Founders : Emerging Technology

John Silvani is the founding principal of First Tech Direct, a company he rebuilt from the ground up.

Questions with John Silvani

William F. Brinkerhoff is COO of Cerenis Therapeutics, an Ann Arbor bio-tech company attracting millions of dollars in venture capital.

Questions with William F. Brinkerhoff

Buycentives is getting its start in Ann Arbor SPARK's downtown Ann Arbor incubator with the help of David Goldschmidt and his co-founders.

Questions with David Goldschmidt

Alex Linebrink is the CEO and co-founder of Core Merchant, a company inspired by Bizdom U and currently housed in TechTown.

Questions with Alex Linebrink

Sergio Mazza is the brains behind SenSound, and also the TechTown-based firm's president and CEO.

Questions with Sergio Mazza

Mike Monan and Stephen Colson are the co-founders of Switchback, a website development firm in downtown Ann Arbor.

Questions with Mike Monan and Stephen Colson

Erik Kauppi and John Harding are making transportation more sustainable with their start-up, Current Motor Company

Questions with John Harding and Erik Kauppi

Jesse Cory helps epitomize the coolness of downtown Royal Oak with his creative firms Ohm Creative Group and 323 East.

Questions with Jesse Cory

Pete Bonner is one of the first people to sell cars over the Internet and is now a co-founder with the Detroit Trading Company.

Questions with Pete Bonner

VC firm Beringea believes in Jake Sigal's Ferndale-based firm Livio Radio so much its investing in it.

Questions with Jake Sigal

Doug Guldan is president of Wate Water Heat Transfer System, a start-up in the Macomb-OU INCubator.

Questions with Doug Guldan

Ramsey Sweis gets the most out of Internet searches at his SEO firm Aqaba Technologies.

Questions with Ramsey Sweis

David Olson is president and CEO of Swift Biosciences, a start-up is developing molecular biology reagents for research and diagnostic applications.

Questions with David Olson

Kevin is the CEO of Encryption Security Solutions/Pure Entropy Technologies, founded in 2006.

Questions with Kevin Lasser

Mark Lichtman is the CEO of ZenaComp, which had an annual revenue of 1.8 million in 2009.

Questions with Mark Lichtman