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Page 3 McLaren’s next move could Creative be Senate bill or CON appeal recruiting unleashed Auto to engineers: Good pay, Brothers mean business flexible hours, bring the dog when it comes to art BY LINDSAY CHAPPELL 40 Under 40 CRAIN NEWS SERVICE Carla Bailo winces at what she is thinking about doing to recruit and keep automotive MATTHEW FRANKLIN engineers at her company. Mayoral candidate and Detroit Medical Center CEO Mike Duggan meets Wednesday with MorningSide She may offer to let them Community Organization President O’Dell Tate on Detroit’s east side. bring their pets to work. “If it’s a little lap dog, I really don’t care,” she said with a sigh. “If there’s anything I can do to show that auto is a great place to A Duggan-Bing race work, I need to do that.” From growing their Threatened by a chronic companies to safeguarding shortage of engineers — the Internet, Crain’s 2012 exacerbated by years of in- Where dustry restructuring — “ honorees have tested auto companies are having did all the could be pricey for biz trouble filling job vacan- their mettle, Pages 11-35 cies here now that the in- engineers dustry is returning to This Just In health. That is particularly go? ... Combined total spending could top $10M alarming for metro De- troit, a massive engineer- How do Flagstar to face trial after BY BILL SHEA Duggan, a former Wayne ing hub for the industry. summary judgment denied CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS County prosecutor who cut To deal with the short- we get his political teeth as the pro- age, auto companies are Troy-based Flagstar Bancorp The still theoretical — but very possible — tégé and powerful chief lieu- trying new recruiting tech- them Inc. will go on trial Oct. 9 in a mayoral race confrontation between Detroit Med- tenant to the late Wayne niques and changing work- lawsuit seeking at least $82.4 ical Center CEO Mike Duggan and incumbent County Executive Ed McNa- place practices. And for back? million in damages, after the Dave Bing could split the financial support of De- mara, filed paperwork last jobs that are still years ” written opinion Tuesday by troit’s business community in an election that week to run and formed an away, they are even reach- Darlene Trudell, Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. Dis- could see historic levels of campaign spending. exploratory committee. ing out to schoolchildren Engineering trict Court in New York. Bing and Duggan both have deep ties to the Bing, who won the job in — some as young as Society of Detroit The suit was filed by New city’s corporate community. And if they offi- special and general elections Bing kindergartners — to plant the notion of an York City-based Assured Guar- cially decide to run next year, donors will be in 2009, hasn’t announced whether he’ll seek a engineering career. anty Municipal Corp. alleging forced to choose on whom to spend their cash. second four-year term. He came to power with Bailo, Nissan North America’s senior vice that Flagstar breached con- Political watchers say that if the two do go head tracts insuring nearly $1 bil- to head, things could get expensive. Fast. See Choice, Page 38 See Recruiting, Page 40 lion in securities backed by home equity loans in 2005 and 2006. In February, Rakoff denied a Flagstar motion for a summary judgment. The opinion Fisher seeks investors who want to make social impact issued Tuesday said Flagstar’s arguments to dismiss the case BY SHERRI WELCH ing investments — in addition to were “without merit.” Of in- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS grants — in work related to their terest is that New York fi- missions for years. What if money invested in orga- nancier Wilbur Ross Jr. owns 8 But Phillip Fisher, founder of nizations working to improve so- percent of Assured Guaranty’s Mission Throttle L3C and vice chair- cial conditions could be rede- parent, Bermuda-based As- man of the Max M. & Marjorie S. ployed over and over, while sured Guaranty Ltd. Ross is also a Fisher Family Foundation, hopes to providing a financial and social- major investor in one of attract a new class of investors, impact return for those supporting Flagstar’s competitors, Troy- from individuals to corporations the work? based Talmer Bank and Trust. and government, to support Michi- The concept isn’t new; a few — Tom Henderson gan-based social-impact efforts large foundations have been mak- and social entrepreneurs through investments in a new social-impact fund that he hopes will attract $10 million to $50 million. That, experts say, is a game changer. “After my father died (in 2005), I settled upon a life’s course to mate my capitalistic principles with my KENNY CORBIN NEWSPAPER philanthropic soul,” said Fisher, Phillip Fisher plans to create a fund to work on social issues and support social See Fisher, Page 41 entrepreneurs. 20121001-NEWS--0002-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 4:22 PM Page 1

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MICHIGAN BRIEFS After crunching the numbers, million, according to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Kellogg sets up China venture We all scream for ice cream – after the initial shock Development. Two-thirds of those So how do you say “gr- trees ship out of state. rrrrrrrreat!” in Chinese? When Rob Bliss and Jeff Bar- YouTube right now. (Or at least Someone at Battle Creek-based rett fielded questions from you could as of Friday.) MICH-CELLANEOUS Kellogg Co. may want to get on that Crain’s Michigan Business re- Bliss and Barrett teamed on the after the announcement last week cently about their Pure Michigan video with Wayland-based Denali Ⅲ Lansing-based Demmer Corp. by the largest maker of breakfast video highlighting the great Flavors, operated by Wally Blume has laid off about 200 workers, the cereal in this country that it would things in the Great Lakes State, and his wife, June. Denali, which Lansing Economic Area Partnership set up a joint venture to distribute perhaps one question should clams $80 million in annual sales, Inc. confirmed. Demmer, which cereal and snacks in the largest po- have been, “So you got permis- is perhaps best known for the employs about 700 in several Lans- tential consumer: China. sion to use the song ‘Good Time’ Moose Tracks ice cream flavor. ing-area plants, makes compo- Kellogg’s 50-50 joint venture with in the video, right?” As for the video … although a nents for the automotive, aero- Because after less than two couple of the kids featured seem to space and defense industries. Singapore-based Wilmar International The initial taste of ice cream: First Ltd. includes manufacturing and weeks and nearly 2 million views comes shock, then … awe. be a bit old to have been deprived Ⅲ Kalamazoo-based Stryker Corp. sales of the Kellogg’s and Pringles on YouTube, the video was pulled of ice cream (where’s the Geneva stopped selling three versions of its brands. The venture is subject to while Bliss and Barrett of Grand Rapids-based Sta- Convention when you really need it?), the reaction Neptune Waste Management Sys- regulatory approval. tus Creative worked out a deal to use the song. Talks of the first kid featured in the one-minute, 20-second tem after two people were harmed, Kellogg’s Asia-Pacific division were proceeding as of Friday. video is, well, look at the accompanying photos. You one fatally, using the devices, which accounted for 7.1 percent of rev- One question Bliss and Barrett were asked was get the feeling that henceforth, this kid isn’t gonna were sold without formal clearance enue last year, according to about their next project — a video titled “Kids Tast- settle for strained peaches. by U.S. regulators. The device col- Bloomberg data. The country’s ing Ice Cream for the First Time.” You can find it on — Bob Allen lects and disposes of surgical waste. snack food market is expected to reach an estimated $12 billion by liftoff and landing pads for heli- would have to be carved in a can- al Christmas Tree Association, Michi- Find business news from the end of the year, Kellogg CEO copters, and observers say the tac- taloupe or that your ornaments gan trails only Oregon and North around the state at crainsdetroit John Bryant said in the statement. tic could spread statewide, the Tra- would have to adorn a holiday tree Carolina in production of real .com/crainsmichiganbusiness. verse City Record-Eagle reported that looks as if it descended from trees. Michigan’s 700 farms harvest Sign up for Crain's Michigan Did wind turbine foes stir up last week. Benzie County’s Joyfield the odd marriage of a whisk broom about 3 million trees a year, with a Business e-newsletter at crains Township once was considered part and Astroturf, take a big exhale. wholesale value of more than $40 detroit.com/emailsignup. sudden demand for heliports? of a site for a proposed wind farm. Growers say the crushing effects Among the ways to block the en- The community of 800 soon could of Michigan’s roller-coaster weath- croachment of wind turbines on have up to eight heliports. er won’t hurt the availability of ei- CORRECTIONS your favorite landscape, you could ther Halloween pumpkins or Ⅲ Detroit law firm Foley & Lardner LLP’s corporate designator was incor- take the traditional approach em- Christmas trees. rect in Rumblings on Page 26 of the Sept. 24 edition. ploying persuasion and statistics. Christmas tree, pumpkin crops The Christmas tree casualties Ⅲ An article on Page 11 of the Sept. 24 issue should have said that Altarum Or you could take out a permit to were the tiny seedlings planted this Institute President and CEO Lincoln Smith’s 2008 total compensation in- build a heliport, the tack being used fine; let the holiday sales begin year, not the mature trees that will cluding full bonus would have been $619,467. Altarum’s 2008 IRS Form 990 in the northern Lower Peninsula. If you’ve been worrying that be harvested for the coming holi- only included three months of bonus because of a change in fiscal year. Turbines can’t be built near the this year’s jack-o’-lantern face day season. According to the Nation-

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October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 3 McLaren, Kowall mull next move Inside McLaren to move 200 beds from its Pontiac hos- Committee wouldn’t back new hospital pital to the proposed facility near Clarkston. BY JAY GREENE need regulations regarding the construction of There weren’t enough votes CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS some health facilities and the purchase of med- for that in the Kowall-chaired ical technologies. Economic Development Com- McLaren Health Care’s proposed Independence But in an interview Thursday, Kowall said mittee, so he dropped the pro- Township hospital may get new life this month he hasn’t decided whether to introduce the bill vision for the time being. if state Sen. Mike Kowall can persuade the full as an amendment or allow McLaren to go Jeff Timmer, a spokesman Senate to approve what his committee and the through the CON appeals process. for McLaren on the legisla- Michigan Department of Community Health would “A lot of people think they know what I will tion, said Kowall “pulled it to not. do. I haven’t talked with (McLaren CEO) Phil live to fight another day.” Kowall Kowall, R-White Lake Township, is expected Incarnati yet,” he said. Timmer is a partner in Lans- to offer an amendment to Senate Bill 1269 when Under the bill, Kowall wanted to widen the ing-based Sterling Corp. Ford work boosts minority that chamber next meets Oct. 17, sources have radius permitted to move hospital beds from told Crain’s. The bill would revise certificate of two miles to eight. That would have enabled See McLaren, Page 37 supplier DMS, Page 6

Company index These companies have significant mention in this State stalls week’s Crain’s Detroit Business: 4731 Arts Incubator & Gallery ...... 39 Arboretum Ventures ...... 21 Bank of America ...... 26 Barton Malow ...... 19 prospect for BBK Ltd...... 6 Beaumont Health System ...... 17 Bejin Vanophem & Bieneman ...... 4 Benzinga.com ...... 22 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan ...... 4, 7, 13 MBT-related Brooke Kushman ...... 4 Business Leaders for Michigan ...... 38 Butzel Long ...... 17 Clark Hill ...... 19 Colliers International ...... 14 tax refunds Continental Automotive Services ...... 40 Council of Michigan Foundations ...... 41 Detroit Design Center ...... 39 Detroit Economic Growth ...... 17 At issue: Rules Detroit Manufacturing Systems ...... 6 Detroit Medical Center ...... 1 Detroit Regional Chamber ...... 22, 38 for deductibles Diversity Connections ...... 6 DuoSecurity ...... 29 Dynamic Advisory Services ...... 14 BY AMY LANE Economic Alliance for Michigan ...... 37 SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Engineering Society of Detroit ...... 40 Faurecia North America ...... 6 For a while this summer, it Fifth Third Bank ...... 32 looked as if a bill moving through Fontinalis Partners ...... 32 the Legislature might open the FordDirect ...... 13 door to, by one state estimate, hun- General Motors ...... 37 NATHAN SKID/CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS George Matick Chevrolet ...... 34 dreds of millions of dollars in busi- Israel (left) and Erik Nordin created a blown glass coral reef for this saltwater aquarium at the Detroit headquarters of Green Dot Stables ...... 16 ness tax refunds. Rock Ventures LLC. Henry Ford Health System ...... 31 But it is not to be. iRule ...... 13 The Snyder administration has LG Chem Power ...... 17 Livernois Motorsports and Engineering ...... 20 jettisoned that prospect, leaving Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Family Foundation . . 1 disagreement over the deductibili- McLaren Health Care ...... 3 ty of materials and supplies in the The business of art: Metis Sports Management ...... 18 now-defunct Michigan Business Metro Detroit AFL-CIO ...... 20 Tax to simmer and possibly head Michigan Assoc. of Certified Public Accountants . . 41 Michigan State University ...... 40 for final resolution in the courts. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone ...... 33, 41 In its original form, Senate Bill Mission Throttle ...... 1, 41 1037 broadened a definition for ma- Brothers sculpt a career Molly Maid ...... 26 terials and supplies to include all National Food Group ...... 35 materials and supplies and not just New Urban Learning ...... 25 Nissan North America ...... 1 those used in the production or Managing father’s steel companies gave artists a solid base Powerlink Facilities Management Services ...... 26 management of inventory or the Ray Laethem Motor Village ...... 19 operation or maintenance of as- BY GARY ANGLEBRANDT dent artists is why they have been Rock Ventures ...... 3 Rossetti Associates ...... 39 sets. SPECIAL TO CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS able to make a career out of it. The narrower definition was the Rush Group ...... 6 What we create is They make custom pieces, small St. John Providence Health System ...... 15 Michigan Department of Treasury’s If the names Erik and Israel “ and large, using a variety of mate- Scenaria ...... 30 interpretation of the legislation Nordin sound familiar, maybe it’s whatever our rials, to suit indoor and outdoor Skillman Foundation ...... 21 that created the MBT and was used because they were semifinalists spaces for clients. Speyside Equity ...... 30 over the four years of the tax’s ex- in last year’s customer needs. One job last year took six Tapper’s Fine Jewelry ...... 30 TechTown ...... 18 istence. inaugural ” months. It involved blowing more WEB EXTRA Velocity Cow ...... 34 But even though the tax ended Hatch Detroit Erik Nordin than 100 pieces of colored glass ViSalus ...... 13 Jan. 1 when it was replaced by Q&A: College for contest for made to look like a coral reef to go The Whitney ...... 39 Michigan’s new corporate income Creative Studies’ their idea to State University’s National Public Ra- in an aquarium. The client was Workforce Intelligence Network for SE Michigan . . 17 tax, businesses have been and are Gilda Snowden on open a store dio outlet. Rock Ventures LLC, to take part in still filing MBT returns and start- the business of selling furni- Or it could be the natural result the outfitting of the company’s Department index ing to be audited. being an artist, ture that of 12 years of hard work as profes- new headquarters in the Com- crainsdetroit.com So the clarification on materials they make. sional artists who keep as much puware Building. CALENDAR ...... 10 and supplies definition remains Or be- of a watchful eye on their busi- The Nordins had sent their CLASSIFIED ADS ...... 37 important to businesses. cause this year, WDET 101.9 FM ness discipline as they do on their portfolio to Quicken Loans Inc., one JOB FRONT ...... 36 “That issue is a universal issue has been broadcasting their custom works of wood or glass. of the Rock Ventures companies, KEITH CRAIN...... 8 names as part of a six-month The brothers say working hard See Refund, Page 41 sponsorship they paid to Wayne on the business of being indepen- See Brothers, Page 39 LETTERS...... 8 MARY KRAMER ...... 9 OPINION ...... 8 Crain’s Michigan Business Business events OTHER VOICES ...... 8 During any given week, useful events are held THIS WEEK @ Sign up for the roundup of statewide news PEOPLE ...... 36 delivered to email inboxes every throughout the region. 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Page 6 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 Minority-owned DMS grows with Ford work BY DUSTIN WALSH mainder of Building A, which had instrument panels for the Ford CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS been occupied by Technicolor Inc. Mustang, to Ford’s Flat Rock As- for warehousing. sembly Plant on July 30. Minority-owned supplier Detroit DMS will invest $10 million this DMS will launch instrument Manufacturing Systems LLC is ex- year expanding its line, including panel assembly of the Ford Tau- pected to announce today that it injection molding equipment and rus and Explorer in December, will expand its operations by the addition of 10 docking bays, followed by a shift for the Ford F- 200,000 square feet at its plant in said Wade Phillips, COO and for- 150 in February. It will launch the Gateway Industrial Center. mer vice president of manufactur- second and third shifts for the F- DMS, a joint venture between ing and engineering at Faurecia 150 in March and April, respec- Wayne-based Rush Group Ltd. and North America. tively. the North American subsidiary of A portion of the expansion will At the end of April 2013, DMS French component supplier Faure- be used to start the first and sec- will launch panel assembly for the cia SA, is taking over the space as ond shift lines to assemble instru- Ford Flex and the Lincoln MKT its Ford Motor Co. instrument panel ment panels for the Lincoln Navi- and MKS. It will begin shipment business grows. gator and Ford Expedition, which for the Ford Focus in July 2013, GLENN TRIEST The joint venture will now occu- will begin shipment Oct. 10, Phillips said. COO Wade Phillips talks with Plant Manager Saundra Marion at Detroit py 480,000 square feet in the indus- Phillips said. To become more cost-effective, Manufacturing Systems. trial center, taking over the re- DMS shipped its first product, DMS will bring in eight injection molding presses between January and August of next year to begin manufacturing of plastic assem- blies for the new launches. “We’re looking to maintain a competitive advantage by getting manufacturing technology,” Phillips said. “We’re also looking at other core competencies we can bring in-house.” Phillips said the supplier will ship 1.2 million parts in 2013. It expects to invest $29 million over three years into the plant, he said. To meet the new demand, DMS has hired 61 new hourly workers and six new salaried employees since Aug. 1 for a total of 128 employees. The hourly employees are represented by UAW Local 600 in Detroit. CEO Andra Rush told Crain’s in a previous interview that the supplier is dedicated to hiring Detroit residents at the DMS plant. Ap- proximately 67 percent of its hourly employees are Detroit residents, the company said in a re- lease. DMS expects to employ 500 by mid-2013. Bill Diehl, CEO of Southfield- based BBK Ltd. and partner at minority-owned business advisory firm Diversity Connections LLC, said automakers are strategically looking to expand their minority- owned supply base to capitalize on the growing minority car buyer market. “The diversity initiative has moved from being basically politi- cally based to now economically based,” he said. “The consumer de- mographics are changing so rapid- ly, and their supply base doesn’t mirror their consumer base, and they are working hard to get their supply base more in line.” Ford helped form the joint venture in May to create a large minority-owned supplier — DMS CEO Rush is Native American — and unload its $1.1 billion book of interiors business at its 1.6 million-square-foot Saline plant. Ford took over the plant from former spinoff Visteon Corp. when that supplier entered bankruptcy in 2009. As a result of the deal, Rush Group controls a 55 percent stake in the joint venture, which will take over about 70 percent of the book of business. DMS is also bidding on supply contracts with other automakers, including General Motors Co., Chrysler Group LLC and Toyota Motor Corp. Dustin Walsh: (313) 446-6042, [email protected]. Twitter: @dustinpwalsh 20121001-NEWS--0007-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 4:27 PM Page 1

