Ronald Ahrens
Closing Bell: Face of Time
Before the stroke of 9 p.m., a few shoppers milled beneath Kern’s clock, the timepiece that served as a central meeting point in mid-century Detroit.
Atop the long ledge above the department store’s display...
Perspectives: Circuit Rider
Trustee Martin Cooper was sitting on the stage during last spring’s commencement exercise at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago when he heard a ring from inside his academic gown and felt a...
Flight Control
KitelyTech’s top executives survived a plane crash in the
Michigan wilderness in 2022. Since then, much reflection has
given the boutique software-design firm in Waterford Township
a 30,000-foot view.
Coach-Ready
As a 19-year-old, Chuck Jordan received encouragement from his mother to enter a design contest sponsored by the Fisher Body Division of General Motors. Jordan spent 700 hours on his 1/12-scale dream car, which featured...
30 In Their Thirties: Christopher Stefani, Chief of Staff Lawrence Technological University, Southfield
In his spare time, Christopher Stefani teaches Irish stepdance. At work as Lawrence Technological University’s chief of staff in Southfield, he’s more of a juggler. It’s lists and more lists as Stefani pursues LTU’s...
30 In Their Thirties: Aaron Siepierski, Founder and Owner, Aaron’s Estate Sales, Birmingham
Aaron Siepierski pulls his truck over to do a Zoom call and explains he’s spent “many, many nights studying and researching” how to make Aaron’s Estate Sales in Birmingham more successful.
The first book he...
30 In Their Thirties: Jeremy Sasson, Founder, CEO, Heirloom Hospitality, Birmingham
With a palate developed through fine-dining experiences in Miami and New York, and finding himself somewhat flush after a few short years in the solar energy brokerage business in the Big Apple, Jeremy Sasson...
30 In Their Thirties: Michelle Rafalski, Co-owner, Managing Partner, Gleba & Associates, Troy
After starting her career in commercial real estate, Michelle Rafalski joined Gleba & Associates, the financial planning firm her mother, Jill Gleba, founded in 1985. “I would call it very tedious,” she says of...
30 In Their Thirties: Giuseppe Lucido, Senior Vice President, United Wholesale Mortgage, Pontiac
One day in March, Giuseppe Lucido was busy with preparations for UWM Live! — United Wholesale Mortgage’s huge convocation of brokers. For the third annual edition of this event on May 15-16, United Wholesale...
30 In Their Thirties: Nick DeCroo, Director, Woodward Park Partners, Bloomfield Hills
As an investment banker, Nick DeCroo is exactly where he wants to be. It just took a while for him to get there. His first job was in 2011, at PNC Bank in Troy.
“It...