Mark Quinlan, the anti-outsourcer, is in the process of executing a significant strategic initiative - an IT transformation - at the Green Bay-based Associated Bank. Quinlan, the bank's executive vice president and chief information officer, is leading the bank's drive to manage technology products in-house,...
After more than a decade of research, Madison's Quincy Bioscience has introduced Prevagen, a product that is specifically designed to fight the aging process. The dietary supplement uses a calcium-binding protein found in jellyfish to replace age-fighting proteins lost in the normal process...
The Wisconsin business climate is underrated by deceitful stats - new company formation for one - but some new metrics have been published that put the state economy in a much brighter light, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still...
Colin Scanes was recruited to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to grow the university's research enterprise and help make UWM an even larger force in Milwaukee's economy. In a recent appearance before the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association, Scanes pointed out that a great deal...
CleanTech Partners of Madison has announced the availability of $500,000 in grants from the Forestry Research and Development Grants program, which supports the research, development, or commercialization of technologies that use forestry biomass as an energy or biochemical source. The program will accept applications through...
Many economists fear that the flat world, as defined by author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, has led us to the brink of a global bubble, a bit more ominous than the dotcom bubble, according to columnist Tom Koulopoulos. In this WTN debut...
A women-only angel investment network based in Milwaukee has added angel groups in Chicago and Miami, and will expand to two more locations within the next 12 months. Women Angels, founded by Wisconsin attorney Barbara Boxer, has a portfolio that already includes TrafficCast International and...
Automated Notification Systems, a start-up company that employs electronic scan technology, is the top emerging growth company in this year's Creating Your Own Business (CYOB) Contest sponsored by the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp. The company's electronic scan and notification technology will be trial...
Outsourcing and China have made headlines over the past 12 months, and not in a positive way. High profile product recalls of items such as toys, toothpaste, and food are highlighting the risks of sourcing products globally, particularly to countries where quality and safety standards...
The state Department of Commerce has provided Madison's Stratatech Corp. with a $750,000 technology grant to promote the development of its wound-healing products. Stratatech, founded in 2000, had recently secured a federal Small Business Innovation Research grant of $1.45 million to help develop its wound-care...