton Hospital Medical Center and Þnd out er been like this. … Companies are employees who don’t have the time just so frustrated with the health or don’t work as well in the class- how close worldclass orthopedic care really is to home. room setting of the other programs Orthopedic Physician Referral Line: 888-904-4325 care system, they’re taking this as the next step.” the company offers, said Sheila Cal- Ann Arbor-based Leade Health houn, associate director of wellness 7ORLDCLASSß(EALTHCAREß#LOSEßTOß(OME www.crittenton.com has been around since 1990, but in- and work life for Pfizer. creased its revenue from $1.5 mil- It’s still too early to calculate lion in 2004 to about $2.5 million cost savings, she said. But she ex- last year, said Michael Mulvihill, pects that giving some employees president. He expects revenue to more individualized attention will double to $5 million this year. help boost results. “What we found is that when we That’s likely true, Edington became more focused on actual said, but warned that not all health (one-on-one) intervention, we had coaching programs are created more success with reducing health equal. care costs. … I think that’s why As the programs grow in popu- coaching is catching on in a more larity, he said, some companies national way,” he said. have replaced personal interaction Mulvihill said the company’s with scripted online conversa- yearlong program helped to keep tions. That misses the point, Ed- Summer at Sacred Heart health care cost increases for a ington said. large manufacturing client to “Eyeball to eyeball is the most JUNE 19 - JULY 28, 2006 around 5 percent when the nation- effective way; telephone and e- al average was trending at about 9 mail can work, too. But the coach- MONTHS OF AGE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL percent to 10 percent. es absolutely have to establish a 18 “We stick with individuals over relationship,” he said. time; follow up and track the re- Michelle Martinez: (313) 446-1622, sults. It’s really building its own [email protected] ENROLL TODAY! Survivors: Group therapy ■ From Page 11 job as an office manager at a con- many people as possible.” sulting company and moved from The C-Club is trying to attract Detroit to Lansing to be closer to sponsors for individual member- her family. ships, group coaching sessions and “Right now, I’m loving the life retreats, as well as advertisers for that I created,” she said. its newsletters to help cover ex- C-Club membership costs $30 a penses for those who can’t afford year and includes weekly inspira- the membership fee, said Janine tional e-mails, discounts on profes- Krasicky, a thyroid-cancer sur- sional-development seminars and a vivor and a C-Club member. quarterly newsletter with practical Krasicky owns J9 Media, a Fern- tips on how to move beyond cancer. dale-based public-relations compa- But a lengthy list of other offerings ny. Since her treatment, she’s been such as retreats and one-on-one helping spread the word about the Day Camps • Extended Care • Enrichment Classes programs that range from about C-Club and other nonprofits, she $2,800 to $4,000 for up to six months, said. are also available, Mininni said. “I’ve cleared the clutter and re- Visit us on the Web at www.ashmi.org The C-Club isn’t a nonprofit, ally focused on … pursuing things Mininni said, but it’s not a “money that are meaningful to me,” Kra- 1250 Kensington Road • Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 maker” either, she said. sicky said. “Life is about choices, 248-646-8900 ext. 871 “This is an educational organi- and the C-Club helped me realize zation that needs to be profitable that.” to be in existence,” she said. “But I Michelle Martinez: (313) 446-1622, would love to offer this free to as [email protected] DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 03-13-06 A 13 CDB 3/9/2006 4:47 PM Page 1 March 13, 2006 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 13 FOCUS:HEALTH CARE Counties look at ways to offer low-cost health coverage Washtenaw, HOW THE PLANS STACK UP &2%% /.,).% )-!'%3 /& $/7.4/7. $%42/)4 Wayne County ■ County: $56. Wayne have WWW$OWNTOWN0ARTNERSHIPORG Health Choice Co-pays: Covered benefits: ■ $5 generic drugs; 50 percent co- plans, but ■ Primary care. insurance for brand name. ■ Prescription drug coverage. ■ $15 doctor visits. ■ Emergency and urgent care. ■ $50 ER visits. use is sparse ■ Inpatient and outpatient ■ $100 hospitalization. hospital care. Who qualifies? BY MICHELLE MARTINEZ ■ Imaging and diagnostic services. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ■ Vision and dental, available Employers that: through riders. ■ Are located in Wayne County with Small businesses looking for half of their employees residing in help in providing health care cov- Monthly Premium: the county. ■ Employee: $56. erage for their employees should ■ Employees that have been ■ take notice: location matters. Employer: $56. uninsured for at least 12 months. ■ County governments are look- County: $58. ■ A workforce where at least half ing harder at so-called three-share Co-pays: earn less than $14 an hour. plans as a way to help small busi- ■ $10 for doctor visits; $20 for nesses cover Michigan’s working specialists. Washtenaw County uninsured. But Wayne and Washt- ■ $15 urgent care. Small Business Health Plan enaw are currently the only South- ■ $50 in-network ER visits, $100 Covered benefits: east Michigan counties to offer the out-network hospital visits. ■ Primary care. programs (See box). Who qualifies? ■ Three-share programs split in- Prescription drug coverage. ■ surance premiums between the Employers that: Emergency care. ■ ■ employer, the employee and com- Have at least three eligible Inpatient and outpatient care. employees and a workforce where munity funds, and typically offer ■ Imaging and diagnostic services. at least half earn less than $14.50 ■ basic coverage for hospitalization, an hour. Mental health services. emergency-room treatment, lab ■ Can show that employees were Monthly premium: services and outpatient care that not offered health care benefits for ■ Employee: $50. at least six months. small businesses otherwise would- ■ Employer: $50. n’t be able to provide. ■ Have a Wayne county ■ County: $95. “Health care is everything (to an headquarters and conduct 90 employee) in this market,” said percent of their business in the Co-pays: county. Nadalie Brown, a human re- ■ $5 generic drugs; 50 percent co- sources representative at M&W In- Four Star insurance brand name. dustries Inc., an automotive-parts Covered benefits: ■ $15 doctor visits. shipping-container manufacturer ■ Primary care. ■ $100 ER visits. in Detroit. “That’s one of the first ■ Prescription drug coverage. Who qualifies? questions in an interview: ■ Hospitalization. Employers that: whether we offer insurance.” ■ Emergency care and urgent care. ■ Are located in Washtenaw M&W has covered about 75 of its ■ Outpatient care. County. 