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Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank announced today Jay Martin has joined the bank as president of its global fund services team. Martin will be based in Milwaukee. Martin will lead a global team that combines technology with customer service to offer customized product...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Broadband Workforce Coalition: Selected to lead BEAD workforce planning efforts
Following a competitive process, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin selected the Wisconsin Broadband Workforce Coalition to lead workforce development planning efforts for the more than $1 billion broadband infrastructure investment coming to Wisconsin. The...
Finalists in Gov’s Biz Plan Contest offer innovation in health, AI, environment, more
Twenty-six entries representing sectors such as health care, cleantech, education, software and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 20th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contestants have emerged after...
InsideWis: Undergrad research opportunities can make college more relevant
By Tom Still EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Experts offer many reasons for the recent drop in U.S. college enrollment, which fell 8% between 2019 and 2022. Fear of amassing student debt. More chances to work right after high school. Refusal to believe college graduates earn much...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Q&A: Synthetaic’s Corey Jaskolski on how his AI-powered platform tracked the Chinese spy balloon
A simple drawing of what a weather balloon might look like from above led to Delafield-based artificial intelligence startup Synthetaic being featured in The New York Times. The company’s Rapid Automatic Image Categorization platform was able to track the Chinese spy...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Nine Wisconsinites on Forbes list of world’s billionaires
Nine Wisconsin residents are included in Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s billionaires. That’s up one from last year. The death of Kohler Co. executive chairman Herbert Kohler Jr. last year eliminated his from the list. Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, the...
MKE Startup News: Scale Up Milwaukee’s 9th SPARC cohort
Scale Up Milwaukee‘s ninth cohort of the SPARC accelerator program is now underway. The program, presented in collaboration with the African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (AACCWI) and Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), provides...
WEAU: Businesses learn about the importance of research
On Tuesday, April 4, the Wisconsin Technology Council hosted a luncheon at UW-Eau Claire where attendees learned about the upcoming 2023 National Conference on Undergraduate Research at UW-Eau Claire. Speakers included: Speakers included university leaders tied to the...
PR Newswire: Nordic Consulting Expands Managed Services Offerings
Nordic Consulting, a global health and technology consulting company, today announced the expansion of its offerings to include a full suite of managed services. The move represents an evolution from primarily focusing on EHR-agnostic support to an enhanced portfolio...
MKE Startup News: Dinvy Ascent targets businesses of all size
Milwaukee-based Dinvy, a professional service automation (PSA) software company, has relaunched its signature product. The company offers professional service automation (PSA) software designed to track time, budgets, projects, and everything else a business needs to...
WisBusiness: UW System president highlights strategies in ‘war for talent’
The head of the UW System says Wisconsin needs to boost enrollment among high school graduates and target residents who didn’t finish college to win the “war for talent.” Speaking yesterday during a meeting of the Milwaukee Rotary Club, UW System President Jay Rothman...
Marquette University: Marquette chemistry professor receives NSF career grant to make novel radiolabeled compounds with applications in new drug development
Dr. Joseph Clark, assistant professor of chemistry in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER grant, the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career...
WisBusiness: U.S. Small Business Administration: Wisconsin 2023 National Small Business Week award winners span the state and its diversity
SBA’s Wisconsin District Office has named 11 small businesses and organizations as its 2023 SBA Wisconsin National Small Business Week award winners. Winners represent a range of industries and communities from throughout the Badger State. During National Small...
UW-Madison: UW–Madison is part of new national effort to increase college access for rural, small-town students
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is joining 15 other prominent universities and colleges in a first-of-its-kind effort to help students from small towns and rural communities enroll in college and earn undergraduate degrees. The Small Town and Rural Students...
Wisconsin Inno: Can your business own material generated by ChatGPT? What this Milwaukee IP attorney says.
The artificial intelligence (AI) bot ChatGPT has taken the technology world by storm in recent months, demonstrating the ability of a computer to generate written materials like stories, essays and computer code in a convincingly human-like way. But for businesses...
WisBusiness: A Madison-based cryptocurrency expert is urging investors to spread out their investments in these assets and prepare for volatility
Spencer X Smith is the founder of AmpliPhi Digital, a digital marketing and consulting company, and a board member with the Wisconsin Technology Council. In a recent newsletter, he described investing in cryptocurrencies as "early-stage investing with instant...
WisBusiness: WEDC report details potential for EV manufacturing hub
WEDC says Wisconsin’s manufacturing industry has the potential to establish a “globally competitive cluster” around electric vehicles. In a recent report, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. highlighted the “tremendous opportunity” presented by the growing EV...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Report: Wisconsin could become epicenter for electric vehicle manufacturing
Wisconsin manufacturers have the chance to become a critical epicenter of the global supply chain for electric vehicles, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The chance to seize that opportunity relies heavily on public and private...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin economy grew 1.7% in 2022 but lags Great Lakes region
Wisconsin’s real gross domestic product increased 1.7% from 2021 to 2022, an increase that ranks 26th in the country and is slightly slower than the Great Lakes states overall, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The state continues to have...
MKE Startup News: More magic from Mequon’s Maker
Maker llc, founded in 2012, might be one of the region’s most inventive workplaces. The collection of creatives has been producing graphic designs, product designs, and environmental designs for over a decade. The Mequon-based design firm has recently gotten a whole...