Downtown Mt. Clemens is welcoming another new economy tech firm as eyeWyre Software Studios makes the move from Shelby Township to the seat of Macomb County.
The 13-year-old firm is moving into an old firehouse (circa 1908) that has been newly refurbished into a creative office space. The company is bringing nine employees and an intern with it. It had looked at other downtown spaces across the region, including Royal Oak, Ferndale and Detroit, but saw downtown Mt. Clemens as the best fit.
"We are a very creative company," says Matt Chartier, president & director of product development for
eyeWyre Software Studios. "We want to have an urban experience and a cool environment. ... We saw a lot of new things happening here. This new growth was pretty cool for us."
The software company offers both consulting and software services for everything from desktop to mobile platforms. It has also produced its own software and tech products, including robotics and micro-controller simulators and games for the desktop and mobile platforms.
Mobile has become a growing part of eyeWyre Software Studios' business. It has hired three people over the last year, and they have all been software engineers.
Source: Matt Chartier, president & director of product development for eyeWyre Software Studios
Writer: Jon Zemke
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