228 employees with Wayne Coun- ■ Imaging and diagnostic services. ■ Have a workforce where at least ty’s Health Choice program for the half earn less than $14 an hour. past three years. Monthly premium: ■ Have employees that are The $56 employee share is low ■ Employee: $56. ineligible for other forms of health enough, Brown said, that the com- ■ Employer: $56. benefits. pany has taken to offering the cov- erage to its employees for free. Oakland County has looked at expected 5,000 enrollees in its first “That works well for us,” she said. the plans twice, but volatile health year. Since July, about 90 have Wayne County rolled out Health care costs, potential litigation and signed on, said Rick Nowakowski, Choice in 1994. A second plan, Four funding availability are still open program administrator. Star, was introduced last year questions, said Jerry Poeson, “So far, it’s been a bit of a luke- through a partnership with St. deputy county executive for Oak- warm response,” he said. John Health, The Detroit Medical Cen- land County. Health care benefit cuts at Gener- ter, Henry Ford Health System and “It’s a good idea if we can do it al Motors Corp. and other large com- Oakwood Healthcare System to dou- without imperiling our general panies have made small business- fund,” he said. es rethink their own plans, ble the number of covered resi- Ted Westmeier, director of Liv- Nowakowski said. And, employers dents. Health Choice covers more ingston County’s public health de- are nervous that younger, lower- than 3,600 individuals. partment, said his office was com- paid employees would rather keep Macomb County health officials piling a survey of more than 1,000 the $56 a month than invest in say several hundred small busi- small businesses to gauge interest. health care, he said. nesses called their health services The county plans to make its deci- Those factors won’t go away offices after they introduced an in- sion this summer. soon, said Peter Pratt, senior vice dividual plan for the poor in 2004. “We don’t want to go ahead with president of health policy at the The county is aiming to have a a program and market it if there’s Lansing-based Public Sector Consul- three-share program in place by not enough interest in the county,” tants, but they don’t diminish the June, said Trisha Stein, executive Westmeier said. need for the plans. director of County Health Plan Inc., a The concern is valid. Washte- “At this point, there probably is- nonprofit created to administer naw County hoped to enroll about n’t a better option,” Pratt said. “It the county’s plans. 250 individuals in its first year, just calls attention to the fact that “There’s a huge need,” Stein said Joanne Kimata, program di- we need a broader solution for the said. rector of the county health plan. So uninsured in this state.” Some counties are taking a more far, one business has enrolled. Michelle Martinez: (313) 446-1622, cautious approach. Wayne County’s Four Star plan [email protected] DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 03-13-06 A 14 CDB 3/9/2006 3:48 PM Page 1 Page 14 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS March 13, 2006 CRAIN’S LIST: PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONS Ranked by number of physicians Company Number of Number of Number of Address Number of board-certified Number of hospital managed-care managed-care Physician Rank Phone, Web site Top executive physicians physicians inpatient admissions Outpatient visits covered lives contracts hospital affiliations St. John HealthPartners William Isenstein 1,959 1,804 10,286 478,750 128,696 6 St. John Health System 28000 Dequindre executive director Warren 48092 1. (586) 753-0654 United Physicians P.C. Steven Grant 1,600 NA NA NA NA 11 B William Beaumont Hospital, others 30800 Telegraph Road, Suite 3700 CEO and president Bingham Farms 48025 2. (248) 593-0100; www.unitedphysiciansgroup.com University of Michigan Faculty Group Practice David Spahlinger 1,390 1,219 43,000 1,600,000 125,000 40 University of Michigan Health System 4101 Medical Science Building I executive medical Ann Arbor 48109-0624 director and senior 3. (800) 211-8181; www2.med.umich.edu/pcdv2 associate dean for clinical affairs United Oakwood Providers L.L.C. Y.T. Hammoud 939 797 NA NA NA 17 Oakwood Healthcare System 500 Town Center Drive, Suite 425 CEO and medical Dearborn 48126 director 4. (313) 240-9867; www.uopvalue.com Huron Valley Physicians Association P.C. Paul Harkaway 851 NA NA NA NA 3 St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Chelsea 2000 Hogback Road, Suite 4 president, CEO and Community Hospital Ann Arbor 48105 chairman 5. (734) 973-0137; www.hvpa.com Henry Ford Medical Group Mark Kelley 809 807 39,623 1,848,836 NA 26 Henry Ford Hospital and network 1 Ford Place CEO Detroit 48202 6. (800) 436-7936; www.henryford.com Wayne State University Physician Group Stephen DeSilva 700 NA NA NA NA NA Detroit Medical Center, others 3800 Woodward Ave., Suite 702 president Detroit 48201 7. (877) 978-3627; www.med.wayne.edu/wsupg Botsford Medical Group Max McKinney 361 319 NA NA 25,550 5 Botsford Health Care Continuum 28100 Grand River Ave., Suite 308 president and medical Farmington Hills 48336 director 8. (248) 477-9560 Garden City Hospital Professional Staff P.C. Randall Bickle 300 300 NA NA NA 7 Garden City Hospital 6245 Inkster Road medical director Garden City 48135 9. (734) 458-4479 Medical Network One P.C. Al Juocys 295 289 3,100 NA NA 5 mulitple 4986 Adams Rd. Suite D president and chief Rochester 48306-1416 medical officer 10. (248) 475-4701; www.mednetone.net Mt. Clemens General Hospital Physician Hospital Donna Kopinski 264 NA NA NA NA 3 Mt. Clemens General Hospital Organization L.L.C. executive director P.O. Box 326 11. Mt. Clemens 48046-0326 (586) 741-4150; www.mcgh.org North Oakland Physician Hospital Organization Yash Lakra 263 229 NA NA NA 9 North Oakland Medical Centers 461 W. Huron, Suite 308 medical director Pontiac 48341 12. (248) 857-6954; www.nomc.org Oakland Southfield Physicians P.C. Jerome Frankel 250 250 NA NA 72,000 4 multiple 20300 W. 12 Mile Road, Suite 200 medical director Southfield 48076 13. (248) 357-4048; www.naiosp.com Physician Hospital Organization of Mercy-Macomb Ron Reed 220 171 NA NA 6,237 4 St. Joseph Mercy of Macomb 43421 Garfield, Suite 8 executive director Clinton Township 48038 14. (586) 263-2620 St. Mary Mercy Independent Physicians Association Sean Coyle 205 195 NA NA NA 2 St. Mary Mercy Hospital 36475 Five Mile Road president Livonia 48154 15. (517) 336-1400 This list of physician organizations encompasses physician hospital organizations and independent practice associations and is an approximate compilation of the largest such groups in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and Livingston counties. