The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition has landed a keynote speaker for this year's event that is a bit more corporate, and that's what organizers were going for.
Tony Scott has served as CTO of General Motors, CIO of Disney, and just recently stepped down as the CIO of Microsoft. He will serve as the business plan's keynote speaker at its awards ceremony on Nov. 14 at Orchestra Hall in downtown Detroit.
Lauren Bigelow, executive director of the
Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, says Scott will be able to speak at length about a number of verticals, such as automotive, entertainment and technology. Scott will also be able to speak about how IT connects all of them and just about every other business market and what big corporations are looking for in the start-ups they acquire.
"He can bring a fantastic perspective on small- and medium-sized business and how Microsoft helps them grow," Bigelow says.
The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition will return to downtown Detroit this year with events set to be held in the Guardian Building and the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. The deadline for companies to apply to compete is set for Aug. 14. For information, click
here.
Source: Lauren Bigelow, executive director of the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition
Writer: Jon Zemke
Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
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