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Tim Keenan is managing editor of DBusiness magazine, DBusiness Daily News, Tech and Mobility News, Detroit 500, and Michigan Makers. Prior to joining DBusiness, he was a senior account executive at Campbell Marketing & Communications in Dearborn, working with the Motorcraft-Quick Lane racing teams in NASCAR and the NHRA. In other positions, he executed public relations and marketing strategies for several Tier One automotive suppliers. His journalism credits include The Football News-Basketball Weekly in Detroit, The Hardwood News in Lansing, Monday Morning Newspapers in Warren, and Ward’s Communications in Southfield. While at Ward’s, Mr. Keenan was part of a team that won the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award in 1995. In late 2020, he published “Everybody Loves Mickey,” a biography of retired professional wrestler “Irish” Mickey Doyle. Mr. Keenan also is chairman of the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo and is a volunteer for the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in Daytona Beach, Fla. He is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University.
Fleetilla is a GPS solutions provider of fleet security, trailer tracking, and equipment monitoring. // Photo courtesy of Fleetilla

Clarience Technologies in Southfield Acquires Ann Arbor’s Fleetilla

Clarience Technologies in Southfield has acquired Ann Arbor telematics provider Fleetilla, a move expected to accelerate efforts to advance next-generation electronic communications solutions as the commercial trucking and transportation industry adopts electric and autonomous...
Automation Alley is hosting its Global Economic Outlook for 2022 and Beyond conference on Jan. 19 at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham. // Courtesy of Automation Alley

DBusiness Daily Update: Automation Alley’s Global Economic Outlook Returns, and More

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us...
A majority of business leaders are feeling upbeat about their companies’ prospects in 2022, according to the results of a JPMorgan Chase survey. // Stock photo

Survey: Businesses Look to Grow in ’22 Despite Supply Chain, Cost Challenges

A majority of business leaders are feeling upbeat about their companies’ prospects in 2022 despite continued uncertainty about COVID-19, and supply chain and inflationary challenges, according to the JPMorgan Chase 2022 Business Leaders Outlook...
The DIA has extended its “Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020” exhibition. // Courtesy of DIA

DBusiness Daily Update: DIA Extends ‘Detroit Style’ Car Design Exhibit, and More

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us...
When “Apollo When We Went to the Moon” opens at The Henry Ford in February, guests will have a photo op with a replica of the lunar rover. // Courtesy of Flying Fish

Henry Ford Exhibits to Feature Space, Disney, and More in 2022

Visitors to the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford will be able to see objects from the Apollo space program, costumes of Disney characters, and shop at...
Focusing on customer service helped Bill Brown Ford in Livonia become the world’s No. 1 volume Ford dealership. // Courtesy of Bill Brown Ford

DBusiness Daily Update: Livonia’s Bill Brown Ford Becomes World’s No. 1 Ford Dealer, and...

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us...
Crate & Barrel sister store CB2, pictured, will move into downtown Birmingham in late 2022. // Photo courtesy of CB2

Retailers CB2 and Serena & Lily Part of $70M in Developments Coming to Birmingham

Lansing-based real estate developer Boji Group is bringing two retail outlets, and its own headquarters along with other developments, to downtown Birmingham. Together, the developments represent an investment of more than $70 million.The new...
Small Two Story Brick Home with Garage and Porch

DBusiness Daily Update: Report: Sterling Heights Tops Area Cities for ‘21 Home Sale Gains,...

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us...
Development is continuing on Volta Trucks’ 7.5- and 12-ton electric heavy-duty models. // Courtesy of Volta Trucks

Volta Trucks Enters Engineering Phase for All-electric Volta Zero Models

Sweden’s Volta Trucks, which has three facilities in Michigan, confirmed that it has entered the engineering phase for its 7.5- and 12-ton model electric heavy-duty trucks.Designed by Volta Trucks’ partner, Astheimer Design in Warwick,...
U-M and GigXR are partnering to develop holographic medical training tools. // Courtesy of GigXR

U-M and GigXR Partner to Develop Holographic Medical Training Tools

The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and eXtended reality (XR) solutions provider GigXR in Los Angeles are partnering to develop the XR Procedure Training Suite, a training application that uses hyper-realistic holographic patients...

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