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. NA = not available. NC = no change. NR = not relevant. B As of February 2004. LIST RESEARCHED BY ANNE MARKS Spotlight on: Physicians Michigan physicians by Michigan physicians by age Lists as spreadsheets BY THE NUMBERS place of origin You can purchase individual Crain’s lists or our Book of Lists in Excel 60% 43 spreadsheet format at www.crains % of physicians licensed in detroit.com. Click “Crain’s Lists” in the Average hours per week spent 10% 15% Michigan who are providing patient 24% 25-34 65+ gray bar at the top of the page. 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Royal Oak-based Lewis ig, anoth- BY SHEENA HARRISON businesses, Visicom said it has er computer tech company, has al- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS found a niche that has provided 50 ways focused on smaller business- percent revenue growth since 2003 es, which helped the company When the dot-com bomb fell a and allowed it to open a new office few years ago, Visicom Services Inc. weather the tough times, Presi- last fall in Portland, dent and CEO Thomas Lewis said. realized that having Ore. large companies as its “The dot-com bust didn’t really “We’re gaining a affect us like it did many other peo- main clientele had set lot of momentum,” ple,” said Lewis, whose company the company up for a said Casey, whose generated revenue of $2.6 million large drop in revenue. company generated in 2002 and $3.3 million in 2003. “In Rochester Hills- about $1.1 million in fact, we grew somewhat.” based Visicom pro- revenue in 2005. Visicom created a program in vides computer-tech- Visicom has nine nology services. In employees today, but 2003 called CompleteNetworkCare 2001, about 80 percent layoffs had cut Visi- that works as a network server for of Visicom’s cus- com’s staff to four af- small-business clients. The system tomers were compa- Reinvention ter the dot-com bust. costs $10,000 to $20,000 a year — nies with 300 or more compared with $40,000 to $70,000 a A recurring feature about Casey said the compa- employees. client would pay annually to hire a how local businesses are ny underwent a “seri- As confidence in successfully adjusting to ous strategy review” full-time IT staffer, Casey said. the information-tech- a changing economy. on how to rebuild. About 90 percent of Visicom’s nology industry plum- Have an idea for a future Visicom realized the client base consists of small busi- meted, many of those Reinvention? Send it to customers that stayed nesses that use the CompleteNet- large customers took Managing Editor Jeff were small businesses workCare system, and the compa- their business away Karoub at jkaroub@ looking to reduce ny has a backlog of customers who from Visicom, Presi- crain.com. costs by outsourcing want to use the system, Casey said. dent Pat Casey said. IT needs rather than The company plans to have 10 “Those guys pulled all of their spending money on internal IT de- DON KUREK customers at its Portland office by Visicom President Pat Casey says his tech-services company had to switch business in-house, and that busi- partments, he said. focus to smaller companies after the dot-com bust. the end of this quarter. Visicom ness at the time represented about “Everybody’s looking to cut also plans to open a Toledo office. 60 percent of our revenue,” Casey costs and increase productivity,” small businesses have been turning and consulting firm Accelerator “We’re spending a lot of time in- said. he said. to domestic companies such as Visi- Group. ternally making sure the quality is Visicom began focusing on While larger companies have a com to reduce costs, said Seema “Services that are being pack- there as we continue to grow.” clients with 10 to 100 employees. 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ELLIOTT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 03-13-06 A 17 CDB 3/9/2006 3:52 PM Page 1 March 13, 2006 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 17 ABOUT THIS FEATURE What’s driving the latest trend? What are the hidden factors? How do things really work? Metro is a monthly feature dedicated to a behind-the- scenes look at business and lifestyle trends and topics in metro Detroit. Have an idea for a future Metro story? Send it to Executive Editor Cindy Goodaker at [email protected]. the why and how of here and now Trimming the ranks Tough requirements, rise of salon chains mean fewer barbershops BY SHEENA HARRISON White, who is training to become CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS an instructor at the Michigan Bar- lthough Jacob’s Heaven bar- ber School, said it’s also difficult for bershop in Detroit has its students to support themselves A own personal flair, owner while going through barber school. Stephanie White believes all suc- It takes 14 months to complete the cessful barber shops share a tradi- program on a full-time schedule, tion of playing conversationalist, which often leaves little time for adviser and confidante. supplemental jobs, she said. “I’m a therapist, a marriage Income is variable. White said counselor,” said White, whose one- she earns between $25,000 and room shop is decorated with blue- $40,000 annually, depending on the and-gold pictures of suns, moons level of business. and stars. “They don’t have to be Despite factors that have hurt NEWSCOM barbering, some in the industry Ice Cube as Calvin Palmer. worried about other people hear- ing their business.” are optimistic that the profession Barbers such as White, who is in could make something of a come- BARBERS BENIGN her early 40s, say their industry is back, particularly because men’s AND BARBAROUS steeped in tradition and crafts- grooming has become more com- manship. But they also are becom- monplace and many men are wear- Floyd Lawson: The shop of the ing harder to find, according to ing shorter hairstyles. slightly befuddled Floyd was the statistics from the Michigan Bureau There