Blaire Miller, Ccm, Mba

Automation Alley is a nonprofit manufacturing and technology business association and Michigan's Industry 4.0 knowledge center, with a global outlook and a regional focus. We connect industry, academia and government to fuel Michigan's economy and accelerate innovation. We offer programs, resources and knowledge to help our members grow and prosper in the digital age.

We are a global community of over 400 leadership experts working together to promote a diverse perspective of leadership, embracing creative thinking and sharing our expertise and experience with each other to bring our clients the very best results. Panorama was born in 2009, with a small number of like-minded leadership services and executive search firms who wanted to cultivate a community with first class global capabilities and deep, honest local knowledge. It was founded on trust and has continued to grow to a thriving community of 24 independently owned businesses working across 25 countries. We continue to flourish alongside each other and our commitment to common values and the sharing of knowledge and perspectives allows us to challenge each other to be even better for our clients every year.

Leading provider of executive search services for key management positions worldwide. In today’s knowledge-based economy, the caliber of human capital is critical to an organization’s competitive strength. Securing executive talent (President, CEO, CFO, and board members) can be a formidable challenge. It requires the skills of highly experienced professionals with the resources necessary to research, identify and secure the optimal candidates for top-level positions. Effective executive search provides a meaningful return on investment for clients while creating a strategic advantage for developing and sustaining industry leadership. In order to meet our clients’ needs on a global basis, we have recently enhanced our delivery capabilities with a network of seven affiliated offices in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands with further expansion targeted for India and China. The Hunter Group has more than a century of overall business experience including over 50 years in executive search. Our team of professionals provides a search process that is second to none as evidenced by our innumerable successes and expertise in building strong companies. We obtain an intimate knowledge of our client’s business, corporate culture, customers, competitors and long-term goals and combine that understanding with an international network to deliver exceptional and effective intellectual capital leadership solutions to our clients.

INVESTING IN HIGH-PERFORMING, WOMEN-LED COMPANIES Currently investing from Astia Fund I - a $32M Series A/B fund that is sector and geography agnostic. For twenty years, Astia has carved a unique path to source, screen and invest in the top performing companies. Astia’s proprietary Expert Sift™ deal sourcing and screening process is a robust, data-driven methodology that uses best-in-class tools and wisdom-of-the-crowd techniques to eliminate bias. To successfully address the intersectionality of race and gender, Astia established a clear focus on investing in women of color. Grounded in deep domain expertise, exceptional investment performance, a belief in the value of women as leaders and a proprietary investment process, Astia invests via a family of funds. Throughout its twenty years, Astia has paved the way for investors to align human values with investment rigor. Understanding the fundamentals of change, Astia has built an institution to last. Through a variety of investment vehicles, Astia enables investment at all stages of private company growth. With an acute understanding of the unique challenges of high-growth, Astia ensures portfolio success. We are entrepreneur-centric and hands-on. By investing with Astia, Limited Partners expand their legacy of impact. Founded by tech pioneer Catherine Muther in 1998, Astia has never wavered from its fundamental commitment to level the investment playing field. Still today, less than 10 percent of VC investments are made into companies that include even one woman leader. We believe in investment as a force for change.

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.