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BY JAY GREENE CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS PROVISIONS OF CONVERSION BILLS LANSING — Several state senators on the Senate Bills 1293 and 1294 would convert Michigan Insurance Committee and others Blue Cross into a nonprofit mutual insurance sparred with Michigan Attorney General Bill company. Provisions include: Schuette last week in a hearing over the need Ⅲ Amending Public Act 350 and allowing for an asset evaluation of Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Cross to convert into a nonprofit mutual insurance company that would be owned by of Michigan as part of its proposed conversion the company’s approximate 4.4 million into a nonprofit mutual insurance company. policyholders in Michigan and 1.1 million “I want to get (the asset evaluation and en- policyholders in other states. The Blues board abling legislation) done right to make sure must give final approval. the people of Michigan, se- Ⅲ Providing for a nonprofit foundation to be niors and the most vulner- formed early next year with a mission able are not stiffed” by in- designed to improve the health of the people adequate funding for the of Michigan and possibly continue subsidies proposed nonprofit foun- for Blue Cross Medigap policies. dation that would be creat- Ⅲ Blue Cross would lose its state and local ed by the Blue Cross con- tax exemptions, worth an average of $100 version, Schuette said. million with about 95 percent going to the state’s general fund. Legislators heard testi- Ⅲ Individuals and small-business customers mony from opponents and Schuette could save about $200 million a year in supporters of Senate Bills premiums because the subsidies Blue Cross 1293 and 1294 that also would remove Blue are required to collect to fund other lines of Cross as the state’s official insurer of last re- coverage will end. sort and place it under the regulatory control Ⅲ Blue Cross would continue as a carrier of of the state insurance code (See Jay Greene’s last resort until Jan. 1, 2014, at which time blog at www.crainsdetroit.com.) The bills new federal laws will require all insurers to offer Wayne & Joan Webber Cardiac Progressive Care Center were introduced by Sen. Joe Hune, R-Ham- coverage to anyone regardless of health status. Wayne & Joan Webber Imaging Center burg Township, and Virgil Smith, D-Detroit. Ⅲ Allow a health corporation to merge with a Schuette told legislators he is interviewing nonprofit disability insurer. several independent financial consulting Ⅲ Forbid insurers from terminating products firms. He said the evaluation will help legisla- unless conditions are met, including giving tors determine how much Blue Cross is worth the state 90-day notification and How Wayne and Joan Webber and the amount it should be required to trans- policyholders are allowed to purchase other plans. fer to a new nonprofit entity. Gov. Rick Snyder has recommended that Regulation is hiring an independent company are keeping our imaging Blue Cross contribute $1.5 billion of the insur- to issue an opinion on whether the proposal is er’s $2.8 billion surplus into the nonprofit fair for the people of Michigan, said R. Kevin foundation. Snyder has said he wants the Clinton, the state insurance commissioner. on the leading-edge. foundation to fund programs to reduce health While a fairness opinion is appropriate for care costs and increase quality and access of a private company, Schuette said, the people health services. of Michigan’s interest in Blue Cross requires Behind all of our leading-edge imaging and advanced Schuette and Hune, who said they want a more protection. broader health mission for the proposed foun- cardiovascular care are people like Wayne and He said his asset evaluation will be similar dation, said the final amount could be more. Joan Webber. to the process followed when the nonprofit De- But Hune and Sens. Steve Bieda, R-Warren, troit Medical Center was sold in 2010 to for-prof- and Goeff Hansen, R-Hart, questioned it Vanguard Health Systems Inc. of Nashville, Community and business leaders who inspire us by their Schuette on the need for the Blue Cross evalu- and when Marquette General Hospital was sold very commitment to us. By their desire to help people ation. “Blue Cross is not being sold. It is a con- to for-profit Duke Lifepoint in August. version of state assets into a nonprofit mutu- they’ll never meet. Schuette said the evaluation will be com- al,” Hune said. pleted before the Senate and House vote on Schuette, who said he has broad powers to the bills. Snyder said he wants the bills on his Because of their generosity, Beaumont was able to oversee charitable assets in Michigan, re- desk by the end of the year. purchase the latest MRI technology. An even more open sponded: “Is it a sale? No, but it is a distinc- Over the next several weeks, Hune said, he tion without a difference. … We are dealing unit that allows patients access to the most advanced and his committee will make changes to the with the assets (that belong to) the people of bills and will be ready to vote by Oct. 17, the imaging and early detection – with less restriction and Michigan.” next day the Senate meets. Dick Posthumus, a senior adviser in the conﬁ nement. One reason Schuette wants an asset evalua- Snyder administration, disagreed, saying: tion is to ensure the nonprofit foundation has “This is a conversion and not a sale. There is The Webbers also funded a cardiac care stepdown unit enough money to fund health initiatives, es- a difference.” He said a valuation would only that provides state-of-the-art monitoring for patients be needed if the Blues were converting to for- pecially programs that benefit seniors. profit status. Last year, Schuette negotiated a five-year who are critically ill or recuperating from complex Mark Cook, Blue Cross vice president of freeze on Blue Cross Medigap policies that cardiovascular surgeries. governmental affairs, said the state has saves about 200,000 seniors an average of $73 enough financial information already on Blue per month. Hune said that agreement, which Families like Wayne and Joan Webber remind us that it Cross, having completed in May a “deep- expires in November 2016, is part of the bill. dive” audit that covered 2008 to 2010. Blue Cross subsidizes its Medigap policies doesn’t take a medical degree to save a life. All it takes “The bills forbid a sale, and we support through a tax on individual customers and is a heart. that,” Cook said. “We will continue as a non- small businesses, which amounts to $200 mil- profit mutual model that does not require this lion a year. “Blue Cross Medigap policies are type of valuation. If we do go down that path, the gold standard, and we do not want to see then do it.” them go away or spike up in price,” said Mary Despite the disagreement, Hune said he is Ablan, executive director of the Area Agency negotiating with Schuette on the need for the on Aging Association of Michigan. evaluation. He said he hopes to come up with Hune said he plans on adding language to A Not-for-Proﬁ t Provider an amount Schuette could support to enable the bill that will require the nonprofit founda- the foundation to fund programs that would tion to “offset increases in Medigap.” include subsidizing Medicare supplemental Scott Lyon, senior vice president with the insurance policies for seniors. Small Business Association of Michigan, said he “The attorney general and I share the same opposes continuing the Medigap tax on small concerns about Medigap,” Hune said. “I be- businesses. “The foundation should spend the Find out how you can save lives, too. If you would lieve we can reach an agreement on a number $1.5 billion on things to reduce costs for small like to make a gift, please go to our website at that could be more than the $1.5 billion where businesses and all the people of Michigan,” he foundation.beaumont.edu or click on the code we won’t have to do the evaluation and in- said. stead use the (state’s) fairness review.” Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, with your phone. The state Office of Insurance and Financial [email protected]. Twitter: @jaybgreene 20121001-NEWS--0008-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 5:06 PM Page 1

Page 8 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 OPINION OTHER VOICES Transit bill deserves Consider city income tax cut In the late 1990s, Mayor currently have a local in- city’s highest performers, those Dennis Archer and the come tax. Most of these most able to find better jobs. city of Detroit agreed to cities levy a standard 1.0 Downtown Detroit is experienc- bipartisan support legislation that would re- percent on residents and ing a boom in demand for rental duce over several years 0.5 percent on nonresi- housing. Several companies partici- e’ve lost count of the times that transit advocates the city income tax — dents. pated in the “Live Downtown” and which was the highest in Detroit started 2012 with “Live Midtown” programs that of- have tried — and failed — to create a regional transit Michigan. the highest rate at 2.5 per- fered financial incentives to move W system in Southeast Michigan. By one count, it’s 24. This automatic cut in cent for residents, 1.25 per- into the city. Businesses able to pur- Maybe 25 will be the charm. the rate has been limited cent for nonresidents and 1 chase buildings at deep recession- Business and civic leaders joined nonprofit and transit ad- by the city not meeting percent for corporations. ary discount prices can relocate em- Daniel Markey vocacy groups last week in pushing the Michigan House to ap- certain financial thresh- Income tax rates affect be- ployees from the suburbs and more olds or city officials winning ap- havior. City tax rates that are sig- than offset the city income tax with prove a bill to create a regional transit authority here. proval of legislation to freeze the nificantly higher than neighboring their low occupancy costs. A similar bill stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate. current rates. suburbs severely handicap the city. Most everyone in Southeastern This push deserves bipartisan support in both chambers. Gov. The debate is ongoing whether Suburban employers use this am- Michigan wants a stronger De- Snyder is already on board the transit bus. to allow the July 2012 reduction to munition to recruit employees. troit, a world-class Detroit. We are It is incredible that lawmakers who purport to be support- be implemented. With the city re- Suburban cities use this ammuni- all still “Detroit companies,” even organizing its entire financial situ- tion to recruit businesses. if we’re located in the suburbs. We ive of adding jobs continue to disregard the pleas of job creation, leadership should take this In the proposed city budget for are all “Detroiters,” even if we live ators who say reliable transit is critical to their workforces. opportunity to develop a long-term 2012-13, income tax revenue is pro- in the suburbs. The leaders who signed a joint letter to lawmakers last strategy to significantly cut the jected to be $229 million, up slight- A study of the income tax can week include Kelly Services CEO Carl Camden, Flagstar Bank city income tax. ly from the previous year, but near analyze all the factors and deter- Michigan Market President Michael Tierney, Beaumont Hos- Once an income tax is put into the lowest in several years. The mine if a 1 percent tax instead of a place, it is here to stay. Congress proposed budget states the reasons 2.5 percent tax actually raises pital CEO Gene Michalski, Quicken Loans CEO Dan Gilbert, passed the Federal Income Tax Act are reductions in jobs and loss of more revenue due to the attraction Compuware CEO Robert Paul and Henry Ford Health System of 1913, and it’s still here. The state residents. of talent and business to the city, CEO Nancy Schlichting. of Michigan enacted a 2.6 percent The city has received an average rather than driving it away. A re- If the legislation is enacted, not only will it allow a transit flat rate personal income tax in of 8,000 partial-year income tax reduction of the income tax would be authority to proceed, it will ensure that the region qualifies for 1967, and although it has fluctuat- turns for each of the past five a tremendous long-term move for ed over time, it’s highly unlikely years. These are 8,000 tax-paying our city. additional federal funding, including funds to help launch that it will go away. Act 284 of 1964 residents leaving the city annually Daniel Markey, CPA, is manag- light rail on Woodward Avenue. opened the door for cities to enact who have filed their final D-1040. ing partner at UHY LLP, Sterling This is a no-brainer. Republican leadership needs to em- an income tax; 22 Michigan cities Most likely, those 8,000 were the Heights. brace this cause. Build on no-smoking success It’s official: All of the major health systems in metro De- LETTERS TALK ON troit will now turn away job applicants who use tobacco products (“Beaumont, Henry Ford to adopt no-nicotine hiring Jan. City’s officials solve problems 1,” crainsdetroit.com, Sept. 28). THE WEB Editor: The two systems will join the Detroit Medical Center, Oak- In response to Keith Crain’s Crain’s Detroit Business welcomes letters to the From www.crainsdetroit.com wood Health System, and Crittenton and Botsford hospitals in concern about Detroit’s govern- editor. All letters will be ment (“I’m reserving a table on screening prospective employees. considered for publication, Re: City Council and Belle Isle the Titanic,” Sept. 24): Elected of- Some hospitals also prohibit smoking on site and bar cur- provided they are signed and Even with the modest improve- ficials typically are very good at do not defame individuals or ments that have been made, the rent employees from “smelling of tobacco.” Yes, that riles per- representing the views of their organizations. Letters may be place is a mess. To have folks sonal-freedom advocates. constituents. If we want to solve edited for length and clarity. scream about a $10 per-year stick- But Michigan must be doing something right. An advocacy a council or school board prob- Write: Editor, Crain’s Detroit er to drive a car onto the Isle is to- lem, we have to change public group, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, reports that Business, 1155 Gratiot Ave., tally silly. And one can walk on for viewpoints first. It’s slow and dif- Michigan has an estimated adult smoking rate of 19 percent — Detroit, MI 48207-2997. free. Let’s get a grip, Detroiters. That ficult, but ultimately it will work. fee, in exchange for major im- down from more than 24 percent in 2006. And though 80,000 We can use public relations Email: [email protected] provements, is a total steal. Michigan high school students — or 14 percent — are smokers, campaigns, as if this were a ballot William J that’s still better than the national average of 19 percent. proposal. We can motivate people elected officials and governmen- who think like us to get more in- The no-smoking effort remains one of the greatest exam- tal workers for decades, and Detroit would get a lot more volved, or to move into the city. ples of changing behavior through education and effective things are not getting better. It’s kayakers using the island if it were This is our approach in im- time to try a new approach. maintained in a proper manner public service ad campaigns that often shock or amuse. proving public education in De- Nat Pernick and looked better. Maybe the same approach can work to persuade people to troit. Unfortunately, some of our Executive director Willi_H2O become fitter. Michigan this month was named the fifth-fattest community leaders just don’t get Detroit College Promise state, with about 31 percent of the population pegged as obese. it. They have been criticizing Bingham Farms See Talk, Page 9 KEITH CRAIN: Now it’s time to sell the bridge, Matty There are few, if any, Detroiters, when we need him? He there, and it was opened the road in Canada. nice person, or his wife. who create as much of a stir as wanted it once; maybe recently with a bit of This bridge has to be the biggest But the time has come for Matty Matty Moroun. He’s a thorn in a Buffett would trade Mat- hoopla. That doesn’t money-maker in the world for Mo- to get rid of his ownership of the lot of sides and a hero to some. ty the bridge for Buffett’s make any more sense roun to be spending untold dollars darn bridge. He has either got But right now, he’s a real pain if stake in BYD, the Chi- than the rest of this saga. on advertising for his ballot pro- everyone on his payroll or he’s he doesn’t stop running all those nese battery company. I The best thing would posal. I still don’t know how it got alienated the rest. It’s time to end TV commercials. If he had my sup- would love to find out be for Moroun to simply on the ballot in the first place, ex- this fiasco. port before, he lost it now that he’s how the Chinese would sell the bridge to the cept for the fact that he spent tens When he gets rid of his bridge, spending all that money. regard Mr. Moroun. Canadian government of thousands on getting the signa- then he can start being a new nui- The last time I talked to Matty, I Someone has invested or to Ontario or to any- tures for his proposal. He should sance about the land over the tun- asked him why he didn’t just sell millions in the highway one else who could co-ex- have let our representatives do nel to Canada and his railroad sta- the darn Ambassador Bridge, and interchange on the U.S. ist with a second bridge. their jobs. tion in Detroit, which may be the he said he would for the right price. side of the bridge, a cost Everyone seems to If he can’t sell the bridge, then biggest eyesore in our state or per- I only hope someone will come that didn’t make a lot of sense if agree that we need two bridges for maybe he could give it away. haps the nation. along and make him a deal he can’t everything is moving a mile down- Detroit, so the Ambassador Bridge Maybe it’s time to pass the torch to It’s time for Matty to sell his refuse. Where is Warren Buffett river to some new bridge. But it’s isn’t going away, unless they close his son, whom everyone agrees is a bridge. 20121001-NEWS--0009-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 11:41 AM Page 1

October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 9 MARY KRAMER: Microsoft executive leads cheers for Detroit

On paper, John Fikany is lead downtown to the De- nomic crash in 2008 “It’s all about co-creation and darn good salesman. Maybe Pure executive for Microsoft in Michi- troit Athletic Club for a and the hit taken by the joint innovation, exploring what’s Michigan should try and bottle his gan and a corporate vice presi- drink and a walk to the dominant auto indus- possible,” Fikany said. Automak- enthusiasm. dent. Before that, he worked for Tiger game. I want try. “Things looked ers, suppliers, health care compa- “We all have a choice of where Oracle. But he wears another man- them to experience the grim as we expected nies, governments and universi- to work and live,” Fikany says. tle: homegrown and unabashed city’s energy.” everything to be ties have all used the center. “Every year, I have been asked or booster for the region. About four years ago, stopped completely, or A team working on the next gen- have been given an opportunity to He wears Fikany’s team put in a put on hold,” Fikany eration of Ford Motor Co.’s cutting- move to headquarters. But I love Tigers caps as bid for Microsoft to says. edge SYNC system has been by. “We Michigan. Microsoft had a choice, conversation build a major technolo- But the work contin- learned as much from Ford as they and so do I. We both chose Michi- starters on gy center in South- ued, and the center did from us,” Fikany says. gan.” trips, giving field’s Town Center, opened last year. It’s a Fikany says his bosses gave the Mary Kramer is publisher of him a chance to site of Microsoft’s re- Candyland of technolo- project a green light because of the Crain’s Detroit Business. Catch her talk up Detroit. gional offices. Mi- gy and engineering tal- region’s long-term potential, huge take on business news at 6:10 a.m. At the Detroit crosoft has created about 25 such ent for customers and a place that customer base, proximity to top uni- Mondays on the Paul W. Smith show Regional Cham- major centers around the world; lucky nonprofits can use to devel- versities and its diverse talent base. on WJR AM 760 and in her blog at ber’s Mackinac only 10 are in the U.S. op proof of concept and prototyp- Perhaps another reason is more www.crainsdetroit.com/kramer. Fikany Policy confer- His bid won — despite the eco- ing of applications. obvious: The pitch came from a E-mail her at [email protected]. ence in May, Fikany was tapped to tout the region to outside site consultants. One of eight kids whose father started an eponymous residential real estate company in Grosse Pointe, Fikany still sells, whether it’s services and products for Mi- crosoft or his love for Detroit. For visiting colleagues or customers, he says, “I love being the tour guide, taking them fishing in Grosse Pointe on Lake St. Clair or

TALK CONTINUED ■ From Page 8 I remember the island from 1962 when it was a jewel, with everything neat and clean. When it was safe to go to the petting zoo; you could go there for lunch, visit the flower atrium and walk freely on an uncluttered and well-groomed island. Let the state or outside con- tractor maintain the island. Why hang on and let it continue to dete- riorate? Janice Dodson

Another example of our urban leaders being more concerned about power and control rather than product. Kelly Higgs

Clear thinkers would have jumped at this offer of free help that would have benefited the city mightily. If they want to negotiate, adults would have said, “We like the concept, in general it is good for the city, but we would like to work out a few more details first.” Instead, we get political grandstand- ing by people who are incompetent at best. Announcer

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THE AWARDS 40 Under 40 Since 1991, Crain’s Detroit Fadi Aoude, 38 adi Aoude was hired by FordDirect in message across the industry for anyone Business has 2000 as a quality assurance analyst. who was looking for a Ford,” Aoude honored the FHe is now in charge of a more than said. region’s high Senior vice president, $70 million budget. The payoffs for bringing together achievers with technology FordDirect is a joint venture between management of the thousands of sites our 40 Under 40 FordDirect Ford Motor Co. and Ford dealers to man- are efficiency and consistency. It elimi- awards. Dearborn age digital marketing services. nates the need to do things over and This year’s Aoude currently is senior vice over, such as taking pictures of vehicles, winners have Biggest achieve- president of technology. Aoude said. helped reinvent companies, fund ment: Helping Before 2006, every website as- Pictures taken once can be used across and develop Ford and Lincoln sociated with Ford was run all websites. Information about invento- innovative dealers use digi- under a different platform. ry, ordering new vehicles and what is in technology and tal resources FordDirect proposed bring- demand also can be accessed online by helped more efficiently ing all the Ford-related sites dealers. strengthen to sell cars online. under one umbrella, in- Ford Digital Marketing Manager Ron governments and Current goal: cluding all dealer and cor- Merbler said Aoude is a key part of the nonprofits. They Continued innova- porate sites. technology team and brings a technical were selected tion in digital re- There are now more than expertise to the table. from more than 270 candidates. sources and services. 3,300 websites on a single platform, “He has a vision about where we’re go- 17 of them national Ford sites. ing,” Merbler said. Multimedia Editor Nathan Skid shot “It brought more of a consistent — Michelle Muñoz the portraits, along with videos available at crainsdetroit Itai Ben-Gal, 35 Alisa Bennett, 39 velopment. .com/40s — She juggles the responsibilities of where you can CEO and co-founder Manager, group business health care the association she chairs and her pri- reform team also find the iRule LLC mary job, which is providing informa- winners’ profiles Detroit Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan tion on health and additional Detroit care reform photos. The QR Biggest achievement: Bringing his for sales and code below also Biggest achievement: Multiple product, which allows consumers to marketing. As links to the site. awards from the National Management use a smartphone as a TV remote, manager of Association in 2012 for the leadership from concept to market. the group development association she chairs. THE EVENT Current goal: Keep improving the business mirovsky, the chief technology officer Current goal: To make tangible dif- This year’s product and satisfying customers. health care re- of iRule and a software developer ferences in the health care industry form team, awards event, from Russia, established the company always a favorite during a period of transition. she has been hen Itai Ben-Gal was build- in 2009. For the first year, they crafted for networking, ing out a home theater that getting the in- will be held Oct. the product and worked out technical lisa Bennett is passionate about ternal sales Whe describes as a “labor of glitches. the Blue Cross Blue Shield of 24 from 5:30-9 love,” he was interested in getting a force up to p.m. at Shriners Version 1.0 was released in Febru- AMichigan Lead- date on health Silver Garden universal remote system installed ary 2010, and Ben-Gal said he ership Development but found it was too expensive. care reform. She also makes client vis- Events Center in and Nemirovsky thought of it Association, a its to aid in educating them and sell- Southfield. Lucky for him he was un- as a side project. But by the group that pro- ing health plans. Hundreds of able to afford the quoted work end of the year, the company vides net- Blue Cross’ total revenue in 2011 alumni have been because out of that happen- had revenue of $115,000, and working was $6.39 billion. invited. Tickets stance was born the idea for they realized it might be big- and leader- But it’s about the leadership devel- are $50 per his Detroit-based company, person for Crain’s ger than they’d planned. It ship de- opment association that Bennett iRule. The iRule is a univer- subscribers; $45 also received a boost with speaks most enthusiastically. She has sal remote app that is compat- each for groups funding from the venture capi- served in various leadership roles, ible with iOS systems used of 10 or more; tal arm of Compuware Corp. and during her tenure as president $40 for alumni; on iPhones, iPads This year, iRule is on the association was able to sign and $90 for non- and Android de- pace for $1 million, and more than 100 new members; subscribers. See vices. the company now has it now has more than 1,600 crainsdetroit It is available 10 employees. .com/events for members. This year, it was in more than 50 A major hurdle details or to buy honored by the National Man- countries tickets. Ben-Gal encoun- agement Association with every through deal- tered was preparing Jennette Smith, award it was eligible for, in- ers or can be the product for deal- managing editor cluding Outstanding Chapter purchased ers instead of indi- and Community Service. from the iR- vidual customers. “I certainly can’t take all the cred- ule website The company had it for the success we had,” Bennett and installed to focus on how to said. “I think one of the things I may by the cus- make the product have brought to the table is a sincere tomer. work for larger in- passion for the association.” Ben-Gal, an stallers and developed Bennett joined BCBSM in 2002. Pre- engineer from Is- the right tools to make viously she was a senior health care rael, and business that happen. analyst. partner Victor Ne- — Michelle Muñoz — Michelle Muñoz