are about 220,000 barbers gathering place in Andy Griffith’s of Commercial Services. nationally, according to the Nation- Mayberry. Floyd nurtured an In February, the state had 1,900 al Association of Barber Boards of ambition to become a two-chair barbershop licenses on file. That’s America in Arkadelphia, Ark. shop and was never quite able to a 9.2 percent decrease from 2,093 li- Though it’s much lower than the get sideburns even. censes in July 2002, the earliest record of 380,000 barbers at the end Calvin Palmer: Rapper Ice Cube record that could be found. of the Korean War, it’s an improve- plays the reluctant heir to his White and her colleagues say ment from the record low of father’s barbershop on the south 190,000 in the early 1990s, associa- side of Chicago in “Barbershop” several factors could be playing tion Executive Officer Charles and “Barbershop 2.” into the decline, including the time Kirkpatrick said. Maglie and financial commitment it takes PHOTOS BY DON KUREK Sal “The Barber” Maglie: Men typically want their hair cut was the ace of the 1951 New York to earn a barber license and the rise Part confidante, part counselor, Giants team that featured Bobby of national, low-cost salon chains HOW TO PICK A BARBER Stephanie White owns Jacob’s Heaven shorter during wartime and visit Thompson’s historic pennant- such as BoRics and Fantastic Sams. in Detroit, where Ravelle Shepherd is barbers more frequently, which a client. winning home run. Got his “I think (barbering is) going to ■ Finding a good barber can has been the case in recent years, nickname for his brushback — die in the traditional sense of the involve some trial and error, but prices that he says are hard for in- Kirkpatrick said. He said the pro- “close shave” — pitches. cutting and shav- co-workers and dependent shop owners to match. fession also provides job security other Figaro: Featured prominently in ing,” said Bob Das- He also believes many people because there is a need for barbers acquaintances almost everywhere and the service Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” cola, 60, owner of can provide a are choosing cosmetology as a pro- and Mozart’s “The Marriage of Dascola Barbers in good starting fession over barbering because it can’t be replaced by technology. Figaro.” The plots are as Ann Arbor. “There point by requires fewer training hours to “You don’t have to worry about convoluted as most in opera, and just isn’t anybody recommending obtain a license. Barbers require someone going to China to get a we will not attempt to summarize picking up the tail their own barbers. 2,000 hours of training, while cos- haircut,” Kirkpatrick said. them here. We can, however, highly end.” ■ Though many metologists need 1,500 hours. Popular movies such as “Barber- recommend Bugs Bunny and Elmer Dascola’s father barbers are good While barbers and cosmetolo- shop” and “Barbershop 2,” as well Fudd in “Rabbit of Seville.” and uncle opened at cutting hair, gists can cut, style and perform as a television show called “The Edward Scissorhands: This 1990 Dascola Barbers in it’s important to chemical services on hair, only cos- Shop” on MTV, have given barber- Tim Burton film vaulted Johnny 1939 and mentored find one who is metologists are licensed to perform ing a role in pop culture and made Depp (left) polite and services such as pedicures, mani- the profession more attractive to from “21 him when he joined respectful, said Jump the family business Forrest Green Jr., cures and facials. young people, Kirkpatrick said. Street” in in 1965. Since then, director and Financial aid for aspiring bar- White believes that barbershops the title he’s seen many barbershops close, manager of the Michigan Barber bers also seems to be more difficult continue to serve an important role of a and he said the nature of barbering School Inc. in Detroit. to obtain than in the past, said role and provide something for boy with has changed. But be prepared to wait in line for Lanice Lowery, secretary and fi- young people to look up to. scissors “I’m the last their services. “You tend to find nancial aid director for the Michi- “In the neighborhoods, it’s a lot for hands one in this area that barbers who are cordial or gan Barber School Inc. in Detroit. of male bonding going on,” White — and who have the most respect have the shows a who shaves the The school’s program costs $7,900, said. “It’s a way for men to relax face with a longest waiting line,” Green said. which Lowery said is high for stu- and talk about what’s going on.” talent for ■ NEWSCOM both straight razor, If you’re looking for a barber to dents who can’t get enough aid. The students she helps train haircutting and topiary. and I pride my- cut a child’s hair, it’s important to Students who agree to a pay- now at the Michigan Barber self on that,” find someone who can cut his hair ment plan often leave school be- School make her hopeful that bar- Sweeney Todd: Stephen quickly, Green said. Sondheim’s Demon Barber of Fleet Dascola said. cause it’s too difficult to keep up bering will have a viable future. Street takes a razor to his Dascola be- “The barber needs to be able to with the payments, Lowery said. “The students I see are a lot get the child out of the chair as customers, who end up as filling lieves the de- “They have all kind of mitigat- more focused than when I was in for meat pies. The musical was quickly as possible to reduce fear Dascola cline is due in and so he doesn’t leave a bad ing circumstances in an economi- school,” White said. based on an actual 18th-century part to national cally disadvantaged area of the Sheena Harrison: (313) 446-0325, psychopathic barber. experience,” he said. barbershop chains that advertise city,” Lowery said. [email protected] DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 03-13-06 A 18 CDB 3/9/2006 3:54 PM Page 1 Page 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS March 13, 2006 BUSINESS DIARY ACQUISITIONS Michigan Hospitalists, a Troy-based HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS TO CRAIN’S medical practice specializing in ad- ■ Crain’s publishes news items clients, changes in sales vanced hospital care in the greater De- about local business activity weekly representation and obituary notices troit area, has been acquired by IPC- in its Business Diary, Calendar and are welcome, as well as other The Hospitalist Co. of North People columns. These are editorial information a company wants to Hollywood, Calif., which has locations columns in which items run based report. in 19 markets nationwide. on