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DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH Milwaukee 7 Council Meeting February 27, 2014 JOHN DANIELS M7 Co-Chair Chair emeritus Chair Quarles & Brady Greater Milwaukee Committee Jim Ladwig Bryan Albrecht County Executive President Gateway

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Milwaukee 7 Council Meeting February 27, 2014

DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH

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Chair emeritus Chair Quarles & Brady Greater Milwaukee Committee

JOHN DANIELS – M7 Co-Chair

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Jim Ladwig

County Executive Racine County

Bryan Albrecht

President Gateway Technical College

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AGENDA

Business Plan Progress Report Skills Gap

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Purpose

Globally competitive High-value employment Sustainable quality of life

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WIN: Bleum Inc.

 Global software development and IT services company HQ’d in Shanghai, China  Opened its newest software development center in Brookfield  Will provide software development, testing, systems integration and outcomes-based managed services for key solutions and industries  100 jobs

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M7 WIN: Toellner Systems

 Manufacturer of packaging automation systems  Relocation of HQ and mfg ops to Glendale from Wisconsin Rapids  25 employees  Lead from another business that M7 tried to lure to the region

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Illinois Campaign

Door-opener: Letter from Governor

Walker

Target: 800 manufacturers in northeastern

Illinois with 25 or more employees

43 visits since October 11 return visits from target companies 4 active M-7 prospects

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WIN: Kenall

 Manufacturer of electrical components  Will relocate – HQ, engineering

and production – to new site in SE Wisconsin

 400 jobs in 2014; 620 by 2018;

average salary $55,000

 Will construct new 350,000 sf facility  Competitive process: WI v. IL  Collaborative recruitment efforts by M-7, Governor Walker, WEDC,

and local elected and economic development officials

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Executive VP Operations Kenall

Randy Hernandez

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41

Active Projects

Pipeline of Prospects

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6,000

Potential Jobs

Pipeline of Prospects

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Exporting

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Director Export Services

Bill Burnett

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Survey

M7 Export Survey www.surveymonkey.com/s/M7_Council

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Global Water Center

247 W. Freshwater Way | Milwaukee, WI 53204 | 414-988-8750 Photo Credit: Kahler Slater

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M-WERC

Successful Transition of M-WERC into an 8 State Regional Entity
M-WERC authorized FY 14 Technology Innovation Grants ~$450k
M-WERC Board Approved Energy Innovation Accelerator
Completed Two Technology Focus Area Proprietary Road Maps

Major Milestones

Mid-West Energy Research Consortium

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SCALE UP

PHASE 1 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

24.6% Average projected increase in 2014 revenues above and

beyond initial projections by 2013 Scalerator participants

15+ Google Hangouts; 19 video interviews; 1700+ user views
7 Local, national or international print media stories;

121 online media stories; 7 TV broadcasts; 2 radio interviews

2 Mayoral roundtables; 15 participating entrepreneurs
10 Regional universities sent 24 professors to Faculty Workshop
75+ Attendees at Financial Stakeholder Workshop
210 Attendees at Corporate Venture Forum

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SCALE UP

PHASE 2 ACTION ITEMS

Educational programs for growth-oriented entrepreneurs
Communicating MKE’s entrepreneurship assets nationwide
Working with municipal, county and state government to support

entrepreneurial growth

Collaborating with local e.d. groups to create scale up programs
Helping to unlock existing debt and equity capital

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Skills Gap

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President Imperial Consulting

Dr. Ed Gordon

SLIDE 26  Milwaukee 7 Council Meeting  November 5, 2013

Driving Economic Growth

NEXT MEETING:

JUNE 19

MILWAUKEE COUNTY