Ryan Blair, 35 public offering, but those plans were ViSalus was acquired by Greenwich, ty and in 2008 founded the Blair Foun- withdrawn last week. Conn.-based Blyth Inc. in January. Blyth dation, which works to further edu- CEO Blair’s personal story of said last week the current cational programs focused on entre- ViSalus Inc. perseverance and taking market doesn’t seem to sup- preneurship in impoverished areas. Troy calculated risks is also gain- port what Blyth believes to Blair’s book, Nothing to Lose. ing attention. This year, be the company’s value, al- Everything to Gain, tells his own Biggest achievement: Restructuring Blair was named Entrepre- though it remained confi- rags-to-riches story. After his fa- his company’s business model around neur of the Year by Ernst & dent in ViSalus’ long-term ther succumbed to a drug addic- a customer-focused, 90-day weight loss Young LLC for Michigan and growth prospects. tion, Blair moved into a gang-in- challenge. northwest Ohio in the con- Besides his ViSalus fested neighborhood in Current goal: Using technology and in- sumer products category, work, Blair said he sup- California where he was in and novation to stay ahead of competitors. one of 12 regional winners ports burgeoning entrepre- out of juvenile detention and be- in the Entrepreneur of the neurs through channels in- came a gang member. But his yan Blair is at the helm of a fast- Year program. cluding the HashTagOne stepfather, Robert Hunt, pro- growing health and nutrition According to its S-1 seed-capital venture fund, vided critical business mentor- Rdirect-selling company head- statement filed with the which looks for businesses ing and helped Blair channel quartered in Troy. U.S. Securities and Exchange in the health, nutrition and his inner entrepreneur. ViSalus Inc.’s weight loss and energy Commission, ViSalus reported sales of technology industries. Blair went on to start his first shakes, drinks and supplements are $230.2 million for the year that ended “I view entrepreneurism as an company by age 21 and in the sold under a marketing plan promot- Dec. 31. It has a network of more than ecosystem,” Blair said. ensuing years negotiate ing a 90-day weight loss challenge. The 100,000 sales promoters and 430 em- He also has committed to donate 90 multimillion-dollar deals. company has been planning an initial ployees. percent of his personal assets to chari- — Jennette Smith 20121001-NEWS--0014,0015-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 10:18 AM Page 1

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to build his now 3,000-person network. Over time, his Troy-based company, Dynamic Advisory Solutions, developed a service it branded the DAS 2-Step Tune Up. When the economic crisis hit in 2008, companies no longer wanted to commit to ongoing outsourcing costs. In response, Carlton began offering the Tune Up to clients on a short-term basis to clean up and then return accounting processes to the client. He works with both small businesses and large organizations. Carlton’s 12-person company grossed $3 million in revenue in 2012 and is on track to triple that next year. “I have a lot more respect for the guy I used to work for now,” Carlton said. “But I haven’t been Ren Carlton, 39 bored since.” President — Laura Blodgett Dynamic Advisory Solutions Troy

Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Designing a method that creates self-sufficien- cy in accounting departments. Ⅲ Current goal: To have a presence in every major U.S. city.

he driving factor behind Ren Carlton’s decision to Tstart a company specializing in CFO support services was boredom. As the CFO of a small business, Carlton thought the company needed his accounting and CPA expertise but not full time. “I thought if I had five clients just like this, I could see one a day, quadruple my salary and live happily ever after,” Carlton said. In 2000, Carlton launched his business out of his basement with no clients and no prospects. He attended chamber of commerce meetings and networking events

Paul Choukourian, 39 quarters and what was formerly known as Trerice Tosto Co. evolved Managing director into a division of the national Col- Colliers International Inc. liers International organization. Southfield But in 18 months, Choukourian doubled the number of local Col- Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Rebuilding a liers brokers by recruiting well- stable of top brokers and a collabo- known players from competing rative culture at one of the oldest firms and bringing young brokers real estate firms in metro Detroit. into the business. Ⅲ Current goal: Further grow With more brokers, revenue the firm’s local market has followed. The volume of share and expand new busi- transactions jumped 74 per- ness lines such as project cent to $278 million in 2012 management. from $159 million in 2011. In addition, the property aking the helm of an management portfolio more 85-year-old real es- than doubled in one Ttate firm in 2011, year, from 1.5 million Paul Choukourian square feet to 3.2 mil- had his work cut lion. out for him. On top of that, Col- The 66 bro- liers added a new kers at the firm business line, manag- in 2006 had ing construction pro- been pared to jects for clients. 13 as the long- But the biggest vic- time owner, tory, Choukourian Leo Tosto; his said, is building a cul- son, Len; and ture with all the new the managing brokers — and their director, Cam egos. McCausland, all “There are a lot of left. This as the brokerages in town local owner- with the kind of cul- ship shifted to ture where you hit a Seattle head- ‘print’ on your com- 20121001-NEWS--0014,0015-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 10:19 AM Page 2

October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 15 40 Under 40 Elizabeth DiStefano, 37 about what she calls a grassroots In addition, by educating every- effort to bring attention to other one “from housekeeper to execu- System coordinator, palliative care treatment options for patients. I feel like I have a tive,” DiStefano said, initial consul- St. John Providence Health System Palliative care is treatment de- “ tation time with patients was cut Warren signed to make patients comfort- voice. I can still be from 11.6 days to 5.5 days. able physically, emotionally and “I was at the bedside before, and Ⅲ Biggest achievement: St. John spiritually. Unlike hospice care, there for the patients now with my job, I feel like I have a Providence’s receiving the 2011 palliative care can be adminis- voice,” DiStefano said. “I can still American Hospital Association Circle tered during any point of an ad- but in a different be there for the patients but in a dif- of Life Award, which honors inno- vanced or chronic illness. ferent way.” vative programs in palliative care. In her work at St. John Provi- way. Also this year, the health system Ⅲ Current goal: Continuing to ad- dence Health System, DiStefano su- ” was awarded a Live Strong commu- vocate for palliative care and pervises a $3 million budget. Elizabeth DiStefano nity impact grant, which provides launching a home care program From 2006 to 2009, St. John Prov- $10,000 toward palliative care spe- in 2013. idence and Duke University worked Early intervention allowed pa- cialty accreditation with the non- together on a palliative care initia- tients to express what they desired profit Joint Commission. ike many health care profes- tive. DiStefano said the project in treatment — and in some cases, DiStefano frequently speaks sionals, Elizabeth DiStefano, had many positive outcomes, in- it was less treatment. Fewer tests about the topic at conferences and L R.N., is passionate about her cluding saving the health system or different avenues of care re- consults other health care systems. area of expertise. But she also $1.5 million. duced costs. — Michelle Muñoz works hard to educate others

Congratulations

Patricia Van Pelt Crain’s 40 Under 40 Honoree

puter and you run to the printer to make sure nobody reads your stuff,” he said. “That’s not the culture I wanted, or Colliers, and that’s not the culture we’ve built. We have great teams here, and they’re working together. That’s what’s best for everyone.” Choukourian is the current treasurer of the Commercial Board of Realtors and is a certified com- Senior Vice President, Head of Retail Banking mercial investment member. — Daniel Duggan Continue to Model the Way. You inspire us to make a difference. We are proud to have you as a leader on our team! -the employees of Fifth Third Bank

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Jacques Driscoll, 31 After nine months of searching building. for a property and then doing re- The Driscolls are now ap- Owner pairs on the one they bought on proaching the 100,000th slider Green Dot Stables West Lafayette at 14th Street, sold and have to order 500 dozen Featuring: Detroit JAMES D. FARLEY, JR. Green Dot Stables opened in buns a week. MCMANUS March. It didn’t take long for word Green Dot Ford Motor Company DISTINGUISHED BUSINESS LECTURE Group Vice President, Biggest achievement: Realizing a to get out about the sliders and Stables soon Global Marketing, Sales and Service 15-year dream of opening a restau- fries. will begin op- Entrepreneurial Spirit rant. The restaurant was operating erating a food Current goal: with 12 em- truck to ac- in a Global Company Keep growing his ployees commodate burger destination, when it catering re- Green Dot Stables, opened. quests. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012 and investing in Driscoll — Michelle 7 p.m. Lecture the city of Detroit. said they Muñoz Madonna University Kresge Hall now have acques Driscoll more than 50 Lecture is open to the public at no charge and his wife, Seating is limited — including his JChristine, were wife, who left a ca- R.S.V.P. by October 24 living in San Diego reer in nursing to 734-432-5589 or [email protected] when they began help operate the entertaining the business. On its INSPIRING ENTREPRENEURS SINCE 1989 idea of opening a busiest days, restaurant. The Driscoll said, Madonna University School of Business t madonna.edu problem? The cost Green Dot hosts was too high. 600 to 700 cus- Driscoll had tomers. worked in the “It was some- restaurant busi- Buy a full page in the Book of thing I’ve wanted FREE ness in California to do my whole Lists and receive a copy of to get experience. But after a visit the Book of Lists digital version. life,” he said, “and then to actually back to Michigan — his and Chris- have it happen was crazy. … I nev- Contact Marla Wise: tine’s home state — they decided er in my wildest dreams thought it 313.446.6032 • [email protected] Detroit was a better place to invest. would become this popular.” Originally, Driscoll had planned to open a smaller restaurant in a rented property. But the real estate environment in Detroit allowed for the purchase of a larger

Jonathan Dropiewski, 39 Mayor 7$67<'($/6 City of Flat Rock

Biggest achievement: Navigating Flat Rock through a downturn and improving economic development efforts. Current goal: To diversify the city’s tax base.

t hasn’t been an easy three years for Flat Rock Mayor IJonathan Dropiewski. He took over for a mayor who had been in office for 24 years. He faced a general fund budget that had fallen from $12 million to $7 million and major tax appeals from Ford Motor Co. The Ford plant, off Gibraltar ski also has reworked how busi- +XURQ&DSLWDOKDVFORVHGDVSDWHRIGHDOVUHFHQWO\FDSSHGRIIE\ Road, provides half of Flat Rock’s nesses are able to open in Flat tax base and is the city’s largest RXULQYHVWPHQWLQ5RQQRFR&RIIHH5RQQRFRLVD6W/RXLVEDVHG Rock. His experience in the pri- water customer. When workers vate sector (he works full time as a SURGXFHURISUHPLXPTXDOLW\FRIIHHWHDDQGUHODWHGSURGXFWVDQG were being laid off and the plant regional sales director for Crown- WK was in danger of being shut down, EHFDPH+XURQȠV LQYHVWPHQWWRGDWH Peak, a Web content management Dropiewski also went into difficult and software company) has helped property tax dispute negotiations 6LQFH-XQHZHȠYHDOVRFRPSOHWHGWUDQVDFWLRQVLQWKHVSHFLDOW\ him recognize what businesses in 2009 and 2010. appreciate from govern- ˉOPVPDUNHWLQJVHUYLFHVWHVW PHDVXUHPHQWDQGIRRG Fortunately, corporate de- ment. cisions and a new local UAW WUDQVSRUWDWLRQLQGXVWULHV He has made the agreement ultimately went process of opening a busi- in the city’s favor. ness more streamlined. For Not only did the plant stay example, the process is con- :(,19(67,13(23/( open, but Ford on Sept. 10 an- sistent for each applicant, nounced that the former :(%8,/'/($'(56 and more meetings are Auto Alliance factory set up upfront to let the would be renamed business owner know Ford Flat Rock what zoning vari- Assembly Plant ances or other details and was adding are part of the a second shift 3/$7)250&5,7(5,$ process. &217$&7,1)2 with 1,200 jobs. Dropiewski also The plant is be- 5HYHQXHV 8SWR0 'HWURLW2IˉFH has served on the ing revamped board of the Downriv- (%,7'$ 0RUPRUH 7RURQWR2IˉFH to make the er Community Confer- 2013 Ford Fu- (TXLW\'HDO 0 ZZZKXURQFDSLWDOFRP ence since 2005. sion. — Michelle Muñoz To diversify the city’s tax base, Dropiew- 20121001-NEWS--0016,0017-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/27/2012 4:48 PM Page 2

October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 17 40 Under 40 Bernard Fuhs, 31 Long PC appeals to Fuhs. payments sought from a 1999-2003, got an unexpected call Damian Gardley, 37 “Lawsuits can drag company Audiovox want- from Comcast five years ago asking Attorney out for years. But in the ed to buy. whether he could provide analyst Director of sales Butzel Long PC noncompete arena, Butzel Long’s noncom- commentary the next day for a De- LG Chem Power Inc. Detroit somebody plugs a pete practice group, made troit Mercy basketball game. Other Troy Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Successfully thumb drive into a com- up of five attorneys, has assignments followed for high defended a large electronics corpo- puter, goes to work for helped contribute to school games and Michigan Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Leading the ration, Audiovox Corp., in a $40 mil- someone across the the firm’s $100 mil- State University post-season sales team that secured battery lion breach-of-contract lawsuit. street, and we need to lion in annual gross games. supply contracts for the Chevrolet Ⅲ Current goal: To further grow file an injunction by revenue. Fuhs said he was Volt, Ford Focus EV and Eaton his client base. Monday,” Fuhs said. Separately, Fuhs thrilled when ESPN con- and Volvo hybrid models. In one case, an engi- works as a basketball tacted him this past sea- Ⅲ Current goal: To make the compa- t age 31, Bernard Fuhs is al- neer who had built a commentator for outlets son to provide commen- ny the No. 1 provider of lithium bat- ready considered an expert source code for large such as the Michi- tary for some teries for utilities, telecom and in- Aon noncompete and trade- laser measurement ma- gan High college games. formation technology data centers. secret law, having litigated and chines was suspected of pursuing School Athletic Associ- — Laura counseled clients in all 50 states. employment with a direct competi- ation Network and Blodgett s the sales director for LG Protecting companies’ client re- tor. His computer was seized as he ESPN. The former Chem Power Inc., which de- lationships can range from engi- exited a plane to Taiwan and basketball play- Avelops lithium-ion batteries neers designing top-secret lasers to turned over to a forensics team. er for the Uni- for hybrid, staffing companies hiring tempo- In the Audiovox case, Fuhs was versity of plug-in and rary workers. The fast-paced na- part of a team that earned a 2008 Detroit electric ve- ture of this niche practice at Butzel case dismissal on a dispute over Mercy, hicles, Damian Gardley has played a Laura Glenn, 31 aura Glenn returned to Beau- business case: including recruiting doctors and pivotal role mont Health System, where she Offering the specialists. Recruitment was a in the Vice president L had interned and done her transplant en- challenge, especially as the pro- emerging of physician post-graduate fellowship, in 2008. abled patients gram wasn’t yet fully accredited. services electric ve- Soon after, she was crafting the to stay at “You have to work with some- hicle mar- Beaumont Health plan that would lead to Beaumont’s Beaumont and one who is willing to take a risk,” System ket. liver transplantation program be- in Michigan Glenn said. Before Royal Oak ing fully approved and accredited. throughout Accreditation was the most in- 2010, there wasn’t really a market. Beaumont received its certifi- care. Beau- tense part of the more than four- But the company’s Chevrolet Volt Ⅲ Biggest cate of need approval for the mont is the year project, Glenn said. It took a contract was “really the start of achievement: transplant program in 2007. In third health team to gather all the material for the whole resurgence of vehicle Getting a May 2012, it received approval system in the both the Medicare/Medicaid ap- electrification in North America,” liver transplant from the Centers for Medicare and state to start a proval and accreditation from the Gardley said. “It’s been extremely program certi- Medicaid Services, the final step in liver transplant program. United Network of Organ Sharing. exciting.” fied. the launch process. Glenn worked Glenn — in charge of a $195 mil- Beaumont has performed 28 LG Chem has built a 650,000- Ⅲ Current goal: Glenn closely with the director of mul- lion unit as Beaumont’s vice presi- liver transplants since 2010. square-foot manufacturing plant Become CEO of loves to tiorgan transplantation, dent of physician services — creat- Glenn said that the hospital pro- in Holland, a $300 million invest- a health system. water Alan Koffron, M.D. ed the business plan to get the jects 15 procedures for 2013. ment expected to add 300 jobs ski. Factors that helped the transplant program off the ground, — Michelle Muñoz when the plant operates at full ca- pacity. The plant was partially fi- nanced by a $151.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Malik Goodwin, 38 roughly $38 million in downtown Lisa Katz, 38 leges and area businesses to iden- However, the industry has faced public infrastructure improve- tify and respond to employment Vice president, project Executive director serious obstacles, such as investi- ments has helped to support near- needs. WIN has since developed a gations by the National Highway management Workforce Intelligence Network ly $850 million in public and pri- regional IT council and skilled Traffic Safety Administration Detroit Economic Growth Corp. for Southeast Michigan of vehi- vate investments in the central trades task cle fires, and slow sales of electric Detroit Detroit business district since 2002. force. vehicles, which led to rolling lay- Goodwin developed the interest WIN offs at the Holland plant. Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Leading a Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Launching in economic development in grad- also quick- Despite the challenges, Gardley program that involved installing the network to bridge skills gaps uate school at the University of ly set out has been able to land multiple more than 1,000 and provide organizations real- Michigan. to quantify wins in the automotive industry, high-efficiency time labor market data to coordi- “I thought economic develop- the needs including the Ford Focus battery LED light fix- nate worker training needs. ment could have the most imme- of the electric vehicle, Volvo’s plug-in tures in down- Ⅲ Current goal: Further identify diate and positive effect on the area’s em- EV in Europe and a battery pack town Detroit. new areas of investment for landscape of the city of Detroit,” ployers for Eaton’s hybrid powertrain for Ⅲ Current goal: WIN’s partner institutions, cre- said Goodwin, who was born and and work- commercial vehicles. To help the city ating new IT-driven systems and lived in Detroit until the mid- force. For The contract wins are leverage of Detroit com- ways to engage employers. 1980s. “There was a desire to do Katz competes in example, to pursue other kinds of energy plete the De- this work in my hometown.” triathlons. there’s one storage contracts, including grid troit Works isa Katz knew what she Goodwin also serves on non- job-seeking engineer for every storage. One example: LG Chem long-term plan wanted to be when she grew profit boards such as the Woodward five job postings, and the re- landed a contract with Southern to guide and target investment in Lup. She didn’t want to be a Avenue Action Associa- teacher, doctor or ballerina. She gion’s IT jobs are growing faster California Edison for residential en- the city. tion and the WARM wanted to lead workforce devel- than in Silicon Valley, Katz said. ergy storage. Training Center. s vice president of project opment efforts. “We just went through a major LG Chem’s battery division re- — Laura management for the Detroit “I’m one of those goofy people economic upheaval, and it’s im- ported gross revenue of $2 billion Blodgett AEconomic Growth Corp., Ma- who knew what they wanted portant we figure out which edu- in 2011. lik Goodwin has had a hand in from a young age,” she said. cation programs are still relevant — Laura some of the biggest redevelop- “I’ve always had a passion for and align that with employer Blodgett ment efforts in the city. community and people — and needs,” she said. He was the general manager on a focused my education and Katz also is develop- number of streetscape improve- career on how to support ment adviser for the ments in the central business dis- companies, how support college prep program trict, which included installing ecosystems survive and It’s MI Life and a board new sidewalks, curbs and gutters, grow to create better jobs member of the Detroit high-efficiency LED street lighting, and employees.” Talent Dividend. underground electrical systems, Katz became executive Katz formerly was landscaping and irrigation systems director of the startup director of strategic — and even decorative banners. Workforce Intelligence partnerships and “We help retain and attract Network for Southeast development for businesses to the city of Detroit, Michigan in Octo- the Corporation for and part of doing that means de- ber 2011. Focused a Skilled Work- veloping real estate and infra- on technology, force and director structure where the development WIN set out to of government re- is going to happen,” Goodwin connect seven lations for the De- said. “That’s where I come in.” Michigan Works troit Regional Cham- Under leadership from Good- organizations, ber. win and others at the DEGC, eight community col- — Dustin Walsh 20121001-NEWS--0018-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/27/2012 4:42 PM Page 1