space available and news value. Each column has specific eligibility Submissions CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS guidelines. Consult the columns for ■ Women in Communications of Detroit, more information on eligibility. Business Diary, Calendar and Royal Oak, is accepting nominations Companies may expect a delay of People for awards recognizing individuals four to six weeks before Press releases can be e-mailed or and organizations actively supporting publication. faxed to Editorial Assistant Joanne others. The Vanguard Award recog- ■ Business Announcements are Scharich at [email protected] or nizes an individual or organization paid ads guaranteed to run in the (313) 446-1687. issue selected by the advertiser. for innovatively employing a commu- ■ nications medium in 2005. The Dia- Anniversaries, awards, Business Announcements mond Award honors an individual or certifications, catalogs and Call the Classified Department at organization for improving condi- brochures, for-profit events, new (313) 446-6068. tions for women in the workplace or portraying women positively in me- The University of Michigan Residential for the Prosperitas Group. dia. Nominations must be postmarked College, Ann Arbor, is working with by March 24. Award winners will be with Media Genesis, a Madison NAME CHANGES honored during the Matrix Awards Heights-based Web development and Retirement Funding Corp., a Bingham Banquet May 9 in Detroit. For an offi- design firm, to offer a hands-on Web Farms financial-consulting service, to cial entry form or more information, design program to UM students. call (248) 582-8465. Alliance Benefit Group of Michigan. The Quell Group, Troy, has been re- tained by Wise Industries Inc. of Old NEW PRODUCTS CONTRACTS Hickory, Tenn., for strategic market- MedHub Inc., Ann Arbor, has conclud- ing and channel communications for Computer Mail Services Inc., South- ed a contract with Palo Alto, Calif.- the company’s truck bed protection field, announced public availability of based Stanford Hospital and Clinics to and cargo stabilization liners. the Praetor Managed eMail service, designed for small businesses. license its Residency Management Barton Malow Co., Southfield, along System, MedHub. with Detroit area architectural firms Susan’s Special Needs, Ferndale, now PPG Total Service Solutions, Troy, an- and contractors helped to enhance carries the Alan Eaton Collection line nounced it is supplying the Chrysler storefront windows along Woodward of wigs. Owner Susan Thomas says Group, Auburn Hills, with Dallas- Avenue in downtown Detroit as part the wigs are lightweight and offer con- based Groco Specialty Products’ of the Architects Envisioning Detroit: temporary styling to women who have Transseal temporary protective film the AIA Detroit Woodward Avenue experienced medical treatment. Tele- for the 2006 Jeep Liberty. Storefront Windows Project. AIA De- phone: (248) 744-4287. iDashboards, Troy, helped develop troit recruited a number of its licensed Edcor, Pontiac, has integrated its Uni- business information software for architect members, firms and local versal Tracking ID Web site with its Flint-based Pioneer State Mutual In- schools of architecture and area con- Tuition Assistance Web site. The sys- surance Co.. tractors to create and install 22 tempo- tem tracks the status of every employ- rary displays to brighten storefront ee’s submission and makes the infor- MessageWay Solutions Inc., Livonia, windows and the streetscape along mation accessible through Edcor’s has announced a distribution agree- Woodward during Super Bowl XL and Assistance Program Web site or an in- ment with London-based information- other activities. The project was done teractive telephone system. technology and wireless telecom com- in conjunction with the Downtown De- pany LogicaCMG. FCI USA Inc., a Novi supplier of electri- troit Partnership and co-sponsored by cal connectors to the automotive in- Brogan & Partners Convergence Mar- the Greater Detroit Chapter, Associat- dustry, now offers a new USCAR-com- , Detroit, has been contracted keting ed General Contractors of America. pliant APEX 150 family of smaller by the Christ Hospital of Cincinnati to sealed electrical connectors. Valenite develop a public-relations and mar- EXPANSIONS L.L.C., Madison Heights, has intro- keting campaign for the hospital’s duced four new chipbreaker geome- Pelvic Floor Center. Comerica Bank opened a new branch at 7789 Sashabaw Road in Clarkston. tries and the new VP5535 grade to its Campbell-Ewald, Warren, announced ValTurn Turning System. Michelin North America, Greenville, S.C., has consolidated its digital com- JOINT VENTURES NEW SERVICES munications with its other advertising Elysium Inc., a Southfield multi-CAD AAN Investigations Inc., Southfield, and marketing communications for its software company, announced the Nis- has announced a partnership with the car and light truck tires at the agency. san Authorized PDQ NP Service Center Great Lakes Petroleum Retailers and DataManagement, a Bloomfield Hills in collaboration with Design Intent En- Allied Trades Association to bring dis- technology-consulting company, has gineering, Farmington Hills. 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Both companies specialize in Hills, announced the sale of an 18,000- ment with Graphic Imaging Inc., providing mortgage loan production square-foot industrial building on Walled Lake, and with Performance services exclusively to credit unions Ferry Street in Detroit. Burger Easton Printing, Clawson, to be their exclu- and their members. Member Mort- & Co. represented both parties in the sive providers of recycling services. gage Services will operate from the transaction. The Detroit Medical Center’s Sinai- current American Mortgage Services Liberty Property Trust, Detroit, an- Grace Hospital has selected Color Bars location in Cleveland and American nounced the acquisition of two indus- Communications Inc., a Warren pro- Mortgage Securities president trial buildings totaling 399,840 square duction company, to produce three Richard Beiter is joining the staff of feet at 41133 and 41199 Van Born Road DVD projects designed to create aware- Member Mortgage Services. in the Van Buren Commerce Center in ness of Sinai-Grace’s new cardiac care Pogoda Management Co., Farming- Van Buren Township. Liberty plans program, “Expecting Success, Excel- ton Hills, has been awarded a manage- several capital improvements to the lence in Cardiac Care.” ment contract for the new Downtown buildings, which have a combined