Tim Keenan
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.
Ann Arbor Portfolio Firm Speyside Equity’s AccessSMT Sells its Non-core Wholesale Division
AccessSMT in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — a portfolio company of Ann Arbor’s Speyside Equity Fund I LP — today announced it has sold its AccessSMT Wholesale Division. The deal was finalized Jan. 31...
General Motors Unveils 2021 Cadillac Escalade, 360 Visualizer; Reports 2019 Earnings
General Motors Co.’s Cadillac brand has unveiled its 2021 Escalade, which is completely redesigned with technologies the automaker says add a new dimension to the luxury SUV. It also introduced a new 360-degree, 3-D...
Barton Morris Law Firm, The Institute for Justice File Suit in Federal Court to...
The Barton Morris Law Firm of Royal Oak and The Institute for Justice, based in the state of Washington, today filed a complaint in Federal Court in Detroit aimed at stopping what they call...
Hyatt House Hotel Coming to Beaumont’s Woodward Corners in Royal Oak
Construction will begin later this year on the five-story, 128-room Hyatt House Royal Oak/Beaumont, an extended stay hotel planned for Woodward Corners by Beaumont in Royal Oak (southwest corner of Woodward Avenue and 13...
Automation Alley, Lean Rocket Lab, Lawrence Tech’s Centrepolis Accelerator Launch Nation’s First Industry 4.0...
A new Industry 4.0 Accelerator program — the first of its kind in the U.S. and led by Troy-based Automation Alley with support services from Lean Rocket Lab in Jackson and Lawrence Technological University’s...
Oakland Standard Forms New Metal Forming Business Platform
Birmingham private equity firm Oakland Standard Co. has assembled a new business platform combining Novi’s Temperform and the C.A. Lawton Co. of De Pere, Wisc.The combination of Temperform and Lawton creates a multi-metal, multi-capability...
Detroit Announces Winners of Ford-created City:One Mobility Challenge
Mercy Education Project, AbleLink Smart Living Technologies, and a team that includes the Downtown Detroit Partnership, DTE Energy, and local artists have won the City:One Challenge, created by Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn and...
Capital Draw
To overcome a lack of capital for a growing number of innovators and entrepreneurs, Michigan’s investment community is pooling its available resources to drive growth, expand opportunities, and attract new players.
New U-M Research Center to Focus on Ethical, Equitable Practices in Computing Technology
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor opened its new Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing on Jan. 24 to research the opportunities and pitfalls surrounding society’s expansive use of technology and data.Leaders say...
Stratview Report: Airborne LiDAR Market Size to Reach $673M in 2025
A new report by Detroit’s Stratview Research estimates that the global airborne LiDAR market will grow at a double-digit rate over the next five years to reach $673 million in 2025.Several factors are driving...
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