Page 18 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 40 Under 40 Congratulations Meredith Kerekes, 31 1962-2012 Chief of staff TechTown College of Nursing Elizabeth Detroit and Health Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Helping the years of busines incubator land critical grants, begin rebranding itself and Education DiStefano! establish a program to host international entrepreneurs through cused. As a landlord, TechTown’s Excellence You and your fellow the North African Partnership for In- tenants range from its oldest, the ternational Opportunity. tissue bank Asterand plc, to new ten- nursing alumni make us proud! Ⅲ Current goal: Complete TechTown ant Data Driven Detroit. rebranding and help the business The tech side includes bio- Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral nursing park reach a three-year goal of be- science, advanced manufacturing ing financially self-sustaining. and information technology com- programs, and RN to BSN, RN to MSN panies. The microenterprise side 734-432-5339 · madonna.edu echTown has changed a lot — to be renamed SWOT City since it opened in 2004 as a (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportuni- TDetroit technology incubator ties, Threats) — is meant to help and business park. Now the exec- companies ranging from food and utives there, led by Chief of beverage to creative industries. Staff Meredith Kerekes and “That is the main goal of President and CEO Leslie the rebranding, to say, ‘This Smith, are reinventing it. is where we’re focusing our “We’re having a time, energy and re- whole new launch Jan. sources,’ ” she said. 1, 2013,” Kerekes said. A recent win for Kerekes TechTown is was an arrangement with wooing new the North African funders and a Partnership Oppor- new variety tunity, led by the of tenants U.S. Department of and pro- State. Through grams. And the program, Kerekes has TechTown hosted led several winners of a na- successful grant tional business plan awards from the competition to intro- New Economy Initia- duce their ideas to De- tive totaling more troit’s entrepreneurial than $7 million. community. Wayne State TechTown has University and the Ameri- one division that can Arab Chamber of Com- is more microen- merce were also part- terprise-focused ners in the local effort. and one tech-fo- — Jennette Smith

Storm Kirschenbaum, 34 Michigan teams was his first step. “When I opened my company, I President kind of knew that from an agent Metis Sports Management LLC industry standpoint, there were Birmingham not too many successful full-service sports agencies in Michigan,” Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Placing of- Kirschenbaum said. “Having such fices in Taiwan and the Domini- a successful sports town like De- can Republic to ex- troit, when I was pand the reach of deciding where I his sports agency. wanted to have my Ⅲ Current goal: To home based, I knew have more than 30 Detroit was defi- clients on active nitely the place to rosters in Major be.” League Baseball. The agency has expanded from 15 torm athletes represented Kirschen- to 85. In the past Sbaum is the president of an four years, it has negotiated $30 mil- international sports agency, but lion in contracts. his roots are local. Currently, Metis has about 10 Kirschenbaum grew up in players on 40-man major league ros- hosts a FREE, SPONSORED WEBINAR: Franklin. He opened his agency, ters, including Fernando Rodriguez Metis Sports Management LLC, in of the Houston Astros and Erik Kratz July 2007 and knew he would need of the Philadelphia Phillies. Kirschen- Is your information protected? Risks to the security and confidentiality of to find a niche for his company to baum hopes to raise that to 30 in the succeed. Picking next two years. sensitive data impact all types of businesses, Compliance and up players who Metis is now international, with including financial institutions and medical were born in offices in Taiwan and the Domini- Michigan or Regulations for providers to vendors, colleges and universities, can Republic. Sensitive Data playing for “It’s crazy how fast we grew,” he as well as service providers for these said. “It’s a very competitive in- PRESENTED BY: organizations. Threats may arise from third dustry, and to remain competitive, you have to expand.” party vendors or service providers, storing Four players represented by data in the cloud, employee negligence Metis were placed in Japan last or misconduct, or from an outside threat. year. Kirschenbaum said he hopes Oct. 2 Noon – 1 p.m. to pick up 10 to 15 Asian players Protecting sensitive data is crucial to a next year. REGISTER AT business’ financial well-being, its reputation, — Michelle Muñoz www.crainsdetroit.com/events and protection from civil and criminal penalties. 20121001-NEWS--0019-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/27/2012 4:50 PM Page 1

October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 19 40 Under 40 Joseph Kopietz, 39 Jeffrey Laethem, 37 Ryan Maibach, 38 the Denison Organizational Cul- ture Survey, an organizational Member President President effectiveness assessment and Clark Hill PLC Ray Laethem Motor Village Barton Malow Co. benchmarking tool administered Detroit Detroit Southfield by Ann Arbor-based Denison Con- sulting LLC. Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Has earned Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Purchasing Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Reinvigo- The survey compared Barton a reputation as a “go-to” attorney a Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram fran- rating how employees operate, Malow to other companies on 12 for navigating the financing to chise on Detroit’s east side in with strategic di- metrics. In one, make real estate deals in Detroit June 2011 and renaming it Ray rection in mind. “strategic direc- work. Laethem Motor Village to match Ray Ⅲ Current goal: tion and intent,” Ⅲ Current goal: Provide long-last- Laethem’s Buick-GMC. Completing work Barton Malow ing guidance to developers, in- Ⅲ Current goal: Build sales, volume on 69 wind tur- scored in the 57th vestors, lenders, nonprofit organi- and profits under a “Laethem lis- bines for DTE Ener- percentile — a zations and government agencies tens” mantra. gy Co. on its wind score Maibach im- that transcends his own career. farms in McKin- proved to a best-in- ust a few credit hours shy of ley, Minden and class 88th per- oseph Kopietz has worked completing a business degree Sigel townships in centile this year hard to make connections and Jat Western Michigan University, the Thumb. The after peer group Jnavigate complicated layered Jeffrey Laethem, then 23, took an turbines should meetings and oth- financing so that a number of urgent phone call from his father, contribute a com- er efforts to hone complex Detroit commercial real Ray, requesting the son come Laethem joined Vistage Interna- bined 110 corporate strategy. estate deals can get done. home and learn the car business tional for professionally facilitat- megawatts of elec- “Since the con- “He goes beyond the transaction because of a Parkinson’s disease ed peer coaching and this year tricity to help DTE struction industry to (being) diagnosis that eventually claimed became vice president of the meet renewable is very broad and someone his dad’s life. Metro Detroit Buick GMC Dealers. energy mandates. there’s all types of who is com- Over the next four years, start- The connections and lessons contractors out mitted,” said ing in 1998, Ray Laethem and his learned enabled Laethem to steer ext time you’re tempted to there, this new focus means elim- Sue Mosey, managerial team taught the son his team through its rockiest pe- tune out when the compa- inating some waste in how we president of all phases of the business and re- riod, when General Motors Corp. Nny strategy meeting turns pursue work and makes the vi- Midtown De- minded him to listen to the voice directed closure of the Pontiac toward blue-sky thinking or sion clearer,” he said. troit Inc. of the customer with every deci- franchise as part of larger cuts. “change agent” adaptability, Among its current projects, Kopietz has sion made. By happenstance, the Chrysler Ryan Maibach can assure you Barton Malow is one of two gen- a “very deep “Ready or not, I was thrown franchise operating out of a new that some of those abstractions eral contractors expected to com- understand- into the deep end of the pool and building next door to Laethem in have real business applications. plete the Fantasyland expan- ing of the nu- named president Detroit went up for sale. He pur- Maibach, president of Bar- sion project at Walt ance of doing of this now chased it. The combined seven- ton Malow Co. since April Disney World in Orlan- urban development,” Mosey said. 120-employee, block campus — a half-mile of city 2011, estimates that the com- do, Fla., by early next Specific financing work under $9 million-an- property along Mack Avenue — pany “hit rate” or track year. Kopietz’s purview just during the nual-revenue then bore Ray Laethem branding. record of converting a pro- The company also ex- past year has totaled more than organization. Within a year, his team raised ject bid or proposal into a pects to complete the $100 million. So far, so Chrysler sales from an average of signed contract has im- $177 million renovation Kopietz advised the College for good,” 29 new cars a month to 95 and re- proved from around of the Rose Bowl sta- Creative Studies in structuring the Laethem said. vived Buick and GMC sales to a an industry aver- dium in Pasadena, financing and incentive package similar number. age 25 percent a Calif., next year for the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Laethem recently launched a few years ago and Michigan Design Education (Argonaut Build- “Laethem listens” campaign to to nearly 45 wind turbine en- ing redevelopment). This deal in- reach out by social media and percent in ergy projects cluded a range of financing, such traditional referrals to a wider the first nine for DTE by as historic and brownfield tax base of customers. months of December credits, New Markets Tax Credits “We still do good old-fash- 2012. 2013. Barton and tax-exempt bond financing. ioned follow-up,” Laethem The se- Malow gener- Kopietz has worked with the said. cret? ated 2011 rev- Thompson Education Foundation on — Maureen McDonald Among oth- enue of financing for charter schools and er things, $1.35 billion and on financing for The Auburn, a shortly after has more than mixed-use project of apartments becoming presi- 1,500 employees. and storefronts. dent, Maibach had — Chad In addition, construction on The Barton Malow take Halcom Shoppes at Gateway Marketplace began this spring on a portion of the former state fairgrounds site. Kopietz’s efforts included the construction loan. 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Page 20 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 40 Under 40 Chris Michalakis, 32 and Lansing for changes to the Supplemen- Dan Millen, 36 pear on niche-vehicle aficionado websites tal Nutrition Assistance Program. and YouTube. The company plans to gener- President At issue was a long-standing practice of Co-owner ate $5 million in revenue for 2012 with 20 Metro Detroit AFL-CIO loading all of Michigan’s Bridge cards with Livernois Motorsports and Engineering LLC employees. The Detroit benefit allocations early in the month. Re- Dearborn Heights Millens expect cipients tended to spend all their benefits to add five more Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Lobbying with the As- within the first 10 Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Refocusing a family people soon. sociated Food and Petroleum Dealers Inc. and days. company to concentrate on what it knows “People hear several other organizations to reorganize “So for 10 days of best: souping up American-made vehicles about us by benefit distribution dates in Michigan for the month, they’d eat — and growing revenue in the process. world of mouth the state’s food assistance program. fresh fruit, and the Ⅲ Current goal: Livernois Motorsports ex- and through In- Ⅲ Current goal: Mobilizing voters to vote on rest of the month pects to provide more engineering services ternet advertis- state Proposals 1, 2 and 4 (no on 1, yes on 2 they’re eating pre- with the recent purchase of a $100,000 CNC ing,” Millen and 4) through canvassing, social media packaged things that machine to produce products. said. About 65 and public education initiatives. aren’t as nutritious,” percent of Liver- he said. an Millen watches the light shine in nois’ business hris Michalakis be- “People also customers’ eyes when they see their comes from out lieves a simple proce- froze milk to pre- Dlate-model Camaro or Taurus SHO go of state. For in- Cdural change in how serve for later, from mild to wild. spiration, Millen the Michigan Department of which reduces its nutritional value, Die-hard car-fanatic customers, includ- looks to his Human Services governs its and they’re schlepping the last few ing some local celebrities, spend up to mother, Norma Wallis, president and CEO food assistance program days to a gas station for Cheetos and $100,000 for new engines, cylinder heads of supplier Livernois Vehicle Development. means jobs and economic de- Ho-Hos.” and turbochargers. Wallis helped sustain her father’s prototype velopment for the region. Starting in January Qatar’s Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad development business and coaches her sons Michalakis, president 2011, Human Services Al-Thani and several Detroit in customer service and product quality. of the Metro Detroit AFL- staggered benefits to Lions, Tigers and Pistons “She does an amazing job,” he said. CIO since March, was go out every other day have added muscle to their — Maureen previously its secre- between the 3rd and Mustangs, Camaros and McDonald tary-treasurer since 21st of each month. Chargers, while everyday 2009. Before that, for Since he became businesspeople come to Liv- seven years he was president, Micha- ernois for a little more go-pow- legislative affairs di- lakis said, the AFL- er. rector for the United CIO also has helped Brothers Dan and Tom Millen Food and Commercial with petition circu- forged a division of Livernois Vehicles Workers, a member of lation to put Propos- in 2008 that would modify show- the AFL-CIO coalition al 2, which would room vehicles and custom build of 60 labor groups. embed a new right to and install engines, cylinder heads In that role, he collective bargaining and turbochargers. Dan Millen’s teamed with the Associ- into the Michigan street cred as a competitor in drag ated Food and Petroleum Constitution, on the races around the country also helps Dealers and several retail- Nov. 6 ballot. for marketing. Clips of Livernois ers to lobby Washington — Chad Halcom Motorsports’ customizing prowess ap-

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October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 21 40 Under 40 Kristin Myers, 32 tion, getting ready for a round of fundrais- Danielle Olekszyk, 33 health care. ing or finding a Because of the cost cuts, Skillman opted Principal investment professional new hire to join CFO and treasurer to spend $11.4 million more in grants in Arboretum Ventures LLC the company,” she Skillman Foundation 2009 and 2010 Detroit said. Detroit than was re- Myers said day- quired of it by Biggest achievement: Working on invest- to-day work is also Biggest achievement: Being named CFO at the Internal Rev- ments that can commercialize health care part of a broader age 29. enue Service. innovation and technology in ways that im- Arboretum goal of Current goal: Continue to find ways to The foundation prove or even save lives. supporting Michi- keep the foundation financially secure. then adjusted Current goal: Make an impact on the peo- gan and the Mid- back to normal ple and companies she works with every west. uring the economic downturn in spending. day by listening and being flexible. Myers has been 2008, Danielle Olekszyk knew that Olekszyk en- involved in multi- Dthe Skillman Foundation’s assets were abled the foun- hat could lead a Harvard-educated ple organizations decreasing in value, but she also recog- dation to make MBA grad and venture capital ris- supporting entre- nized an increasing need in the com- grant-relat- Wing star to pull up stakes from a preneurship, munity. ed payouts Palo Alto, Calif., firm for an oppor- health care com- Rather than go on with business for 2009, tunity shopping deals for an Ann mercialization as usual, Skillman wanted to in- as re- Arbor VC company? and job crease grant-making. So Olek- ported to the IRS, of 5.46 percent of growth. total assets and 7.19 percent for The chance to manage a new szyk, seven months into her new This year, Arboretum led an in- 2010. fund, for one thing. Plus, she role as CFO, sat down with the vestment in Ann Arbor-based Molecu- Olekszyk, a CPA, was a consul- likes the culture in Michigan budget and found a way to make it and so does her fiancé, a physi- lar Systems Corp. tant and auditor before joining happen. cian. “We also just closed an invest- Skillman in 2004. She said be- Restructuring the founda- Since Kristin Myers began at ment in a Chicago-based health care ing able to use her skills in tion’s health care plan, Arboretum Ventures LLC this year, services company called Fidelis accounting to help others which accounts for 4.5 per- she has led due-diligence ef- that will have a large presence is what brought her on cent of the budget, was a ma- forts investing in health in the state of Michigan board. jor undertaking, she said. care companies. That in- through their clinics and “It didn’t take long She was able to cut health cludes medical devices, patient-focused medical for me to realize that health care information services,” she said. care spending 9 percent in this was what I was technology, diagnostics Myers also leads efforts 2009 and an additional 11 per- meant to do,” and services. She heads to connect with angel in- cent in 2010. She also cut ad- Olekszyk said. “I $235 million in capital investing and university net- ministrative costs 4 percent in absolutely love the vested in private health works throughout the Mid- 2009. mission. I’m so care companies. west. For example, she The foundation left several committed to it.” “I also support the com- was a guest faculty mem- positions unfilled in 2009; cut The Skillman Founda- panies where we have al- ber for a National Science back on travel, conferences and tion is focused on devel- ready invested, whether Foundation program called consulting services; and added oping good schools and that support means think- iCorps for sessions in Ann Arbor. an employer-funded health re- good neighborhoods. ing through a strategic ques- — Jennette Smith imbursement account for — Michelle Muñoz

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Page 22 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 40 Und er 4 Trevor Pawl, 30 ter being hired, Trevor Pawl was in charge of it. After two col- Program director, Connection Point leagues left, Pawl worked solo for Detroit Regional Chamber four months and eventually hired Detroit three people to join him. Pawl’s only requirement was Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Launching that the program make 500 con- Connection Point, a program that nections between Michigan sup- seeks to help Michigan-based pliers and national pur- companies land contracts from chasers. out-of-state and international cus- The program now tomers. has made 1,092 con- Ⅲ Current goal: To find the fund- nections and gener- ing to keep Connection Point go- ated $196 million in ing and increase the number of bid quotation oppor- suppliers in it that are owned by tunities — helping women, veterans and minori- local companies bid ties. for work in more diverse industries. n October 2010, Connection the Detroit Re- Point has Igional Chamber helped bring was given a two- big organiza- year, $1 million tions such as grant for an eco- NASA and Boe- nomic developing Co. to ment program by Southeast the U.S. Department Michigan. And of Commerce’s Eco- now, Pawl said, nomic Develop- purchasers in- ment Administra- vite the suppliers tion. to them. The program was “We started with new, with no frame- this idea of bringing work. And one month af- purchasers to the state,

Jason Raznick, 34 Founder, CEO Benzinga.com Bingham Farms

Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Launching a growing financial information service. Ⅲ Current goal: Continue to grow the service through moves such as the recent launch of Marketfy.com, which allows retail investors to track the movements of professional traders.