oc- GDX Automotive, Southfield, has Brighton Self Storage, 306 N. Fourth cupancy rate of 73 percent; and the signed an agreement with DSSI L.L.C., St., Brighton. The 19,420-square-foot, sale of a portfolio of 16 industrial flex Southfield, to outsource the procure- two-story, 201-unit property is in a ful- buildings totaling 322,000 square feet ment of its indirect materials. ly renovated light industrial building. in Madison Heights. The seller in the Mort Meisner Associates, Huntington Madison Heights sale was represented Woods, was chosen to handle public MOVES by CB Richard Ellis. Liberty also an- relations and marketing for Epoch Cendrowski Selecky Professional nounced it expanded its building at Restaurant Group, Novi. Epoch owns Corp., Cendrowski Corporate Advisors 38070 Ecorse Road, Romulus, by rough- and runs Tribute, Farmington Hills; L.L.C., and Prosperitas Group L.L.C., all ly 25,000 square feet to approximately Forte, Birmingham; Latitude Restau- to 4111 Andover Road W., Third Floor, 275,000 square feet. 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LAW lages of Michigan, Southfield, from re- gional vice president of the Detroit re- David French to chairman, French As- Jason Baroni to assistant vice presi- Stuart Best to partner, Weltman, IN THE SPOTLIGHT gion and director of construction. sociates Inc., Rochester, from presi- dent of cash management, TCF Bank, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A., Troy, re- dent. Also, Dale Jerome to president Detroit-based Comerica Inc. Troy, from regional manager of busi- maining as supervisor, complex litiga- from vice president of operations; and announced ness banking, TCF Bank, Clarkston. tion department. REAL ESTATE Craig Westick and John Waldrop to as- David Duprey Gary Nustad to James Zavell to shareholder, Cox, Robert Haver to associate broker, of- sociates from architects. will join the vice president, Hodgman & Giarmarco P.C., Troy, fice division, Grubb & Ellis, Southfield, company April private-client ad- from member, business practice from associate broker, G.A. Snowden CONSULTING 3 as executive viser/insurance group. & Associates, Southfield. vice president Jim Parish to president, performance specialist, Fifth Michael Gibbons to shareholder, Beier Daniel Rausch to senior associate, De- and general solutions group, RWD Technologies Third Bank East- Howlett P.C., Bloomfield Hills, from troit office specialty team, CB Richard Inc., Troy, from vice president and auditor. Duprey ern Michigan, salaried partner. Also, C. Lynn Gates Ellis, Southfield, from sales represen- general manager, U.S. Axle, will join Southfield, from and Jeffrey Kragt to salaried partners tative, Woodland Commercial, Hol- Pottstown, Pa. Comerica’s managing direc- from associates. land. Also, Michael Gerendasy to se- Management tor for Michigan, Charles Brown to associate principal, nior real estate analyst, valuation and FINANCE Policy Ohio and Indiana, Foley, Baron & Metzger P.L.L.C., Ann advisory services team, from state Duprey Committee and Nustad The MONY Arbor, from senior attorney, Miller, certified real estate appraiser; Ryan Management Council. Group, Troy. Canfield, Paddock and Stone plc, De- Bissell to real estate analyst, valua- Duprey, 48, joins Comerica (NYSE: troit. tion and advisory services team, from CMA) from Ernst & Young L.L.P., FOOD Marko Belej to partner, tax group, commercial real estate appraiser; and where he was a partner and , South- Lauren Scarpace to senior associate, Melissa Brooks to marketing and Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss P.C. worked with financial-services, field, from associate. Detroit industrial properties group, sales manager, Big Buck Brewery & from industrial specialist, Cushman & retail and manufacturing Steakhouse, Auburn Hills, from gen- companies. Duprey specialized in MANUFACTURING Wakefield of Michigan Inc., South- eral manager, Detroit Princess River- field. assessing clients’ business boat, Detroit. Daniel Peretz to director of automa- performance, as well as in Christopher McGlothlin to executive tion product management, De-Sta-Co SERVICES complex audit and accounting, Robohand, Madison Heights, from di- financial reporting and SEC vice president and chief information officer, Domino’s Pizza, Ann Arbor, rector of sales. Darrell Harris to vice president of man- Brown Conrad matters. from vice president of operations tech- ufacturing, Arbor Press, Royal Oak, Duprey, a CPA, holds a bachelor of nology, Yum! Brands Inc., Louisville, MARKETING from manager, EPI Printers, Indi- anapolis. science degree from Wayne State Ky. Also, Holly Ryan to director of in- Jeff Blackman to CFO, ePrize, Pleas- University. He serves on the ternal communications from public- ant Ridge, from director of acquisi- Myron Blankenbaker to vice president boards of directors of the Michigan relations manager. tions and financial services, Valassis of business development, Certified Association of Certified Public Communications Inc., Livonia. Restoration Drycleaning Network, Accountants and The Children’s Berkley, from vice president, market- INDUSTRY GROUPS Sharna Morelli to senior vice presi- Center. ing, Paul Davis Restoration Inc., Jack- Skip Simms to executive director, dent, Morpace International Inc., sonville, Fla. Duprey succeeds Michael business accelerator, Spark, Ann Ar- Farmington Hills, from vice presi- Michalak, senior vice president, bor, from managing general partner, dent. Also, David Hurst to research di- who was appointed interim general Ralph Wilson Equity Fund, Grosse rector, diversified team, from project auditor when Susan Joseph, senior Pointe Park. director, Consumer Insights, Troy; PEOPLE GUIDELINES Chharba Eissler vice president and general auditor, and Donna Taglione to research direc- Jeffrey Brown to partner, Deloitte Tax was appointed to lead Comerica’s INFO/TECHNOLOGY tor, diversified team, from founder Announcements are limited to L.L.P., strategic client services, De- new anti-money laundering, fraud and sole proprietor, Rosedale Re- management positions. Nonprofit loitte & Touche USA L.L.P., Detroit, prevention and investigative James Meyer to associate, Microsoft search, Detroit. and industry group board from senior manager. Also, J. Michael services department. business solutions practice, Plante & appointments can be found at Moran P.L.L.C., Southfield, from Anthony Zorrilla to vice president of Conrad to partner, Deloitte & Touche corporate design, Exhibit Works, Livo- www.crainsdetroit.com. Send L.L.P. audit and enterprise risk ser- L.L.P., Southfield, from