GalaxE.Solutions Brings Jobs to Detroit – Tim Bryan Interview on Fox 2 News
Murray Feldman of Fox 2 News Detroit interviews GalaxE’s CEO Tim Bryan for Job Shop about bringing jobs to the city.
GalaxE.Solutions – Reinvigorating the Job Market in Detroit
A video that gives an overview of how GalaxE.Solutions leading IT provider plans to open up a new software development facility in downtown Detroit to reinvigorate business with high tech jobs in 5 years.
The Secret Sauce
Dan Gilbert, founder and chairman of Quicken Loans Inc., has moved nearly 2,500 workers to downtown Detroit from Livonia in recent months. The move wasn’t altruistic; rather, Gilbert believes Detroit is on the cusp of creating a technology hub in the heart of its central business district.
Third World Aura Draws Businesses to Detroit
GalaxE could have settled in Southfield or Flint (Bryan looked there) but ultimately decided that planting a growing IT company in downtown Detroit would make a statement, and help attract other high-tech businesses to what Quicken Loan’s Chairman Dan Gilbert calls “Webward Avenue.”
Quicken Loans Hopes Detroit will be the Next Technology Hub
Quicken Loans owner Dan Gilbert hopes his company’s move to Detroit will help create a technology hub downtown. The online mortgage giant says in a release that 1,700 workers will work downtown when Quicken and several sister companies move their headquarters to Detroit in August.
New Jersey tech firm hiring in downtown Detroit
A 20-year-old New Jersey-based IT company has hired its first 20 people in downtown Detroit — enroute to plans to hire 500 people over the next five years. GalaxE Solutions Inc. is setting up shop at its new Detroit development office at 1001 Woodward Ave., the former First Federal of Michigan building, across Woodward Avenue from Compuware Corp. and Campus Martius park.
Looking to the Future – Parting Shots Reflect on Hope and Change
A few parting thoughts –– and quotes –– from last week’s Mackinac Island shindig, as folks looked forward to what will come out of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual policy conference.
Information Technology Firm Hiring in Detroit
GalaxE Solutions Inc., an information technology company that is moving its headquarters to Detroit, is now hiring, according to a story on WWJ. “We’ll be working with the state and local government with regard to job fairs and other training programs and folks should have a real easy time applying,” CEO Tim Bryan said.
Tax-free zone could jump-start Detroit
He should know: He’s making Detroit an integral piece of his 20-year-old company’s expansion plans, bringing 500 tech jobs to renovated offices in the 1001 Woodward building at Campus Martius. “You get business to locate here and you bring downtown back into play.”