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October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 23 Und er 40 “ We started with Congratulations this idea of bringing to our alumnus purchasers to the state, and now it’s Jeff Laethem caught on.” Trevor Pawl And to all of the and now it’s caught on to the point where purchasers are ready GRAB THE REINS. 40 under 40 to take the next step with these suppliers and basically inviting them in, saying, ‘Come down, see Pawl is all about how we work and ultimately, let’s promoting Michigan. deepen this relationship,’ ” Pawl said. Funding was originally scheduled to run out Oct. 1, but Pawl said the program has a surplus and has been given a no-cost ex- tension to operate through the end of the year. In the past six months, 16 percent of Connection Point suppliers have been woman-owned businesses and 11 percent veteran-owned — per- centages Pawl is hoping will increase. — Michelle Muñoz

tal LLC, operates Benzinga.com out of Bingham Farms, presenting daily financial information to traders and investors. He launched it in 2010, and it has grown to 25 employees — all of whom have an ownership stake in the business — and revenue projected for this year of $2 million to $3 million. More than 1 million people visit Ben- zinga.com every month, and that number is closer to 3 million when distribution channels — other sites that pay for Benzinga’s information — are included, Raznick said. Raznick said the difference between his site and other financial news sites is in the action-oriented level of the information presented. While Benzinga doesn’t directly tell investors what to do, it does try to give direction. “Instead of saying, ‘The iPhone 5 is coming out, go buy one,’ ... we’re saying, ‘Here’s what hap- pened the last time the iPhone came out,’ ” he said. That approach was distinct enough to lure money from Groupon co-founders Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky. Through their technology investment fund Light- bank LLC, the pair invested $1.5 million in Benzinga last year. Raznick worked in financial media before launching Benzinga, including time spent writing for thestreet.com, the website founded by CNBC’s Jim Cramer. Also queued up for Raznick is the launch of Raz Group LLC, planned as a private equity investor in companies. — Gary Anglebrandt DBpageAD.qxp 5/25/2012 9:12 AM Page 1 20121001-NEWS--0025-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/27/2012 4:11 PM Page 1

October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 25 40 Under 40 Lesley Esters Redwine, 39 CEO New Urban Learning Detroit

Biggest achievement: Opening schools that help better prepare children for college. Current goal: To see Detroit students in her schools achieve 90 percent graduation rates, 90 percent college acceptance and 90 percent college completion.

esley Esters Redwine wants more for Detroit students L than for them to just graduate from high school. She wants them to be prepared to succeed in college. A STRONGER COMMUNITY. Redwine, CEO and superinten- my in Detroit in 2017. The school dent of New Urban Learning, the opened in 2010 and has 367 students A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. nonprofit operator of the Universi- in grades six through eight. The ty Prep schools, is implementing goal for the school is to see 90 per- the YES Prep model at the schools cent graduate, 90 percent get ac- it manages in an effort to raise cepted into four-year colleges and standards on education. YES Prep 90 percent graduate from college. was started in Houston. Getting parents and leaders in “There isn’t anything that ex- Detroit rallied around education ists in this region right now that is a big step in the process, Red- really ... (focuses) on college readi- wine said. ness,” Redwine said. “We look to “I don’t think anyone in the city Henry Ford Health System proudly congratulates our own Marlowe YES Prep as a beacon of what’s believes the kids can’t do it,” she Stoudamire, Project Director – Strategic Business Development, on being possible.” said. “I think there have been Crain’s Detroit Business Redwine returned to Detroit in some monumental leaps, but there named as one of this year’s “40 under 40” by . 2011 after spending 11 years work- are still some setbacks. … We still Marlowe’s dedication to improve efﬁciencies within the organization and ing to improve schools in the have a ways to go to bring every- his work assisting local entrepreneurs reﬂect the values we believe make for Brooklyn borough in New York one on board.” healthier, stronger communities. City. She helped open 11 schools Tonya Allen, COO and vice during her time there. Those president of programs at The Skill- schools now hold more than 5,000 man Foundation, said Redwine is students. showing the way to move schools The first students will graduate “from good to great.” from the University YES Acade- — Michelle Muñoz

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October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 27 40 Under 40 five years. Powerlink Facilities Man- The firm worth agement Services was responsible for 40 percent of that contract. Anytime you are building listening to Scott Rice, Powerlink’s CFO and “ COO, said the changes that have anything that’s different, you is the firm that taken place at DPS are a great SM achievement. That doesn’t mean it really have to focus on listens to you. was easy or that the work is done. communication. Rice worked with the Internation- SM al Union of Operating Engineers to de- ” Talk to Foley. We’re listening. velop a new facilities management Scott Rice system. Most of the onetime DPS employees were transferred into it’s going to yield the same results, Inc. and owners of other commer- the exact same role with Power- that’s tough for people to hear,” cial buildings. For 170 years, Foley has made it our mission to link, but things had to change. Rice said. “Anytime you have a Powerlink doubled its number Communication was key to change in a major system or any- of employees from 304 in January find out exactly what our clients want and deliver making the change, Rice said. Dan time you are building anything 2011 to 606 in January 2012. It also it. So when our Detroit clients asked for local Ringo, former executive director that’s different, you really have to nearly doubled revenue from access to the strength of a national law firm, Foley of the operating engineers union, focus on communication and real- $11.98 million in 2010 to $22.8 mil- said Rice is a smart problem- ly being thoughtful in the way you lion in 2011. recruited the city’s top talent to establish our Detroit solver who figured out ways to put something together.” Rice also chairs the Warren- office and provide trusted local advisors who could provide better service to DPS. Powerlink manages facilities based nonprofit Winning Futures, “When you’re telling people we for Henry Ford Health System, the which provides mentoring and life leverage our national resources. It’s one more can’t do the same things that Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Insti- skills programs. reason Foley received a top five ranking nationally we’ve done historically because tute, Grand Rapids-based Steelcase — Michelle Muñoz for delivering exceptional client service in a recent survey of Fortune 1000 corporate counsel.

“Shared success is the best success,” Roberts Learn more about how Foley can add value to your business. Contact said. The pond of available customers Detroit Ofﬁce Managing Partner Daljit S. Doogal at [email protected]. Previously, marketing “ had been focused on in- suddenly became much bigger because Foley.com dividual franchisees, not the brand as a we were that much more visible. whole. Roberts said ” there was growing pres- Meg Roberts sure to market online the brands under Ser- were beginning to sumer leads went up 345 percent. vice Brands Interna- drop services. “The pond of available cus- #5*$MJFOU4FSWJDF"5FBN 5IF#5*$POTVMUJOH(SPVQ 8FMMFTMFZ .BTTBDIVTFUUT tional’s umbrella. Its But in 2009, a ma- tomers suddenly became much brands include Molly jor overhaul of the bigger because we were that much #0450/t#3644&-4t$)*$"(0t%&530*5t+"$,40/7*--&t-04"/(&-&4 Maid, Mr. Handyman online strategy more visible,” Roberts said. ."%*40/t.*".*t.*-8"6,&&t/&8:03,t03-"/%0t4"$3".&/50 and ProTect Painters. was launched, in- Molly Maid has more than 250 4"/%*&(0t4"/%*&(0%&-."3t4"/'3"/$*4$0t4)"/()"*t4*-*$0/7"--&: 5"--")"44&&t5".1"t50,:0t8"4)*/(50/ %$ Roberts and the cluding a new franchisees nationwide. Predicted ª'PMFZ-BSEOFS--1t"UUPSOFZ"EWFSUJTFNFOUt1SJPSSFTVMUTEPOPUHVBSBOUFFBTJNJMBSPVUDPNF marketing team were website, social revenue for 2012 is $200 million, /$MBSL4USFFU 4VJUF $IJDBHP *-tt able to persuade fran- media presence $50 million more than in 2009. chisees to pay more into and “mommy — Michelle Muñoz the national marketing bloggers.” Roberts budget, which she said said the results were was a difficult task be- felt immediately. After cause many customers the revamp, online con-

nearly 1,600 employees in Michi- work to do.” The report shows cus- gan and Indiana. Customer de- tomer service metrics, sales met- posits in his territory total $11 bil- rics and other data. lion. And he’s responsible for an Siaje said that with more con- annual budget of $52.4 million. sumers doing more routine bank- Siaje places a big emphasis on ing online, staffs in banking cen- innovative reporting measures ters are offering more and improving customer service sophisticated services. for the area he supervises. Within “We are adding small-business the past six months, Siaje said, he bankers, mortgage loan officers in has added 34 full-time assistant the banking centers, as well as manager and teller supervisor po- some more leaders within each sitions in Michigan to improve banking center to provide more service. capabilities,” he said. He also has established new Before Siaje joined Bank of business routines, such as more America in 2010, he worked for streamlined reporting. other banks as a banking center “Everyone gets a daily manager, district manager and in-box email with all of regional manager. the performance of their Siaje recently joined the banking center on a board of United Way for South- heat map,” he said. “It eastern Michigan and served is apparent every day on the board of where they are ACCESS for two winning and years. where they — Jennette have some Smith

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than 500 customers. Duo got $1 million in seed funding from angel investors Resonant Ven- ture Partners of Ann Arbor and True Ventures of Palo Alto, Calif., and in Feb- ruary of this year was the first Midwest company to get funding from Google Ventures, which led a $5 million investment joined by True and Resonant. Song also has been a mentor for young and would- be entrepreneurs in Ann Arbor, founding the Ann Arbor New Tech Meetup. “He knows people all over the world that he can put you in contact with,” said Dug Song, 37 Jason Townsend, managing director of Resonant Ventures. “His CEO Congratulations to Tapper’s Diamonds & Fine Jewelry President knowledge is encyclopedic. It’s as Duo Security Inc. if he has the latest ‘skunk works’ Ann Arbor computer for a brain.” MARK TAPPER One other soon-to-be-accom- on his 40 under 40 designation. His leadership and passion Ⅲ Biggest ac- plished goal complishment: Song is proud helps to drive Tapper’s toward a bright future. “The thing I’m of is he was most proud of chief organizer is being part of and fundraiser a team that for a 30,000- saved the Inter- square-foot net (from hack- skate park ers). Literally. scheduled to It sounds hy- open on Ann West Bloomfield 248.932.7700 | Somerset Collection 248.649.2000 perbolic, but Arbor’s north- Twelve Oaks Mall 248.465.1800 | www.tappers.com it’s true.” west side next summer. Ⅲ Next goal: Trying to recapture — Tom Henderson “lightning in a bottle” at his company, Duo Security, and democra- tize Internet security for small companies.

n 2000, Dug Song was one of five geeks and hackers who co- Ifounded Arbor Networks, a Univer- sity of Michigan spinoff that would attract $33 million in venture capital over the next two years. When Arbor was founded, websites were easy targets for hackers and pranksters. Even large sites such as eBay’s, Microsoft’s and Ya- hoo’s would get hit with regularity. “Every site on the Web could be taken down easily, even by kids,” Margaret Skaer and Laura Sheets Panelist, Gregg Solomon said the outspoken Song, who was chief security architect at Arbor Missed Crain’s CIO Summit? for seven years. “It took a ragtag band of open-source developers Keynote Speaker, Robert Childs and hackers to solve that prob- Attendees gathered at the Fillmore in lem.” Detroit to discover the latest in technology Today, Arbor Networks’ securi- solutions at Crain’s ﬁrst annual CIO Summit ty software is used by more than and Awards presentation. The conference Publisher, Mary Kramer 80 percent of the world’s Internet offered a blend of interactive sessions, face- providers. The company was sold to-face meetings and extensive networking in 2010 to Texas-based Tektronix opportunities with respected peers and Communications. The company re- potential customers. tains a 22,000-square-foot research and development office in Ann Ar- VIEW THE GALLERY bor. CRAINSDETROIT.COM/CIOGALLERY Terms of the deal were not dis- closed but made for a nice return For Gallery Sponsorship, email [email protected] for founders and investors, which included EDF Ventures of Ann Ar- bor. A Few CIO Award Winners The term “serial entrepreneur” has been overused, but in Song’s case, it fits. After leaving Arbor Networks, he joined another UM spinoff, Zat- too, an Internet TV provider that grew to 5 million customers in two years; co-founded the Tech Brewery in 2008, a tech incubator in Ann Arbor that currently houses 30 companies; and in 2010 co-founded Duo Security Inc., a provider of highly secure, Web-based authen- tication services that has more Panelist, Linglong He Event Venue, The Fillmore Attendees, Laura Robert and Megan Donnellon 20121001-NEWS--0030,0031-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 10:25 AM Page 1

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“ I literally enjoy kicking butt.” Sandy Stojkovski

Sandy Stojkovski, 38 lion in revenue in two years. Scenaria helps automotive compa- President nies make top-level strategic deci- ONE HU G ND IN R T E Scenaria Inc. A D sions by using heavy computing pow- R Y B E Plymouth E A er to help executives better navigate L R

E S C 100 the peaks and valleys of the automo- Biggest achievement: Successfully tive industry. launching Scenaria Inc., which sup- The proprietary models and sys- ports executive-level decision-making tems Scenaria uses help companies at automotive suppliers. sort out the possible regulatory and Current goal: Grow the business to consumer demand scenarios they $100 million in annual revenue. could experience in coming years. The result is a more scientific ap- hen Sandy Stojkovski says proach to key decisions. she’s competitive, she’s not Stojkovski said many supplier ex- Wkidding. It explains how ecutives still use their guts to make she has grown a startup to $10 mil- decisions. She prefers to give them

Jeffrey Stone, 38 couldn’t have known just how for- tuitous a move that would turn Managing director/partner out to be. Speyside Equity LLC Speyside had just purchased Brighton Stahl Specialty Co., a Kansas-based aluminum foundry, from Thyssen- Biggest achievement: Managing a Krupp AG. Stahl was bringing in key acquisition through the reces- about $130 million in annual rev- sion, positioning the private equi- enue at the time. ty company for future purchases. Stone had been the investment 00 banker representing Thyssen- SAVE $100 OFF Current goal: Help the company grow through more acquisitions Krupp. After the sale, Speyside’s in the Midwest. founding partner, Kevin Daugher- ty, asked Stone to come over to hen Speyside Equity LLC Speyside as a partner and help brought in Jeffrey Stone manage Stahl. Win 2006 to help with a re- By the time the firm sold Stahl cent acquisition, the business in 2010, the four partners were ready to move on to new horizons. Stahl hit some bad times during the recession, with revenue drop- ping and the company’s primary Presented by lender going bankrupt. “I literally thought there was

Mark Tapper, 31 YOU’RE INVITED President Tapper’s Fine Jewelry Inc. West Bloomfield Township CLIMBING THE BRIC WALL— Biggest achievement: Starting Tapper’s Gold Exchange business in OPPORTUNITIES WITH BRAZIL, 2009 and taking it from a pop-up store to 12 permanent locations RUSSIA, INDIA AND CHINA across the region today. Current goal: To make the Tapper family of companies a regional household name in each of its re- OCTOBER 16 2012 spective businesses. Join us on-site at UHY’s Farmington Hills ofﬁce or on-line via webcast ark Tapper, who took the On-site Program On-line Webinar reins of his family’s busi- Mness, Tapper’s Fine Jewelry 7:30AM–12:30PM EST 8:00AM–11:45AM EST Inc., last year The economic growth has at the age of “ 30, is al- Please join us as we convene a panel of decelerated in the BRIC ready taking the experts to discuss inbound investments countries due to a slowing company into the BRIC countries including a general in new direc- overview of the business climate and global economy but there are economic conditions, opportunities and still tremendous opportunities potential threats of doing business in the country, tax issues and considerations, to invest as these countries pitfalls when starting a business in the account for more than 25% Dennis Petri, CPA country, employment considerations, entity Partner & International Liaison structure and tax planning considerations. of global GDP.

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October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 31 40 Under 40 some data. pany, See More Systems LLC. Marlowe Stoudamire, 35 planning processes. This included “They don’t have to be able to Before starting that business, overhauling the system’s perfor- Project director, predict the future. Stojkovski did simi- mance review system by creating a strategic business development They just have to lar work for Ricardo leadership performance council Henry Ford Health System know which futures Inc. in Van Buren and by redesigning an operational would impact their Township. Detroit dashboard system that allows time- decisions,” Stoj- Scenaria also ly monitoring across the system of Ⅲ Biggest achievement: Contributing kovski said. helps auto compa- key business targets such as read- to the health system’s winning the Scenaria has nies, mainly suppli- missions and market share. Malcolm Baldrige quality award. about 12 major ers, identify unfilled For two years, Stoudamire also Ⅲ Current goal: To take the health clients it regularly technology areas — has served on the board of Detroit system global. serves, she said. what she calls white Harmonie, a nonprofit focused on breaking down racial barriers and Stojkovski had space — that they arlowe Stoudamire quotes creating a natural environment of some help launch- could enter with Albert Einstein when asked diversity. This work — such as ing her business. new products. Mabout his vision for the the annual “Get Funded Chal- AVL Group, an Aus- Stojkovski said reinvention of health care systems: lenge,” which awards $50,000 in a trian powertrain her competitiveness “The problems that exist in the pitch contest for social entrepre- development com- also comes through world today cannot be solved by the neurs — feeds Stoudamire’s entre- pany, launched Scenaria in 2010 in her spare time, when she golfs level of preneurial spirit, he said. and put Stojkovski in charge, and pursues a black belt in karate. thinking “My professional achievements based on the analytics work she “I literally enjoy kicking that created and ambitions,” Stoudamire said, was doing through her butt,” she said. them.” “are far exceeded by a strong de- Northville-based consulting com- — Gary Anglebrandt So with sire to have a positive impact on new ways of the community I grew up in, be a thinking in mentor to young men and a role mind, model to my own family.” no way I could make it,” Stone also stepped in as CEO and COO Stoudamire — Jennette Smith said. “I couldn’t make at times to steady the ship. By is a key part the pension pay- the time of the sale, Stahl was of the $4 bil- ments.” clear of long-term debt and was lion health Stone acted as back up to $100 million in rev- system’s fo- CFO throughout enue, Stone said. He also renego- cus on inno- the ownership and tiated agreements and prices vation. For example, he helped re- Finance Experience with customers. design the system’s business model Speyside has two portfolio to find measurable strengths and companies: Sweet Ovations, a weaknesses in operations, quality, Philadelphia-based yogurt busi- patient safety and other areas. In Your Corner. ness, and United Initiators, a Ger- Stoudamire said the redesign, man chemical business that inspired by CEO Nancy Schlicht- Speyside sold 80 percent of last ing’s desire for improvement, year. helped contribute to Henry Ford’s Speyside is geared up to winning the prestigious Baldrige make a few acquisitions a quality award last year. year, with businesses in Henry Ford President and COO the Midwest as the target. Bob Riney called Stoudamire “one “We’re actively looking to of the key future-of-Detroit lead- put money to work,” Daugh- ers. At a very young age, he has erty said. “Two to three acqui- taken the lead in many areas.” sitions a year would be ideal.” Stoudamire updated Henry — Gary Anglebrandt Ford’s leadership and strategic

tions, such as buying estate jewel- The next year, he earned the ti- Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey, the ry and opening a new fashion and tle of graduate gemologist upon world’s largest luxury goods com- jewelry store aimed at younger graduat- pany, as an executive trainee. He customers. ing from worked on the startup and man- At the same time, he’s leading a the Gemo- agement team for Louis Vuitton’s strategy to grow all three Tapper’s logical In- site at CityCenter in Las Vegas. businesses: Tapper’s Diamonds & stitute of Tapper returned to Michigan in Fine Jewelry, Tapper’s Gold Exchange America. 2010 to be director of the family’s and Marlee’s by Tapper’s. From flagship store in West Bloomfield “My most important strategic there, he Township. objective is to consistently en- headed to He subsequently became vice hance the level of service we pro- Harvard president of business develop- vide to our clients and our team,” Universi- ment, and in mid-2011 president of Tapper said. ty’s busi- Tapper’s, which is projected to After earning a bachelor’s de- ness generate $50 million in revenue gree in economics and a master’s school, this year. Michael Romaya in international economics and fi- where he Tapper is spearheading the com- nance, Tapper spent two years as a earned pany’s expansion into estate buy- special education teacher for his MBA in 2009 and a yearlong ing and other new areas of growth. Teach for America in the South position in Boston-based Parthenon In May, he oversaw the launch of a Bronx area of New York City. He Group LLC’s private equity prac- new fashion and jewelry concept spent an additional year working tice. aimed at a younger customer: as an education consultant in New He came home to Michigan to Marlee’s by Tapper’s at Twelve York, earning a master’s in educa- oversee the launch of Tapper’s Oaks Mall in Novi. I Metro Detroit I Grand Rapids I Kalamazoo I Grand Haven I Lansing tion in 2006. Gold Exchange before joining — Sherri Welch

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Page 32 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 40 Under 40 Chris Thomas, 34 “The worst thing someone can are Ralph Booth, CEO and chair- to market faster. say to you is ‘no,’ so it’s always a man of Booth American Co.; Bill “Many people in Detroit, I Founding principal good idea to ask,” he said. Ford, executive chairman of Ford think, look back at what Detroit Fontinalis Partners “Putting yourself out there is in- Motor Co.; and Mark Schulz, for- was, what Detroit has been,” Detroit credibly important.” mer president of international op- Thomas said. “I’m a believer that Thomas knows this from life ex- erations for Ford. everyone throughout the city Biggest achievement: Co-found- perience as well: He was the first According to CrunchBase, an on- needs to focus on what Detroit can ing Fontinalis Partners and serving person in his family to graduate line database of technology, peo- be and what Detroit will be.” in the U.S. Army. from college, and he served in the ple and investors, Fontinalis in- Thomas also invests in De- Current goal: Continue to grow Army in Iraq as a second lieu- vestments in Wheelz, Life 360, troit’s youth by bringing to the the company and contribute to tenant. Streetline, SQLstream and Every- area Everybody Wins! USA, a non- Detroit through business and Focused on mobility and future day Solutions total about $43 mil- community involvement. transportation companies, Fonti- lion. profit focused on improving the nalis has eight private invest- Fontinalis’ first investment literacy of low-income children. hris Thomas never has been ments so far: ParkMobile, Everyday was ParkMobile, announced in Thomas is on the nonprofit’s na- timid, especially not when he Solutions, Life 360, Park Me, Quick January 2010. Thomas said mak- tional board. Cand fellow Yale University grad- Pay, SQLstream, Streetline and ing mobility more efficient is a — Michelle Muñoz uate Chris Cheever launched Fonti- Wheelz, all focused on mobility or large part of Detroit’s future, and nalis Partners as the founding princi- technology, or both. the firm is interested in helping pals in December 2009. The firm’s founding partners entrepreneurs bring their ideas