practice direc- health care product director, Tectura, Whitmore Lake. nia, from design director, Orange submissions for People to Joanne vices, from senior manager; Raj tor, Parson Consulting, Troy. Also, Ed- County Studio, Foothill Ranch, Calif. Scharich, Crain’s Detroit Business, Renaldo Jensen to chairman and CEO, Chharba to director, Deloitte Consult- ward Flanagan to senior manager, Also, Mark Berg to senior project 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI Innovision Technologies, Novi, from ing L.L.P., CFO Services, from senior business advisory services practice, manager, museum division, from pro- director of minority-supplier develop- 48207-2997, or send e-mail to manager; Laurie Eissler to director, from senior finance manager and ject director, Design Craftsmen L.L.C., Deloitte & Touche L.L.P., audit and ment, supplier diversity development [email protected]. Releases head of information system and ser- Midland. must contain the person’s name, enterprise risk services, from senior vices, General Motors Corp., Detroit. program, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn. manager; Jason Flynn to principal, De- new title, company, city in which Jane Bowman to manager, metropoli- James DeFrancisco to vice president NONPROFITS loitte Consulting L.L.P., human capi- of revenue cycle solutions, CareTech the person will work, former title, tan and Detroit commercial banking former company (if not promoted tal services, from senior manager; and groups, Bank One, Detroit, from man- Solutions Inc., Troy, from marketing Marianne Clauw to director of board Glenn Yauch to principal, Deloitte & ager, East Oakland commercial bank- director, AllianceOne, Exton, Pa. programs, Nonprofit Enterprise at from within) and former city in Touche L.L.P., audit and enterprise ing group, Troy. Also, David Balos to Prabhakar Patil to CEO, Compact Work, Ann Arbor, from founder, Pro- which the person worked. Photos risk services, from senior manager. manager, Metro East commercial Power Inc., Troy, from chief engineer, ject Partners, Ann Arbor. are welcome, but we cannot Bruce Ring to partner, business advi- banking group, from manager, Mt. hybrid Escape vehicle platform, Ford Anthony Barker to vice president of fa- guarantee they will be used. sory services 7-"!?3PR!D?#RAINPDF 0- practice, Grant Thornton Clemens commercial banking office, Motor Co., Dearborn. cilities advancement, Presbyterian Vil- 4HE 7EEKEND -"! LAND BANK DISCUSSION $EVELOPING ,EADERS FOR A -AKE 9OUR 7EEKEND 7ORK &OR 9OU MARCH 30 4EAM BASED LEARNING MONTHS WEEKENDS “Southeast Michigan Economic #HANGING "USINESS 7ORLD Development: Land Banks” is the ON &RIDAY EVENINGS AND 3ATURDAYS AT -35S (ENRY subject of a March 30 Crain’s #ENTER FOR %XECUTIVE $EVELOPMENT IN ,ANSING Detroit Business event in Detroit. Speakers are: %80,/2!4)/. 02/'2!-3 ■ Mulu Birru, #OMBINING AN INFO SESSION CLASS VISITS AND A MEAL WITH STUDENTS Greater Wayne County AND FACULTY Economic Development ,!.3).' 3ATURDAY *ANUARY AM Corp. CEO and Wayne County ,!.3).' &RIDAY &EBRUARY PM Economic Development ,!.3).' 3ATURDAY -ARCH AM Department director. Birru ■ Amy Hovey, ).&/2-!4)/. 3%33)/.3 founder, The Protogenia Group. ! PRESENTATION AND 1 ! WITH STUDENTS AND ALUMNI ■ Dan Kildee, Genesee County treasurer and State Land Bank '2!.$ 2!0)$3 3ATURDAY *ANUARY AM chairman. LaSalle Bank ABN Amro is the 3/54(&)%,$ 7EDNESDAY &EBRUARY PM event sponsor. The event is from 8:30-10 a.m. at ,!.3).' 7EDNESDAY &EBRUARY PM the Detroit Athletic Club, 241 Madison Ave., Detroit, with 2%')34%2 ./7 registration beginning at 8 a.m. /NLINE AT WWWBUSMSUEDUWMBA 4HE 7EEKEND -"! Tickets are $30. To register, call (313) 717-3043. OR CALL )NNOVATIVE %FFECTIVE %FFICIENT #ONVENIENT — Joanne Scharich DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 03-13-06 A 21 CDB 3/9/2006 4:00 PM Page 1 March 13, 2006 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 21 BRIEFLY Compuware acquires N.C. firm February because of a lack of busi- spend an additional $3.79 million to El Segundo, Calif.-based CB Blouse is president and CEO of ness, Kissel said. support the initiative. Richard Ellis is hiring all of Pro- the Detroit Regional Chamber, and Compuware Corp. on March 1 an- Kissel said the store’s wholesale — Sherri Begin ject Advantage’s employees, who Stevens is executive vice president nounced the acquisition of shop remains open. will remain in Ann Arbor. and COO-the Americas for Ford Mo- ProviderLink Inc., a Cary, N.C.-based — Sheena Harrison — Sheena Harrison tor Co. provider of Web-enabled health CB Richard Ellis buys The organization has also ex- care management software for Ann Arbor relocation firm tended its deadline for nomina- physicians and doctors’ offices, for UM gets $1M grant Marketing & Sales Executives tions for its platinum awards until $12 million in cash. CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. has ac- The University of Michigan is one to honor Stevens, Blouse this Friday. The awards go to one ProviderLink’s 30 employees quired Ann Arbor-based Project Ad- of eight universities across the individual and to one team who will be transferred to a Com- vantage Group Ltd. for an undis- The Marketing and Sales Execu- country to receive a $1 million puware office in Durham, N.C., closed amount. tives of Detroit, a Southeast Michi- have successfully marketed and and be part of the Covisint division, grant from the Virginia-based Jack Project Advantage coordinates gan networking and professional sold a new product or service. said Lisa Elkin, Compuware’s vice Kent Cooke Foundation. corporate relocation projects and development organization, has The platinum awards are spon- president for communications and The grant will pay for programs had 2005 revenue of $4 million. The chosen Anne Stevens and Richard sored by Crain’s Detroit Business. investor relations. that encourage low-income com- company will become part of CB Blouse Jr. to receive its annual ex- For information on tickets to the ProviderLink’s technology en- munity college students to transfer Richard Ellis’ Global Corporate ecutive leadership awards at its gala or to download a nomination ables physicians who still rely on to selective four-year institutions. Services division, which provides annual gala on May 5 at the Re- form, go to www.msedetroit.org. paper records — about 70 percent In a release, UM said it plans to real estate consulting. serve in Birmingham. — Tom Henderson of U.S. physicians, according to some estimates — to interact elec- tronically with health care organi- zations