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Pennsylvania-based firm acquires Waukesha-based Chortek’s Sage practice
Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based RKL eSolutions LLC, an ERP software and IT consulting firm, announced today that it has acquired Waukesha-based...
Herb Kohl dies at 88
Herb Kohl, who represented Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate for 24 years and owned the Milwaukee Bucks for 29...
Waukesha County Business Alliance president and CEO Suzanne Kelley to retire in 2024
Waukesha County Business Alliance president and CEO Suzanne Kelley, who has led the organization since 2009 when it was...
Lake Geneva-based Joy Research names new CEO while raising $2 million seed round
Lake Geneva-based Joy Research, the edtech startup that's developing the app JOY HELPS, has named Steve Cindrich as its new CEO.
Milwaukee-based startup Advanced Ionics names president and COO, chief commercial officer
Milwaukee-based energy equipment manufacturer Advanced Ionics announced today that it has added John Jung as president and chief operating...
Zurn Elkay names new president as COO transitions to new role
Milwaukee-based Zurn Elkay Water Solutions chief operating officer Craig Wehr will move to an executive advisory role at the...
Kohl’s CFO named to Molson Coors board of directors
Jill Timm, the chief financial officer of Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Corp., has been named to the board of directors...
Horizon Home Care & Hospice CEO to retire
Mary Haynor, the president and CEO of Milwaukee-based Horizon Home Care & Hospice, will retire on Jan. 5.
Haynor began...
Northwestern Mutual exec named Marquette’s new dean of Business Administration
Andrew J. DeGuire, vice president of corporate strategy at Milwaukee-based financial services company Northwestern Mutual has been named the...
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Lemberg Electric names new president
Brookfield-based electrical contracting firm Lemberg Electric announced the promotion of Kyle Witte to president, beginning January 2024.
Witte has been...
Milwaukee-based ASQ names new CEO
Milwaukee-based ASQ (American Society for Quality) has named Sid Bhatnagar as its chief executive officer.
Summerfest president Sarah Pancheri to add CEO role
After a year and a half of serving as president of Milwaukee World Festival Inc., Sarah Pancheri will officially...
Community Leader of the Year: Tim Sheehy made huge impact as president of MMAC
When Tim Sheehy began his 40-year career with the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce in 1983, the Milwaukee Bucks...
CEO of the Year: Dominic Ortiz leads charge for $190 million renovation project at Potawatomi Casino Hotel
The state of the entertainment industry was bleak when Dominic Ortiz took over as head of Potawatomi Casino Hotel...
UWM’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center names new director
Ilya Avdeev has been named the new director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC).
Avdeev, an associate...