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Christopher Trebilcock, 38 duction to hard work not only a financial loss has paid off in his pro- but lost time and want- Principal and deputy practice fessional life. Trebil- ed to limit both. group leader cock, principal and “Metro Airport is one Miller, Canfield, Paddock deputy practice group of the biggest economic and Stone PLC leader at Miller Can- drivers in Southeast Detroit field, oversees a prac- Michigan and Michigan tice area with 40 em- in general,” Trebilcock Biggest achievement: Working on ployees and revenue of said. “All these kind of significant Open Meetings Act cas- about $13 million. stories and publicity, es on behalf of the Wayne County A recent example of that’s going to have an Airport Authority. his case work is his ef- effect on their ability to Current goal: To grow his prac- fort to resolve the signif- be an economic driver.” tice group to one of the leading em- icant operational and Trebilcock isn’t just ployment and labor groups in the public relations prob- Basketball is one of generous with his time 6th and 7th circuits of the U.S. lems fueled by multiple Trebilcock’s favorite for clients, said Detroit In- pastimes. Court of Appeals. lawsuits filed against stitute of Arts Chairman the Wayne County Airport Authority in Gene Gargaro. Trebilcock has been hristopher Trebilcock attrib- the wake of the Turkia Mullin (for- involved with the DIA Founders utes his work ethic to his mer Detroit Metro Airport CEO) Junior Council since 2006, current- Cmother. He grew up in the Up- severance scandal. ly as president. Trebilcock distin- per Penin- His efforts resulted in three guishes himself from other volun- sula, and af- Open Meetings Act cases being teers through his devotion of time ter school dismissed and the shift of the and talent, Gargaro said. he would Mullin wrongful discharge case to — Michelle Muñoz help his private arbitration. single Miller Canfield was hired on the mother at matter in late December and was the newspa- able to get dismissed two of three per she ran. lawsuits filed against the airport The early authority by activist Robert Colonial Life brings intro- Davis. Another lawsuit filed by solid solutions for today’s three plaintiffs with ties to the American Federa- public sector employee tion for State, County and Municipal Employ- benefit challenges ees relating to the Open Meetings Colonial Life understands that public sector organizations Act was also dis- face distinct challenges. We offer public sector entities of missed. Congratulations to Robin Basil, Account all sizes a variety of cost-management solutions to help When faced with manage the rising cost of employee benefits – and still the prospect of ei- Director, on being chosen to represent Colonial Life on its recent US Conference provide employees the quality benefits and services they ther asking the court deserve. for more time or working of Mayor’s tour in Michigan. Over a

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Page 34 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 40 Und er 4 Jamie Walters, 38 hair salon, in early winter. Partner amie Walters quit her dream At a tough time in Velocity Cow job as a WDIV television pro- “ Detroit Jducer in 2007 to travel the economy ... we halfway around the world with Biggest achievement: Landing her fiancé, Vince Keenan, execu- figured out how to an innovative contract with tive director of Publius, visiting 13 WDIV-Channel 4, leveraging the countries in six months. cut costs, innovate, speed and experience of TV When she returned, Walters do the work we veterans with the per- had a global perspective on cre- spective of a creative ativity that helped her launch a love. advertising agency venture with longtime friend and ” and growing the former WDIV editor Mike Sher- Jamie Walters business to 500 man in 2008. commercials a year. Over wine, their brainstorming Current goal: Im- led to the name Velocity Cow. ployer helped them rent studio our way through,” Walters said. prove Velocity Cow’s They could milk the name and space in Harmonie Park and re- The business grew to $419,000 in margins and open a sec- their reputations. Soon they land- cruit clients nationwide. revenue in 2011 and six employees ond business, a specialty ed business, and their former em- “We started small and fumbled including the owners. “Every year we’ve increased our revenue 50 to 60 percent,” Wal- ters said. “At a tough time in the economy and the industry, we figured out how to cut costs, innovate, do the work we love and create the template that others are already following.” The biggest puzzle is telling a story in 30 seconds, which Wal- ter’s team accomplished for clients as diverse as Detroit Public Television, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Inity In-Store and LaFontaine Au- tomotive Group. What does Walters hope to do in the future? “Every day, I want to do better. I want to learn new things. Media is a changing landscape, and I keep asking how Velocity Cow can be a powerful entity within that changing landscape.” — Maureen McDonald

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October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 35 Und er 40 Sean Zecman, 38 had to demonstrate how he would states. Zecman improved upon his ness and finance and came back to work an exit plan for his father father’s business plan by buying at work for the family business. CEO and ramp up revenue, and he did. the lowest price and using technol- “My dad taught me a few simple My dad taught me National Food Group Current goal: Zecman plans to ogy and nutritional engineering to lessons that I live every “ Novi make National Food Group the top lower the fat and sodium content day: Tell and live the truth a few contender in the commercial food and add vitamins to meet the tough no matter how much it Biggest achievement: In 2002, he industry, serving prisons and quality standards of its clients. hurts, work harder than simple purchased the company the he schools. In 2008, during the heart of the everyone else, and it is OK founded with his father, Vaughn recession, National Food Group to make a mistake — just lessons that “Bud” Zecman, to avoid letting the he Zecman family found the opened an office in San Diego to never make the same mis- business go perfect niche for food service serve West Coast customers. take twice.” I live every to a com- Tprofessionals: supplying “Because of everyone’s hard By 2007, Zecman had paid day: petitor. He large institutional kitchens — from work, it has been our fastest-grow- his dad in full for National Harvard University to Cooper Street ing segment for three out of the Food Group. By 2011, his Tell and Correctional Facility in Jackson — last four years,” Zecman said. The company had generated with cheese, meat, nutritional bars West Coast office even serves cus- $45 million in sales, up from live the and some canned goods. tomers in Alaska. $20 million when his dad ran the The food is purchased in quar- Zecman started in the business operation. Zecman expects $50 mil- truth. ter- and half-ton truckloads and at age 16 doing the books for his fa- lion in 2012. ” sent to schools and prisons in 50 ther. He acquired a degree in busi- — Maureen McDonald Sean Zacman

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Page 36 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 Job Front PEOPLE ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING Alyce Riemenschneider to principal, Kevin Staley to se- Quinn Evans Architects Inc., Ann Ar- nior project man- bor, from president, Riemenschneider ager, Professional Design Associates Inc., Brighton. Engineering Asso- ciates Inc., How- CONSTRUCTION ell, from senior project manager, John Kruso to sales engineer for Rowe Profession- Southeast Michigan, Hutch Paving al Services Co., Inc., Warren, from project engineer dba Rowe Engi- for Southeast Michigan, Asphalt Spe- neering, Flint. cialists Inc., Pontiac. Staley FINANCE CONSULTING Sandra Allison to Ali Maleki to prod- senior vice presi- uct group director dent and director, for controls and business continu- electronics, Ricar- ity and crisis man- do Inc., Van Bu- agement, Flagstar ren Township, Bancorp Inc., from manager, Troy, from princi- software systems pal partner, Risk and controller de- Masters Inc., Troy. velopment, Fisker Rhonda Daven- Automotive, Ana- port Johnson to se- Allison Maleki heim, Calif. nior vice president and director, Comerica Loan EDUCATION Center, Comerica Bank, Auburn Hills, from senior vice president and region- Gabe Gloden to community engage- al manager, Oakland region of Michi- ment officer, Wayne State University gan banking centers. Press, Detroit, from managing direc- AJ Weiner to national director, office tor, Bloomington Playwrights Project, leasing, Jones Lang LaSalle, Detroit, Bloomington, Ind. remaining executive vice president.

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ROOM NEARBY MARKET According to the Michigan Department of Community Health, the following REAL ESTATE eight Oakland County hospitals had a cumulative vacancy rate of 38 PLACE percent in 2010, which is the most recent data available. The Economic VACANT LAND Alliance for Michigan, a statewide business-labor coalition, estimates that AUCTIONS the eight are within a half-hour drive of the Clarkston-area site McLaren ANNOUNCEMENTS & "Forestville" - 700 Ft. Lake Huron, 20 acres lakeside 20 !5" #$ %5& Health Care Corp. has proposed for a new hospital. SERVICES acres behind. Majestic overlook very private, secluded. Beautiful ravine @ N. End. Treed throughout property, natu- '*%&+ Average Minutes ral walk down to untouched shoreline. Call 248-645-5340. Licensed Vacancy beds from FINANCIAL SERVICES 5 beds* rate available Clarkston $%! St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, # &#"( & Pontiac 395 42% 166 18 Call or email today for information '()&%**)''+, # McLaren Oakland, Pontiac 308 75% 231 19 ,-.!$$ . &/ Doctors Hospital, Pontiac 321 92% 295 19 on a custom advertising plan! Crittenton Hospital, Rochester 270 43% 116 20 !" William Beaumont-Troy 361 16% 58 21 [email protected] Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc Township 410 30% 123 22 BUSINESS & 313.446.6068 William Beaumont-Royal Oak 1,031 20% 206 29 INVESTMENTS 6V8UDPI@@S) 8C69 H@UaB@S DI 6p Gvp 6V !$& Huron Valley-Sinai, Commerce Township 153 18% 27 29 BUSINESSES FOR SALE Totals 3,249 38% 1,222 Great Business Opportunity: Successful Restaurant/Bar in * As of Dec. 31, 2010 Macomb County looking for serious buyers that want to step The Crain’s reader: into a thriving business & location. Confidentiality agreement required prior to any business information released. Inquire at [email protected] for more information. 29.2% are with companies McLaren: Call Us For Personalized contemplating moving/ CON change? Service: (313) 446-6068 ■ From Page 3 expanding. Help them FAX: (313) 446-1757 “McLaren intends to find a way eight hospitals within a half-hour to build a new hospital,” Timmer drive of the proposed site that have E-MAIL: [email protected] ﬁnd you by advertising in said. “(An amendment) can be in- significant vacancy rates, so INTERNET: Crain’s Real Estate section. troduced in the Senate, it can be there’s no need for a new hospital www.crainsdetroit.com/section/classifieds moved to another Senate commit- in the area. (See table above.) tee or House committee, or we can McLaren’s Kevin Tompkins, See work through Gov. Snyder’s office vice president of marketing, said Crainsdetroit.com/Section/Classifieds 313.446.6068 • FAX: 313.446.1757 and the Department of Community the north Oakland County area E-Mail: [email protected] Health.” around Clarkston is growing, pro- for more classified advertisements Timmer said McLaren has not duces 25,000 annual patient dis- ruled out filing a lawsuit or appeal- charges and gives patients quicker ing the state’s administrative deci- access to a full-service emergency sion to deny the hospital CON ap- department. plication. Marsha Manning, manager of JOB FRONT The state requires health care health plans with General Motors providers to apply for certificate- Co., said GM believes the CON of-need approval for many types of process is effective and that any GENERAL MANAGEMENT equipment and building invest- changes should be conducted with CBS Radio Detroit seeks Account Executives. Must ments in an effort to control cost, open public discussion. have prior success selling, willingness to prospect and access and quality of health care. “CON always can be improved, strong closing skills. Please visit: cbsradio.com to apply. EOE. The provisions excluded from the but this bill is fixing a process that McLaren bill would allow the 10- isn’t broken,” Manning said. MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT hospital nonprofit health system to Voting for Kowall’s bill in com- UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS move 200 hospital beds from its Pon- mittee were Sens. Mike Nofs, R- Reporting directly to the university president, the Associate Vice President/University Communications is the tiac hospital to a proposed new hos- Battle Creek; Judy Emmons, R- university’s chief spokesperson, responsible for developing & maintaining excellent outreach to and relations with the media and other external constituents. pital in Independence Township on Sheridan; and Goeff Hansen, Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree, preferably in marketing, public relations or communication; Master’s degree a McLaren-owned 80-acre tract. The R-Hart. Sen. Virgil Smith, D-De- Director/Creative Services preferred. Eight years of increasingly responsible combined experience in marketing & public relations. See site is south of I-75 at 5701 Bow troit, voted against it. Sens. Dave University Communications. Leads the publications & www.jobs.cmich.edu for full description of the position and complete list of requirements. Screening begins Pointe Drive, near the Pine Knob Golf Hildenbrand, R-Lowell, and Tupac creative services team within University Communica- October 1st and will continue until filled. Applicants must apply on-line at www.jobs.cmich.edu. Course and DTE Energy Music Theatre. Hunter, D-Detroit, did not attend. tions. Identifies & develops strategies & materials in- Celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, Central Michigan University is one of the nation’s 100 largest public cluding but not limited to print & online publications, Under current CON regulations, The bill also contained a provi- universities and the 4th largest in Michigan, with more than 21,000 students on its Mount Pleasant campus and an- advertising, web graphics, & marketing efforts. Re- other 7,100 enrolled at more than 50 locations across North America. bed transfers are restricted to sion that would eliminate the last quired: Bachelor’s degree, 5 yrs exp. Applicants must CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly & actively strives to increase diversity & provide equal within two miles of an existing regional health planning agency in apply online at www.jobs.cmich.edu. Screening begins immediately & continues until filled. CMU, an AA/EO in- opportunity within its community. (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo) hospital. Kowall’s bill would have Michigan, Grand Rapids-based Al- stitution, strongly & actively strives to increase diversity established an eight-mile-radius liance for Health. The multi-stake- within its community (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo/). for relocation. Construction would holder private health agency, which POSITIONS AVAILABLE have to begin within a year of the provides a variety of services, does bill’s passage. not receive state funding. The Michigan Department of “I was surprised the bill’s sponsor Community Health rejected (Kowall) would want to take away a Associate Director/Executive Communications REFERRERS: EARN A McLaren’s proposal earlier in voluntary process that has no cost University Communications. Develops communica- June because it didn’t fall within to the taxpayer, that allows people tions strategies & materials for CMU’s president & ex- the two-mile radius. in the community to talk about ecutive officers. Produces speeches, scripts, thought In a hearing on the bill, Kowall what health services are allowed in leadership articles & presentations that articulate the vision, priorities & key brand elements of the universi- said allowing McLaren to transfer their area,” said Bret Jackson, exec- ty. Required: Bachelor’s degree, 5 yrs exp. Applicants the beds would lead to $350 million utive director of the Economic Al- must apply online at www.jobs.cmich.edu. Screen- in economic spending, create jobs, liance. “The committee said they ing begins immediately and continues until filled. CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly & actively CASH BONUS save money for patients and im- want to remove local control.” strives to increase diversity within its community prove health. In 2002, two other Detroit-based (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo/). But Kelly Rossman-McKinney, health systems bypassed the CON up to $4,000 when a hire is made spokesperson for the Friends of Cer- process to get legislation approved tificate of Need, said the “new hos- to build new hospitals. pital is a blatant attempt to cherry- Henry Ford Health System and St. pick the well-heeled consumer at John Providence Health System won the expense of a lot of other Oak- special state legislative approval CallCall land County residents. It will drive to transfer beds from existing hos- up health care costs, and both pa- pitals to new hospitals in Oakland y tients and employees will be si- County. In 2008, 200-bed St. John’s y phoned away from existing hospi- Providence Park Hospital in Novi odaoda tals, thereby increasing financial opened, followed by 300-bed Henry tt stress and threatening their quali- Ford West Bloomfield Hospital in |JOB FRONT ty of services.” 2009. for a custom advertising The Economic Alliance for Michi- Jay Greene: (313) 446-0325, crainsdetroit.com/jobfront gan, which opposes the proposed [email protected]. Twitter: program • 313.446.6068 hospital, argues that there are @jaybgreene 20121001-NEWS--0038-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 5:04 PM Page 1

Page 38 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 Choice: Race could split biz loyalty ■ From Page 1 broad corporate support, and Politics newsletter. community is disillusioned with founded Detroit-based Bing Steel Some of Bing’s contributors Bing and will shift financial sup- Inc. (now Bing Group) in 1980 after a would abandon him for Duggan — if port to Duggan, but not everyone. hall-of-fame basketball career. they face each other, Ballenger said. Patterson didn’t say if he thinks Bing has a solid donor Rolodex: “It would split the business com- Duggan will win, but said that he He raised and spent $4 million in munity in terms of financial sup- could win. He also predicted an ar- 2009 in hard and soft donations be- port,” he said. duous campaign if it’s Duggan vs. tween the special and general elec- As with Bing, business support Bing. tions, said Ed Sarpolus, founder for Duggan has crossed party “I would not underestimate and executive director of Lansing- lines: The late Heinz Prechter, Mike Duggan at all. He’s a pit bull. based consultancy Target-Insyght. founder and chairman of South- When he sets his mind to some- How much Bing spent three gate-based ASC Inc., and James thing, he’ll get it done,” Patterson years ago is likely why Duggan has Nicholson, president and CEO of said. “If he wants to be mayor, it’ll set a goal of raising $5 million in Detroit-based PVS Chemical Inc., co- be one hellacious campaign. I campaign donation pledges by Dec. hosted a fundraiser in 2000 for don’t mean dirty, but grinding.” 31 as a metric that will drive his de- Duggan’s county prosecutor bid. Kelly Rossman-McKinney, CEO cision on whether to formally run. Joining the prominent Republi- and principal at Combined spending in 2013 can industrialists at the event was Lansing-based could top $10 million. U.S. Rep. John Dingell. political public “I think it certainly would have relations firm Tr- that potential. I think it would be uscott Rossman, a very expensive,” said Rich Robin- Silent establishment (for now) pro-Duggan ad- son of the Lansing-based Michigan The region’s major business or- vocate who had Campaign Finance Network, which ganizations have not said any- done work for tracks political spending. “Bing thing partisan about the mayoral the DMC, said has been through it twice, had to race to this point. one of Duggan’s raise a considerable amount of “There is tremendous respect for skills is raising money. Duggan would be a formi- Mayor Bing and his administration money. She said Rossman- dable fundraiser, too.” and what they’ve done to restore in- she doesn’t be- McKinney Duggan is widely noted for his tegrity to the city of Detroit,” said lieve he’ll have trouble raising $5 skill in soliciting donations, and Doug Rothwell, president and CEO million — and it likely will come he’s also presumably accumulated of Business Leaders for Michigan, the across party lines. personal wealth running the DMC. nonprofit CEO council represent- “I don’t think that’s a heavy lift “He brings to the table the mon- ing the region’s major employers. for him at all,” she said. “The city ey. A certain portion of the race he “It’s too early to speculate what is mainly Democratic, but the big can fund himself,” Sarpolus said. the mayor’s going to do, and money tends to be dominated by Duggan gets total compensation whether business leaders will lend Republicans.” of $2.41 million as the DMC’s chief, a their support. Right now, Mayor job he’s held since 2004. Some of that Bing is our mayor, and he’s some- he won’t get because it’s in stock op- one the business community fully The race factor tions linked to his staying several supports.” Whether greenbacks can over- more years at the hospital. He said Rothwell did have kind words come the city’s black-vs.-white dy- he’s in talks with the hospital sys- for Duggan. namic will be a key question in 2013. tem’s corporate owner, Nashville- “Mike Duggan is a very well- Duggan is white, but key leaders based Vanguard Health Systems Inc., qualified individual to be running of his campaign staff are black, such on when he would resign to run. for mayor. It’s very positive some- as committee chairman Conrad Why Should The mayor’s job pays $158,558 one of his caliber would be inter- Mallett, DMC’s chief administration annually. ested in doing something like this. officer since January, and formerly They Trust YOU? Duggan also has said he dis- It’s a tough job, and it’s great it’s president and CEO of Detroit’s Sinai- cussed last month with Bing his in- attracting such people,” he said. Grace Hospital. terest in running for mayor, but The Detroit Regional Chamber will Race certainly will be part of the deemed it a private conversation. endorse a candidate next year, and election debate and how fundraising Sarpolus theorized that Dug- said it’s too soon to speculate on plays out, political observers said. gan’s decision to publicly wage a the mayoral race. “It’s a tremendous challenge for pre-campaign now is aimed as “We will support Mayor Bing for a white candidate to run in an 85 BBB Accredited Businesses flushing out the competition early as long as he is in office and work- percent black city,” Ballenger by going after the major donors. ing to address key issues facing said. “This is absolutely what the are committed to honest, ethical “If he locks up the money early, Detroit,” said Jim Martinez, the African-American electorate fears even if there’s another strong can- chamber’s director of communica- and hates the most: some white and fair business practices. didate, they may not have a tions, via email. “Mike (Duggan) guy — no matter if he lives in the chance,” Sarpolus said. has been a respected leader in both city or not — backed mainly by a Duggan, 54, said he’s had con- the public and private sectors, and white suburban business estab- versations with business leaders, we are proud of his leadership role lishment. That’s going to be a Show Your Customers What but he declined to name names. as a board member of the Detroit tough sell.” Bing has not made any formal de- Regional Chamber.” Sarpolus said Duggan cannot cision on seeking another term rely solely on business influence to YOU Stand For and is instead focusing on restruc- win. He must make his case to the turing city government, said Covering bases? city’s religious, labor and ethnic Robert Warfield, the mayor’s di- Corporate donors certainly can group leaders. rector of communications. back more than one candidate, and If he wins, Duggan would be the Bing will turn 70 three weeks af- some may feel jaded after watch- first white mayor of Detroit since ter the November 2013 election. ing ex-Mayor Kilpatrick go to jail Roman Gribbs in 1970-74. Bing came to power as the candi- and Wayne County Executive The mayoral primary is sched- date of business interests, seeking Robert Ficano face an FBI probe uled for Aug. 6. The two top vote- to restore credibility to the city in into his administration. getters will advance to the Nov. 5 the wake of the humiliating scan- Among the traditionally influen- election. Detroit mayoral ballots ® dals involving disgraced former tial corporate leaders in Detroit are do not show political party. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Roger Penske, founder of Bloom- The only other candidate to file Three years later, the personal field Hills-based Penske Automotive paperwork for the race is State scandals are confined to Kil- Group; Dan Gilbert, founder of Quick- Rep. Lisa Howze, D-Detroit. Other ® patrick’s courtroom tribulations, en Loans Inc.; Peter Karmanos Jr., possibilities include attorney Ge- but Bing has struggled to manage the Compuware Corp. chairman; the offrey Fieger, Wayne County Sher- Start With Trust a deficit that remains above $200 Ilitch family, whose holdings in- iff Benny Napoleon, City Council million — and bankruptcy and a clude the Little Caesars pizza chain President Charles Pugh and State takeover by a state-appointed along with the Detroit Tigers and De- Rep. Fred Durhal, D-Detroit. Join the Better Business Bureau emergency financial manager are troit Red Wings; and Cynthia Pasky, However, none of them is con- Serving Eastern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula constant specters looming over president and CEO of Detroit-based sidered as influential or connected Detroit’s shaky situation. Strategic Staffing Solutions. in the corporate community as For more information: That’s led to disenchantment L. Brooks Patterson, the long- Duggan and Bing. bbb.org or 248-223-9400 among some business leaders, said time Republican Oakland County Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, Bill Ballenger, publisher of the executive, said he senses that at [email protected]. Twitter: Lansing-based Inside Michigan least some of the regional business @bill_shea19 20121001-NEWS--0039-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 5:03 PM Page 1