that rely on computer- and Web-based record keeping. — Tom Henderson Forman Mills to open in Detroit Forman Mills Inc., a Philadelphia- based discount clothing retailer, plans to open a 50,000-square-foot store in Detroit on March 25. The store is to be in a former Toys ‘R’ Us at Bel-Air Center on Eight Mile Road east of Van Dyke Avenue. Forman Mills only opens stores in former retail locations. — Sheena Harrison Cleary to offer 3 new biz degrees Cleary University plans to offer three new business degrees this fall. The Ann Arbor-based school’s new master of business adminis- tration will include a concentra- tion in public accounting. A bachelor of science degree in public accounting will prepare those seeking to become certified public accountants, and a bachelor of business administration in en- trepreneurship will teach students how to create a business plan for potential investors. — Sherri Begin State ranks 4th in expansion Site Selection magazine’s 2005 ranking of corporate expansions and locations shows Michigan with 505 major new projects, putting the state in fourth place be- hind Illinois’ 510 projects, Ohio’s 598 and Texas’ 842 projects. In 2004, Michigan placed second after Texas; in 2003, it ranked fifth. Projects must involve at least $1 million in investment, at least 20,000 square feet of construction or create at least 50 jobs. Retail and residential projects do not qualify. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. tracks project information and submits it to the magazine. — Amy Lane Capital Poultry retail shop closes; wholesale remains open Capital Poultry Co. & Fish Market has closed its retail shop in East- ern Market, according to Rose Kissel, the daughter of the store’s founder, Anthony Licata. Capital Poultry was founded in the early 1930s. The store, which was most recently owned by Lica- ta’s grandson Al Arnone, closed in Page 22 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS March 13, 2006 Confidential Reply Boxes Available Call Us For Personalized Service: See Crainsdetroit.com/Classifieds (313) 446-6068 CRAIN’S CLASSIFIED for more classified advertisements See our Classified ads on www.crainsdetroit.com FAX: (313) 446-1757 MAIL: Classified Advertising, Crain’s Detroit Business, CLOSING TIMES: Monday 3 p.m., PAYMENT: All classified ads must be prepaid. E-MAIL: [email protected] 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI 48207-2997. one week prior to publication date. 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Avondale School District 248-537-6008 Tom St. Dennis, Broker/Owner 313-533-9350 Crain’s Detroit Business 248 - 620 - 5061 March 13, 2006 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 23 CRAIN’S EXECUTIVE RECRUITER CRAIN’S REAL ESTATE GENERAL AUCTIONS INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Focus: HOPE Seeks Key Professionals AUCTION - GAS STATION PROPERTIES NEW - City of St. Clair Light Industrial Park Chief Development Officer: WHEN: April 4, 2006; 10:00 a.m. • Responsible for designing, planning, developing and implementing all private sector fundraising WHERE: Hilton Gardens Detroit Metro Airport plans and strategies including significant campaign efforts. Private sector donor segments include 31800 Smith Rd., Romulus, MI FREEF R E E L LANDA N D 48174 Individuals (Major Gifts, Annual Appeal and Planned Giving), Corporations (Grants, Gifts and 734-727-6000 Sponsorship) and Foundations. In addition, The Chief Development Officer will cultivate and WHAT: 12 Gasoline Convenience Store Offer Based on Job/Investment Created • successfully solicit the personal portfolio of Major Gift Prospects. Properties located in SE Michigan, 105 Acres Fully Serviced • Sites from 2-50 • Bachelor Degree in business or related field; Graduate Degree preferred. primarily Genesse & Lapeer Counties. -9 stations with real estate Acres • Rail • 12 Year Property Tax • Minimum five (5) years experience in fundraising organizations. -3 stations with business & lease Abatement • 4 Miles Direct to I-94 • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work with colleagues from many different For Additional Information Contact: backgrounds. Howard P. 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Irv Kessler (313) 920 - 5966 or (248) 593 - 0064 248-643-9099 or [email protected] DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 03-13-06 A 24 CDB 3/10/2006 12:00 PM Page 1 Page 24 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS March 13, 2006 Agency aims to have plan for West Riverfront by October '%%+9I::cZg\n8dc[ZgZcXZ VcY:m]^W^i^dc BY ROBERT ANKENY CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS >CE6GIC:GH=>EL>I= I]Z:c\^cZZg^c\HdX^Zind[9Zigd^i The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. wants a comprehensive economic 69K6C8>C<:C:G The Greater Detroit chapter of Motors Corp. Detroit. san Sherer, executive director of the National Association of Women ■ Sarah Bates, president and the Detroit Super Bowl XL Host Com- Business Owners will salute the Top CEO, New Technology Steel L.L.C., mittee, with the Greater Good 10 Michigan Business Women on Detroit. Award. This award recognizes a ■ Karen Kendrick-Hands, owner, Thursday at its annual awards person whose activities and ac- City Knits, Detroit. luncheon. tions have a lasting impact on the ■ JoAnn Gibson, owner, Non-Stop The event will take place at quality of life and business in Petruzzello’s Banquet & Confer- Customer Service, Detroit. ■ metro Detroit, Southeast Michigan ence Center, 6950 Rochester Road, Cathy Gase, economic-develop- ment specialist, U.S. Small Business and the state of Michigan. Troy, near I-75 and M-59. Registra- Administration, Detroit. Heather Catallo, WXYZ-Channel 7 tion and exhibits for the Business ■ Lesley Delgado, president, Staff- investigative reporter and news to Business Showcase open at 10 Pro America Inc., Southfield. anchor, will be the mistress of cer- a.m. ■ Corliss Barnes-Darnell, MSCEE emonies. The following women will re- Skin Care Inc., Detroit. National City Bank, UPS and ceive the awards: ■ Cheryl Bush, managing part- Crain’s Detroit Business are the ■ Florine Mark, president and ner, Bush Seyferth Kethledge & Paige CEO, WW Group, Inc./Weight Watch- P.L.L.C., Troy. sponsors of the event. Tickets are ers, Farmington Hills. ■ Vanessa Ghant, owner, Person 2 $50 for members and $60 for non- ■ V. Diane Freeman, senior man- Person Associates, Southfield. members. To register, visit www. ager, supplier diversity, General NAWBO also will recognize Su- nawbogdc.org or call (313) 961-4748.