October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 39 Brothers: Artists work from solid base ■ From Page 3 and it filtered upward. Jeff Cohen, said. “We rely on artists as much CEO of Rock Cos., called to ask SCULPTURES AT THE WHITNEY as we rely on any other trade to them to share some ideas for the manifest design.” Erik and Israel Nordin’s works will design of the company’s new exec- Erik Nordin, who led the talks be on display Friday and Saturday utive suites. at The Whitney, 4421 Woodward for the brothers, was able to com- The lobby design included a 10- Ave, Detroit. The public will get a municate with creatives while foot-long saltwater aquarium, and preview of 14 sculptures headed to putting together marketing plans the Nordins, after some thought, the Chase Tower in Detroit for an and proposals that have credibility suggested using blown glass to exhibit running Oct. 8 through Nov. with businesspeople, he said. Need growth When businesses face the organic demands make a coral reef. They were given 2, sponsored by Rock Ventures It’s helpful, Deines said, to have of growth, purchasing goods, or even to LLC and its portfolio companies. the go-ahead to work with the lead artists who don’t come in with “a lot capital? make payroll, Crestmark’s service and design firm, Southfield-based Ros- The event also will serve as the of ego, stamp their foot down and innovative working capital solutions can be unveiling of a metal and glass setti Associates Inc. say, ‘Look, I’m the creator of this vi- the answer. The Nordins say their strategy sculpture the brothers made for sion and this is what I want.’ ” The Whitney. The sculpture will be is to come up with ideas that are Derek Weaver, who leases space Providing accounts receivable financing and placed “front and center” outside artistically original, catered to the of the restaurant, Erik Nordin said. to artists at the 4731 Arts Incubator asset-based lending to small- and mid-sized client and fitted to the setting. But & Gallery on West Grand River Av- businesses nationwide for over 15 years. The showing is part of Midtown the business side means taking a Detroit Inc.’s Dlectricity event. For enue in Detroit and this year has project, its high-profile client and more information, visit worked with more than 45 graffiti Contact us today! its deadlines seriously. Artists dlectricity.com. artists on a street art project along have to be careful not to over- that corridor, said he’s seen too Scott Frederick promise and under-deliver, they $2,500 to $170,000 for their work, many artists with talent go www.crestmark.com Matt Dekutoski said. Erik said. nowhere because of their lack of 888.999.8050 Anntreal Hemmingway-Smith “We have to reel each other in” The Nordin brothers said their business training. to stay disciplined, Erik said. 2011 revenue was about $250,000. He said he knows one artist who With that in mind, they studied They call their place, 12,000 square made a well-executed series of coral and also did studies of how feet in total, the “Batcave.” The paintings, but the problem was glass appears under different light- large main room contains an in- that the scenes all were of turkeys ing and algae conditions underwa- dustrial overhead crane and a at Thanksgiving. Not a single one ter before making the final pieces. large machine for flattening sheets sold, he said. Then they spent four months of coiled steel, and is equally clut- “That’s a No. 1 reason why sweating inside the glass aquari- tered in a way that would make artists fail or never take their tal- um, getting in and out through a newcomer artists in search of art- ents anywhere. There are a ton of hole in the top just big enough to sy Detroit grit drool. artists in Detroit who have amaz- let one person through. “Most clients love it,” Israel ing abilities but who don’t have They also reached out to their said. Occasionally they don’t, such the background or information business network for help, know- as the time when a high-profile that artists in New York or Chica- ing such a large project would re- client worried about her dress get- go have to be successful,” Weaver quire more people to meet the ting dirty. said. deadline. From here, the brothers run De- Erik and Israel worked for 10 Israel, 35, studied ceramics and troit Design Center LLC, shaping years managing their father’s two glass at the College for Creative Stud- metal, wood and glass into sculp- steel businesses. They took over ies, and Erik, 44, picked it up over tures, furniture and design pieces the Bulldog Steel building in 2000 the years. But they figured they’d for indoor and outdoor settings. and began doing their art business better bring in more talent, includ- They prefer to check out spaces full time. The brothers used their ing their brother, Chris Nordin, first and work from there, rather savings to buy the building for who with his wife, Michelle Plu- than crank out pieces and put $80,000 from their father in 2010. cinsky, runs the glassblowing them into galleries. Their father taught them to stay business Furnace Design Studio LLC “What we create is whatever our on top of the business end of in Dearborn. customer needs,” Erik said. things. They pulled together a total Their work can be seen in “One significant thing I tried to team of six glassblowers. The re- downtown Brighton, where they teach them was to say it the way it sulting 122 pieces range from 4 have six metal and glass sculp- is and do what you say,” said Ron inches to 39 inches tall, and repre- tures. They also have outdoor Nordin, 72. “Play it straight and sent about 20 species of coral, they pieces in Beverly Hills and Birm- people will like you.” said. Three “coral brains” are the ingham. Restaurants Too often, central pieces. have been a major source artists request re- The team also made a grouping of business. One example We rely on peated extensions of tall steel and glass pieces that is a glass sculpture, 22 “ on commissioned hang, and swivel, from the ceiling feet in diame- artists as projects, ask for next to the indoor basketball half- ter, installed more money or court, as well as “botanical glass” in the ceiling much as we don’t take expens- pieces made to look like plants of Mosaic es seriously, Erik standing at the ends of rows of Restaurant rely on any said. He and Israel desks. All combined, they made in Greek- saw some of this THE MILLER LAW FIRM 260 pieces of glass. town, recent- other trade first-hand when ly renamed they rented parts Changing the Odds in our Clients’ Favor Santorini Es- to manifest of their building to The ‘Batcave’ tiatorio. other artists, The brothers run their business The Hatch design. something they no out of the building through which Detroit idea to open a ” longer do. their father, Ronald Nordin, used store specifically for fur- Kelly Deines, “Artists don’t to operate Detroit-based Bulldog niture so far hasn’t mate- Rossetti Associates Inc. realize how hard Steel Inc. But the property on rialized but Erik said it’s their work is, so Michigan Avenue near Livernois still in their future plans. they do sell cheap or miss dead- looks as vacant as any other in the Lately, though, the brothers have lines,” Israel said. area. been focused on using their cave to The brothers work hard not to There is no front office where put steel and glass together into fall into the trap many artists fall they work, no conference meeting jagged shapes for their first public into of selling themselves short. rooms with long tables. There are art show, to be held at The Whitney It’s common for people to ap- a few old barbershop chairs in a this weekend. (See box above.) proach artists with the attitude Kevin F. O’Shea Sharon S. Almonrode E. Powell Miller Marc L. Newman Jayson E. Blake dimly lit room cluttered with that they are doing the artist a fa- pieces of grimy steel and tools, ‘Do what you say’ vor or that the artist should want The Miller Law Firm congratulates our attorneys some looking like they recently to provide free work in return for ® have had attention, others like Kelly Deines, principal and cre- exposure, they said. named to 2012 Michigan Super Lawyers , including they have been sitting for years. ative director at Rossetti, said “People come and expect me E. Powell Miller (Top 10) and Marc L. Newman (Top 100) The place feels like an over- working with artists should be no to be cheap like Ikea because I’m sized garage belonging to a guy different from working with electri- an artist,” Israel said. “As an who has never cleaned it out. 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Page 40 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS October 1, 2012 Recruiting: Auto sector gets creative to attract, keep engineers ■ From Page 1 president in charge of its 1,100-per- Broken pipeline son technical center in suburban ENGINEERING INTEREST Detroit, is serious about the dogs. Another problem: As the indus- To attract engineers to the auto try suffered over the past few Pet-friendly workplaces are industry, Detroit companies, state years, many engineering-oriented something that free-spirited New government and local professional Age powerhouse employers such organizations are trying new parents steered their children as Google and Microsoft permit. tactics, such as: away from automotive careers. Bailo and other auto executives Ⅲ Implementing flexible work Companies reduced or eliminated recognize that they are competing schedules, including allowing school internship and apprentice against such employers to attract employees to work at home. programs. The pipeline of young scarce engineers. She has been Ⅲ Relaxing rules on workplace people got broken. making the rounds benchmarking attire. At one traditional source of De- their practices to figure out how to Ⅲ Busing engineering students troit’s auto engineers, Michigan compete — something automakers from Midwestern colleges into State University, enrollment of engi- never had to worry about before. Detroit to show them it’s not a bad neering students dropped from Bailo has instructed her office place to live. 3,800 a decade ago to around 2,400 building to keep Ⅲ Discussing a plan to bring in 2009. its on-site gym- engineers and their spouses to The numbers are rising again, nasium open Detroit for visits to show them the says Garth Motschenbacher, the throughout the social side of the industry. university’s director of employer day and into the Ⅲ Recruiting professionals and engagement, but they are buoyed engineering graduates from farther night, rather JOE WILSSENS by young people interested in away, including California, Texas, Nissan hired Ely Niangar a year ago as a fuel cell researcher at Nissan Technical fields such as telecommunications than its past Tennessee and Georgia. routine of being Center in Farmington Hills. and computers. Motschenbacher Ⅲ Appealing to former auto says some automotive companies open a short industry employees to return to that scaled back on engineering re- time in the Michigan. 2003, they were warning me that from Detroit — to the city to show an engineering shortage was com- them that as a place to live and cruitment in recent years, such as mornings, an Ⅲ Visiting elementary and middle Bailo Chrysler Group LLC and Robert Bosch hour at lunch schools to tell children that ing. A lot of people pooh-poohed work, it is nicer than they proba- and a short time after work. automotive engineering is a good the idea. But guess what? There is bly think. LLC, are returning to campus with “If you have a free hour from 2 career path. now a huge shortage of engineers Cell recently met with three De- a vengeance. But they now must to 3 and want to go jogging, go do here. troit companies to discuss ex- compete for students’ attention it,” she says. “The pool of available engineers panding LiveWorkDetroit! to old- with the likes of Microsoft and She has expanded lunchtime for during an overseas trip, providing is smaller. There are fewer young er engineers. If pursued, the plan Google. tech center employees from one lawn mowing service when work people applying for engineering would bring engineers from Continental also is stepping up hour to 90 minutes, and told her hours cut into home time, opening schools, and those students who around the country, with their its school recruiting efforts — engineers that if they need two an on-site dry cleaner, and arrang- are coming out are not necessarily spouses, to Detroit and line them even talking to elementary school hours to go to a child’s ballet ing child care when a project runs interested in working in automo- up with real estate professionals students about the pizzazz of the recital, they can leave. They are overtime. tive.” and local school representatives auto field. now required to be in the office The company has about 165 en- She recounts that in 2009, the so- to help them picture life as an en- “We need to position ourselves routinely only from 10 a.m. to 2 gineering openings to fill. ciety held a job gineer in Detroit. for the future,” says Continental’s p.m. They must still give her eight “Most of the people we want to fair to help bring But some engi- Trisha Boehler, whose HR title of hours a day. But now they can hire are probably currently em- together employ- neers driven out “senior employer branding spe- come in at 6 a.m. and leave at 2 ployed somewhere else,” Baker- ers and badly The need to of town by the cialist” reflects the new emphasis p.m., or come in at 10 and leave at Zainea says. “The old days of being needed engineers. “ auto collapse of on shaping how an automotive en- 6. able to just post a job opening and Thirty-one com- attract talent into 2008-09 say they gineering career looks. “If we can fill it are gone.” panies attended Michigan has never will never return. show them some of the fun stuff Making home work Her lament is widely expressed the fair, with 3,000 Christian we’re working on, we can still cap- across the U.S. But in Detroit, with job openings. been greater. Berges may be ture them.” The bigger question — can they its engineering- and manufactur- Only 1,389 engi- ” typical of what Other companies are broaden- neers were avail- hungry re- ing their search. Nissan, which work from home? — is trickier. ing-oriented economy, the prob- Amy Cell, Michigan able to consider cruiters are up hopes to fill 100 engineering spots Theoretically, yes, Bailo says. lem is acute. Economic Development Corp. But that would require her to buy the positions. against. over the next year, is actively re- a mountain of new laptop comput- This year, the Five years ago, cruiting young engineers from ers, loaded with proprietary soft- Engineers ‘disappeared’ society held another fair. This Berges was in charge of a $60 mil- schools in the South, including ware and costing about $1,500 North American automakers time, 51 companies came seeking lion development program for a Tennessee Tech and Vanderbilt Uni- apiece. She has not yet approved and their suppliers are back in still more job candidates. Only 613 tier-one supplier in Detroit, work- versity, as well as in Georgia and that expense. ramp-up mode, preparing for busi- engineers showed up. ing 70-hour weeks and seeing no South Carolina, to work in De- At Continental Automotive Sys- ness growth and dramatically dif- The society plans another fair salary increases. He left the auto troit. tems, the U.S. unit of the German ferent products and technologies. for Oct. 29, and Trudell estimates industry and moved with his fami- But the company also is looking electronics, brake and tire suppli- But according to many industry there will be more than 50 compa- ly to Minneapolis, where he now into different areas of engineer- er, the human resources depart- insiders, there simply aren’t nies with as many as 5,000 posi- works happily for a medical in- ing. ment recently embraced the idea enough qualified engineers tions to fill. struments company, making 30 “Until a few years ago, we were of permitting blue jeans once a around. After a decade of layoffs, “Where did all the engineers percent more than he did in De- looking for mostly mechanical en- week, says Ann Baker-Zainea, outsourcing, salary cuts, bank- go?” she ponders. “Or more impor- troit. gineers and a few electrical,” Bailo Continental’s manager for North ruptcies and restructurings, De- tantly, how do we get them back?” “I have absolutely no sympathy says. “We’re still looking for those American staffing. troit’s automotive engineers have for the auto industry now,” people. But now the type of work The company, which has three scattered. Berges says. “They did this to we need to do is changing. Our sites in Auburn Hills, also has be- “A lot of people have disap- Back to Michigan? themselves. They beat us down technologies are changing. Our gun allowing engineers to work peared,” Bailo says. “They’ve left To address the shortage, Michi- and made us feel like we were cars are changing. from home two days a month. their jobs. They’ve left the auto in- gan last year launched a program very disposable.” “Today we need biomedical en- “That might not sound like such dustry. They’ve left the state of it calls MichAGAIN. It is a cam- Berges says two Detroit-area gineers who can work on the safe- a big deal,” Baker-Zainea says, re- Michigan. They’ve retired. And paign to travel the country in job recruiters have been trying ty and ergonomics issues we’re flecting on the evolving national young people have decided they search of engineers and other aggressively to entice him away facing. We need their help on the economy of private contractors don’t want to go to school to be- skilled technical people who left from Minneapolis. But he enjoys psychological issues of how dri- and insurance sales reps working come engineers.” Michigan to pursue careers else- his newly discovered life — in- vers react to different menus and from their dining room tables. Corroborating that view is Dar- where. The goal: Persuade them to cluding his medical company’s components. And we desperately “But for a traditional German en- lene Trudell, executive vice presi- move back. practice of knocking off work need chemical engineers now, be- gineering company — believe me, dent of the Engineering Society of “The need to attract talent into every day at 3 p.m. — too much to cause we’re working on fuel cells it’s a big deal.” Detroit, a century-old professional Michigan has never been greater,” leave. and lightweight materials. To recruit engineers, Continen- association representing thou- says Amy Cell, senior vice presi- “I’ve been offered considerable “When you start looking for tal is casting a wider net, talking to sands of North American engi- dent of talent enhancement at the sums to go back,” he says. “It’s not those people, you’re not competing candidates in the medical and de- neers. Trudell says the supply of Michigan Economic Development going to happen.” with the same old companies,” fense industries, meeting with en- automotive engineers has been Corp. “We think there are a lot of Faced with obstacles like that, Bailo says. “We’re suddenly com- gineers in California, Texas and dwindling for a decade, and it only people who would move back if the Detroit engineering society peting for people with oil and gas Florida. worsened with the crisis of 2008 presented with the chance.” and some automotive companies companies, with the paint and ad- The supplier also is putting the and 2009. A separate initiative called are drilling even deeper into po- hesives industry, and even with final touches on a new concierge “We have a strategic board rep- LiveWorkDetroit! has begun invit- tential future engineers, visiting pharmaceutical companies. service to make life easier for em- resenting a lot of employers, auto ing busloads of college engineer- Michigan high schools, middle “That’s a whole different spin on ployees. The staff would provide companies, manufacturers, ing students from as far away as schools and even elementary what type of engineer we need for lifestyle assistance, such as help- unions and local colleges,” she the University of Notre Dame — in schools in hopes of sparking the the future.” ing find a kennel to board a pet says. “When I first came here in South Bend, Ind., about 200 miles flame of an automotive career. From Automotive News 20121001-NEWS--0041-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 5:05 PM Page 1

October 1, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 41 Fisher: Social-minded investors sought for fund www.crainsdetroit.com ■ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Keith E. Crain From Page 1 PUBLISHER Mary Kramer, (313) 446-0399 or [email protected] who worked alongside his father, said. characteristically undercapitalized icans for Community Development, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Marla Wise, (313) 446- the late Max Fisher, as a principal “(Phillip) is Max Fisher’s son; because there are limited grant dol- which works to educate the public 6032 or [email protected] EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cindy Goodaker, (313) 446- and CEO of The Fisher Group in he grew up and lived in an envi- lars and limited capital you can on L3Cs and push legislation to 0460 or [email protected] Southfield for 22 years. ronment where philanthropy was bring to bear, especially on the pub- proliferate the newer corporate en- MANAGING EDITOR Jennette Smith, (313) 446- 1622 or [email protected] “I’m a capitalist, and I believe a part of everyday thinking.” lic side, said Council of Michigan tities in new states and to get pas- MANAGER, DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY Nancy free cash flow creates sustainabili- He is now taking everything he Foundations President Rob Collier. sage of a federal bill that would Hanus, (313) 446-1621 or [email protected] DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Daniel Duggan, (313) ty for organizations.” learned The Grand make program-related invest- 446-0414 or [email protected] The social impact fund would from his fa- Haven-based ments from foundations less cum- SENIOR EDITOR Bob Allen, (313) 446-0344 or [email protected] help create a new asset class to ther, his (Fisher’s) organization bersome and expensive. WEST MICHIGAN EDITOR Matt Gryczan, (616) 916- support work on social issues and family and “ estimates Like Fisher, L3C Advisors is 8158 or [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR Gary Piatek, (313) 446-0357 or social entrepreneurs like Veroni- from being entire life has foundations working to develop new social [email protected] ka Scott and her Element “S” a member of spend $1.5 benefit or impact funds, Lang said. SENIOR DESIGNER Jeff Johnston, (313) 446-1608 or [email protected] Sleeping Bag Coat for the home- the Detroit been building to billion a It’s looking at ideas including a DATA EDITOR Brianna Reilly, (313) 446-0418, less, he said. Grants and donations community year in fund to reduce the risk for founda- [email protected] WEB PRODUCER Norman Witte III, (313) 446- are the primary form of capital in and “lever- this moment. Michigan, he tions making mission-related in- 6059, [email protected] philanthropy, but there are still aging all of ” said. vestments, a mezzanine invest- EDITORIAL SUPPORT Robertta Reiff, (313) 446- 0419; YahNica Crawford, (313) 446-0329 people who won’t donate money. that to cre- Mark Davidoff, Deloitte LLP “But when ment fund that would be like a NEWSROOM (313) 446-0329, FAX (313) 446- However, they will invest it. ate a totally different way of you look at mutual fund and aim to attract ad- 1687 TIP LINE (313) 446-6766 “It’s about trying to figure out, thinking,” Davidoff said. the size of the state budget and the ditional investors once a founda- REPORTERS how do we create more money for In addition to creating more capi- amount of money individual tion has come in with an invest- Daniel Duggan, deputy managing editor: (313) 446-0414 or [email protected] philanthropy in Michigan?” Fish- tal to fund social impact efforts, the givers give, we are not the biggest ment and funds that support Jay Greene, senior reporter: Covers health care, er said. new social impact fund and Mis- piece of the pie by any stretch of specific categories in which in- insurance, energy utilities and the environment. (313) 446-0325 or [email protected] “How do we … hook people who sion Throttle’s own social invest- the imagination.” vestors might have an interest, Chad Halcom: Covers litigation, higher education, wouldn’t be donors, customarily, ments will also likely spur more L3Cs will enable more public- such as food security. non-automotive manufacturing, defense contracting and Oakland and Macomb counties. with the opportunity to invest?” public-private partnerships, David- private partnerships by bringing “There are a lot of people who (313) 446-6796 or [email protected] Fisher is in early conversations off said. Davidoff worked with for- more resources to those efforts, claim to have social impacting in- Tom Henderson: Covers banking, finance, technology and biotechnology. (313) 446-0337 or with local philanthropic and busi- mer Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s ad- Collier said. vesting, but it’s kind of nefarious,” [email protected] ness leaders, as well as their coun- ministration to set up the state’s Fisher’s efforts with the new Lang said, noting that often, such Bill Shea, enterprise editor: Covers media, advertising and marketing, the business of sports, terparts at the state level, seeking Office of Public/Private Partnerships. fund and his own social investing funds say they are investing in an and transportation. (313) 446-1626 or support for the concept and the The whole concept of public-pri- through Mission Throttle are right organization that’s environmen- [email protected] Nathan Skid, multimedia editor. Also covers the new social impact fund he hopes to vate partnership has been evolv- on the edge of creating a “game tally friendly or “being nice to em- food industry and entertainment. (313) 446-1654, launch during the first quarter of ing in Michigan in earnest over changer,” said Robert Lang, who ployees this week.” [email protected] Dustin Walsh: Covers the business of law, auto next year. the past five to six years, he said. led creation of L3Cs through his But Mission Throttle and L3C suppliers and steel. (313) 446-6042 or They include: Doug Stewart, ex- “(But) if you look at how the P3 work at the Mary Elizabeth & Gordon Advisors hope to invest in organi- [email protected] Sherri Welch: Covers nonprofits, services, retail ecutive director of the Fisher fami- (public-private partnership) envi- B. Mannweiler Foundation Inc. in zations with true social missions, and hospitality. (313) 446-1694 or ly foundation; Mark Davidoff, ronment has evolved in other Cross River, N.Y. Lang said. [email protected] Michigan managing partner, De- states … we haven’t found as much “We have no lack of people who “I think we’re both trying to re- ADVERTISING loitte LLP in Detroit; and Tony success in Michigan as we should.” want to form L3Cs, but we have a ally change the whole dynamic, SALES INQUIRIES: (313) 446-6052; FAX (313) Berkley, director of mission-dri- Mission Throttle “brings to the lack of people who want to fund creating a real asset class for so- 393-0997 ven investing at the Battle Creek- table a whole new angle because it them,” he said. cial work.” SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES: Matthew J. Langan, Tamara Rokowski based W.K. Kellogg Foundation. brings philanthropists to the Lang is also CEO of two other Sherri Welch: (313) 446-1694, ADVERTISING SALES Christine Galasso, Lori Fisher’s “entire life has been table,” Davidoff said. New York organizations: the con- [email protected]. 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Specify that net operating loss- CUSTOMER SERVICE with Miller, Canfield, Paddock and per the effort to provide personal Tricia Kinley, senior director of es survive corporate reorganiza- Stone PLC in Detroit. “This is an is- property tax relief to Michigan tax and regulatory reform for the tions like mergers and are carried MAIN NUMBER: Call (877) 824-9374 or write [email protected] sue that is definitely going to be liti- businesses.” Michigan Chamber of Commerce, said forward on the books of the remain- SUBSCRIPTIONS $59 one year, $98 two years. gated.” He said Treasury still does not the chamber agrees that the materi- ing entity, even if the losses were in- Out of state, $79 one year, $138 for two years. Outside U.S.A., add $48 per year to out-of-state Nowak is immediate past chair- support the committee-approved als and supplies issue will eventual- curred by the other party in the rate for surface mail. Call (313) 446-0450 or man of the Michigan Association of version due to potential fiscal ef- ly be settled in court. merger. (877) 824-9374. SINGLE COPIES: (877) 824-9374 Certified Public Accountants, which fects. “Which is a cost to the state, and Specify that a deduction for net REPRINTS: (800) 290-5460, ext. 125; has spearheaded legislation to ad- The MBT is in part made up of a ultimately, the taxpayers, which we earnings from a partner’s self-em- (717) 505-9701, ext. 125; or lindsay.wilson dress a host of issues involving the modified gross receipts tax based think is unfortunate,” she said. ployment is based on the amount a @theygsgroup.com TO FIND A DATE A STORY WAS PUBLISHED: now-repealed MBT. The House Tax on a business’ gross receipts minus “And we do think taxpayers have a partnership reports to a partner, (313) 446-0406 or e-mail [email protected]

Policy Committee on Sept. 19 purchases from other firms. Under strong case on that issue.” not the information a partner re- CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS IS PUBLISHED BY passed a narrowed-down version of current law, those purchases in- Kinley said the chamber is disap- ports on his or her federal tax re- CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS INC. Senate Bill 1037, but minus the clude inventory, depreciable assets, pointed the legislation has been turn. CHAIRMAN Keith E. Crain PRESIDENT Rance Crain broader materials and supplies de- and materials and supplies to the narrowed but supports moving the Specify that goods produced in SECRETARY Merrilee Crain duction. extent they are not included in in- scaled-down version through. Michigan and housed in-state less TREASURER Mary Kay Crain Executive Vice President/Operations The current legislation is part of ventory or assets. John Lindley, the MACPA’s vice than 60 days after sale, are not con- William A. Morrow MACPA’s years-long effort to iden- By Treasury interpretation is- president of government relations sidered a Michigan sale for MBT Group Vice President/Technology, Manufacturing, Circulation tify and address issues where it ap- sued in 2007, materials and supplies and regulatory affairs, said the purposes. With the MBT, the more Robert C. Adams peared the MBT was unclear or are tangible personal property that MACPA views SB 1037’s movement Michigan sales a company has, the Vice President/Production & Manufacturing Dave Kamis where it believes the Department of are deductible if they are used or as progress and is pleased that the higher its tax. Chief Information Officer Treasury’s interpretation was in- consumed in — and directly con- MACPA has been able to find agree- Senate Bill 1037 will most likely Paul Dalpiaz Chief Human Resources Officer consistent with the law or its intent. nected to — the production or man- ment with Treasury and the admin- be taken up in the Legislature’s Margee Kaczmarek Among all the targets, an issue agement of inventory or the opera- istration on many items involving post-election session. Director of Audience Development Operations involving what constitutes materi- tion or maintenance of assets. the tax. Two additional areas may be Michelle Roth G.D. Crain Jr. Founder (1885-1973) als and supplies that can be deduct- But the MACPA says that by that The bill currently contains MBT dealt with in the first quarter of Mrs. G.D. Crain Jr. Chairman (1911-1996) ed from one part of the MBT’s base definition, a host of items are ex- changes dealing with five of 11 ini- 2013. EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICES: 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732; (313) had the widest implications and the cluded. tial issues the legislation targeted. One involves revising MBT law 446-6000 highest cost. According to a Senate For example, office supplies As of late last week, discussions to ensure that businesses in tax-free Cable address: TWX 248-221-5122 AUTNEW DET CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS ISSN # 0882-1992 Fiscal Agency analysis, Treasury bought by a service business and continued on one of the five: a pro- renaissance zones have no MBT lia- is published weekly, except for a special issue the estimated state revenue could be re- used at its headquarters would not vision specifying that debts written bility. Some businesses have ended third week of August, and no issue the third week of December by Crain Communications Inc. at duced by as much as $110 million a be deductible, the MACPA says. off by creditors — such as in bank- up paying tax because existing law 1155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit MI 48207-2732. year — or $440 million over the four SB 1037, as passed nearly unani- ruptcies or foreclosures — are ex- limits renaissance zone MBT cred- Periodicals postage paid at Detroit, MI and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send years of the tax. mously by the Senate in July, clari- cluded from the debtor’s gross re- its to no more than the credit al- address changes to CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS, Circulation Department, P.O. Box 07925, Detroit, In an email to Crain’s, Treasury fied that materials and supplies are ceipts base. lowed under the MBT’s predeces- MI 48207-9732. GST # 136760444. Printed in public information officer Terry all tangible items consumed. The Other provisions of the bill sor, the single business tax. U.S.A. Entire contents copyright 2012 by Crain Stanton said the administration MACPA does not agree with the would: The second proposed change Communications Inc. All rights reserved. was concerned about the fiscal im- $440 million price tag on the materi- Tighten the definition of corpo- would eliminate a requirement to Reproduction or use of editorial content in any pact of the materials and supplies als and supplies change and be- rate officer to be someone who has repay an investment tax credit that manner without permission is strictly prohibited. deduction and other provisions and lieves the magnitude of refunds significant decision-making author- the business never utilized. 20121001-NEWS--0042-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 9/28/2012 5:50 PM Page 1

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defined as a company less than 3 years old and with La Feria wins CRAIN’S HONORS CIOS TV ad buys fewer than 100 employees — Interested companies should submit information Hatch Detroit to: contact@startuo- part of new usa.com. $50K award DSO goes to the wall he Spanish restau- Detroit Symphony Orchestra rant and wine bar La musicians will be larger T Feria was given the Carhartt push 2012 Comerica Hatch Detroit than life Saturday on the south wall of the Max M. award by Comerica Bank new multimedia ad- ca Park in Detroit, as part of Fisher Music Center on and a Detroit business pro- vertising campaign a separate sponorship Woodward Avenue. motion group, the AP re- A showcasing the fall arrangement with the De- The DSO plans to broad- ported. The award, deter- 2012 collection of Carhartt troit Tigers. cast live and taped versions mined by online voting, Inc. will be the largest the of its two-hour, opening comes with a $50,000 prize. AARON ECKELS From left, Crain’s CIO Awards winners Steve Carrington, CIO clothing company has pops concert, Cirque de la The restaurant will open PBS show touts startups Symphonie — or “Max- in 2013 in Midtown. of Valassis Communications Inc.; Jason Yaeger, director of launched in one season operations at Online Tech Inc.; and David Behen, CIO of the Cast”— on the building’s when it wraps by early De- Two local production stu- state of Michigan; take part in a panel discussion at cember, its senior promo- dios will air a new show on exterior for the first time COMPANY NEWS Thursday’s CIO Summit at The Fillmore in Detroit. They were tions executive said Fri- PBS next summer high- ever to coincide with the among 10 award winners honored at the summit. More day. lighting U.S. startups, in- first Dlectricity festival, Continental Automotive photos at crainsdetroit.com/ciogallery. Tony Ambroza, vice presi- cluding many in Southeast which will take place dur- Systems Inc. expects to hire dent of marketing at Dear- Michigan. ing the evening on Friday 300 new employees, mostly products, under a “no nico- Science and Innovation Center born-based Carhartt, and Saturday in Detroit’s engineers, as it expands its tine” hiring policy that in Plymouth Township that said the ads featuring Midtown neighbor- two sites in Auburn Hills. takes effect Jan. 1. would conduct clinical trials life on the tundra re- hood. Sterling Heights-based Oakland County Exec- for companies seeking U.S. gion of Alaska The festival will Roncelli Inc. and Chairman utive L. Brooks Patterson Food and Drug Administration (“built for here so feature outdoor art Gary Roncelli quietly have told WJR AM 760’s Paul W. approval to bring drugs and you can work any- installations of light, settled a lawsuit brought Smith that after suffering products to market. where”) will acceler- sound, performance last December by brother serious injuries in an acci- Nearly two-thirds of ate in October with and projection by lo- and former Executive Vice dent Aug. 10 while not Michigan’s local leaders TV spots on ESPN, cal, national, and in- President Scott Roncelli, wearing a seat belt, he’s surveyed oppose, are neu- the History Channel, ternational artists. who sought $36 million in now a huge proponent of tral about or are unsure Country Music Televi- The DSO is inviting damages in a suit alleging the practice. He also said about the state’s emergency sion and during the people to come with shareholder oppression, he will commit to a full manager law, with 38 per- Major League Baseball blankets, chairs and breach of contract and fidu- four-year term if re-elected cent supporting it, accord- postseason wild card BIG BANG FILMS picnics —or pick up ciary duty, fraud, conver- Nov. 6. ing to a survey by the Uni- Gary Bredow (left), “Start Up” host and Big refreshments from in- sion and other claims in Jurors in the public versity of Michigan Gerald R. games on TBS. Bang Films managing director, chats with Joe side the Max — to Macomb County Circuit corruption trial of ex-De- Ford School of Public Policy. The TV component McClure, founder of McClure’s Pickles. of the campaign de- watch the outdoor Court. troit Mayor Kwame Kil- Compuware Corp. an- buted Sept. 16 during an The show, “Start Up,” broadcast, for free, begin- Beaumont Health System patrick heard testimony nounced that it is working episode of “Ice Road Truck- was created by Detroit- ning at 8 p.m. is in the early stages of seek- that Kilpatrick’s wife’s with Habitat for Humanity ers.” based Big Bang Films LLC ing approval to build an $18 company, U.N.I.T.E., re- Detroit to build a home by Advertising agency Team and Clawson-based Parlia- million, 80,000-square-foot ceived $100,000 from a Christmas in the Morning- Detroit Inc. handled content ment Studios Inc. The show BITS & PIECES neuroscience center on its $250,000 arts-and-culture side Commons neighbor- production and media buys, will feature 13 episodes, in- Crain’s Detroit Busi- Royal Oak campus. It plans grant, and that the rest of hood on Detroit’s east side while Palo Alto, Calif.-based terviewing entrepreneurs ness Publisher Mary Kramer to take its proposal before the money went toward re- for a Detroit family. Art Van Brandboards Inc. coordinated and how they managed to and Daniel Howes, Detroit the Royal Oak Planning Com- furbishing the office of co- Furniture and The Parade Co. arena and live event pur- succeed in a tough econo- News business columnist mission Oct. 9. defendant Bobby Ferguson will work with Compuware on building the home. chases for Carhartt at House my. and associate business edi- Shareholders of Troy- and buying a house, the De- The Detroit Tigers fin- of Blues in Boston and Detroit-based McClure’s tor, are standing in as guest based Flagstar Bancorp Inc. troit Free Press reported. ished the season with Chicago, United Center in Pickles LLC, Ferndale’s Livio hosts for the Paul W. Smith (NYSE: FBC) approved a Defense lawyers countered 3,028,033 patrons over 81 Chicago, Alumni Stadium Radio and Royal Oak’s Pink show on WJR AM 760 on proposal for the company that the state never asked games at Comerica Park, (home of the Boston College Pump will be featured in Tuesday. Expect a few sur- to do a 1-for-10 reverse for the money back. the third time in history Eagles) and CenturyLink episodes.With Detroit Public prises, Kramer says, with a stock split to ensure that Comerica Bank’s Michi- the team has surpassed 3 Field in Seattle. Television as the presenting mix of business, political the share price for Flagstar gan Economic Activity In- million fans. The TV ads feature an em- station, “Start Up” will air and sports figures on the stock will remain well dex rose by two points in The University of Notre phasis on Carhartt’s Quick next summer across 360 show. The show airs from above $1 a share and avoid July to 107.9, the highest it Dame is opting out of its se- Duck line of outerwear. PBS stations in 46 states. 5:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. Gov. delisting. The bank said it has been since November ries with the University of Carhartt also has in-sta- “Start Up” is seeking Rick Snyder guest hosts expects to do the reverse 2003 and 48 points, or 88 Michigan, meaning the last dium display ads at Comeri- more startup companies — Wednesday. split on or about Oct. 10. percent, above the low of Southfield-based Se- 59.9 it hit during the reces- scheduled game between cure-24 Inc. announced that sion in June 2009. the two will be in 2014. it received an equity in- Based on its annual Tickets for the 2012 Lit- vestment to fund growth, study of the automotive tle Caesars Pizza Bowl, set led by Charlotte, N.C.-based supply chain, Pricewater- for Dec. 26 at Ford Field, go Pamlico Capital, a private houseCoopers LLP predicts on sale to the general pub- equity firm with more than about 270 global auto sup- lic today at the stadium and BEST FROM THE BLOGS $2 billion under manage- plier deals in 2012 with a Ticketmaster.com. READ THESE POSTS AND MORE AT WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM/BLOGS ment. COO Volker Straub projected total value of $16 and CEO Matthias Horch billion. OBITUARIES Scoring with Snowballs Talk about backseat driving will retain equity stakes The former Hyatt Re- and continue to manage the gency Dearborn will become Daniel Hayes, former executive vice president of the When I first heard California is the company. the Radisson Hotel & Confer- Detroit Auto Dealers Associa- that“ Detroit Red Wing latest“ state to pass Troy-based ViSalus Inc. ence Center Dearborn after Henrik Zetterberg was regulations on the has canceled its planned renovation, expected to be- tion and one of the men cred- promoting Swedish testing of autonomous, initial public offering, cit- gin when Hyatt’s manage- ited with changing the Snowballs at a cupcake or self-driving, cars. … ing uncertain market con- ment contract expires Oct. name of the Detroit Auto shop in Royal Oak, ... I Many of you may be ditions, AP reported. 31. Carlson Rezidor Hotel Show to the North American honestly couldn’t have wondering: ‘Shouldn’t Group signed a long-term International Auto Show, died cared less. Little did I Michigan get on board? management contract with Sept. 22. He was 84. know his involvement This is the auto capital OTHER NEWS hotel owner Royal Realties Thomas Conrad Mayer, a could lead to a cultural of the world.’ longtime Detroit attorney exchange. The Beaumont and Hen- LLC to operate the site. ” ry Ford health systems are The Michigan Strategic who co-founded the law Reporter Nathan Skid’s Detroit-area restaurant” blog Reporter Dustin Walsh’s blog on auto suppliers, steel, among the latest hospitals Fund was expected to ap- practice of Mayer and Mayer can be found at www.crainsdetroit.com/skid higher ed and Livingston and Washtenaw counties can with his brother, John, be found at www.crainsdetroit.com/walsh that will turn away job approve $5 million for a labo- plicants for using tobacco ratory in the Michigan Life died Sept. 25. He was 82. DBpageAD.qxp 9/6/2012 10:44 AM Page 1

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