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    George Dalton
    Twenty years ago, when George Dalton was preparing to take Fiserv public, he queried his investment banker as to whether he should move the firm’s headquarters to another city. “I could have relocated anywhere – Dallas, the West Coast, Atlanta,” he recalls. “But the answer came back strong and firm: stay where you are because the region has a great work ethic.” Learn more...



    Brooks Stevens Design


    Rainer Schnabel
    For more than 70 years, Grafton-based Brooks Stevens Design has been using distinctive design to create brand loyalty and market leadership for its clients internationally.

    You might expect a global leader in product development and design to be located in New York, Seattle, Chicago or San Francisco. But the firm that helped to create such American icons as the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Oscar Mayer WienerMobile, Excalibur automobile and Lawn-Boy lawn mower has stayed close to its regional roots. Learn more...

    Patient Care
    Jane Cooper
    Jane Cooper never intended to leave New Orleans. “I took off from my house to go jogging, went around the corner, and saw the water. I turned around and went back to my house, my husband and I packed up what we could, and we got out.”

    Hurricane Katrina ensured that she would not return, leaving behind not only her home, but a successful business – Patient Care – that she started in 2001. Learn more...


    Yokit


    Dilip Kotecha
    Thanks to an “idea bank” that helps companies turns patents into profits, a Sturtevant-based start-up is poised to revolutionize the yogurt industry with a new product for on-the-go lifestyles. 

    Yokit instant yogurt – which doesn’t need to be refrigerated and has a shelf life of 18 months –  provides a healthy snack and meal alternative for hikers, bikers, students, office professionals and harried moms shuttling kids from event to event. Adding water to the Yokit dry-powdered dairy formula creates a yogurt with the same taste, texture and creamy sensations as traditional dairy products. Learn more...


    Chryspac


    William Beckett

    The Milwaukee Region’s proximity to Chicago, its large manufacturing sector and its available pool of non-skilled workers have proven to be the perfect ingredients for William Beckett to grow his business.

    “The services we provide are hand-type work that you can’t automate or don’t want to automate,” he says of Chryspac, a contract packaging firm that provides packaging, light assembly, quality inspections, sorting and fulfillment services. “Milwaukee has a very large and underutilized low-skilled workforce that is ideal for our work.” Learn more...


    SysLogic


    Tina Chang
    Tina Chang is no stranger to “big ponds.” She hails from New York City and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison before coming to Milwaukee to work for a national consulting firm.

    Once here, she quickly came to realize the region’s potential. Seven years ago she became majority owner of SysLogic, a custom software development and IT consulting firm. Now she has no reason to leave. Learn more...


    Frontier Medical Products & Beechwood Cheese Factory

    Mark Rolison

    Mark Rolison’s entrepreneurial spirit doesn’t allow him to sit still for long. Since moving to Milwaukee from the Chicago area ten years ago, he has worked as a project manager for several industrial products companies before starting a residential real estate business buying and rehabbing properties.

    Then commercial real estate caught his eye. “I had always wanted to own my own business,” Rolison says. Learn more...


    General Metalworks


    Eric and Mary Isbister
    A business culture focused on getting things done, a strong infrastructure and a workforce “thirsty to learn.” That’s what has impressed Eric and Mary Isbister who moved to the Milwaukee Region from the East Coast in 1997 to run General MetalWorks Corp., a Mequon-based metal fabricator.
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    Individual Success Stories


    Samantha DeLay


    Samantha DeLay has a new perspective of Milwaukee after moving here recently to start a career in financial services.

    DeLay is a research analyst for Robert W. Baird & Co., a leading full-service investment firm that has been named to Fortune's “100 Best Companies To Work For” for three consecutive years. Learn more...






    Carolyn Woznicki

    Relocating is never easy, but for Carolyn Woznicki and her family, it didn’t take long to feel right at home in the Milwaukee Region.

    Woznicki is vice president of global purchasing for Johnson Controls Building Efficiency Group and lives in Wind Lake in Racine County.  Since moving here from Michigan, she and her family have enjoyed experiencing the array of attractions, festivals and area events the Milwaukee area and the state have to offer. Learn more...




    Sean Kennedy

    Relocating from San Francisco, Sean Kennedy doesn’t miss the endless congestion of California and the high cost of living. 

    Kennedy moved to Milwaukee several years ago with his girlfriend when she was recruited by an area hospital for a surgeon position.  They now make their home in the city of Greenfield, a suburb just south of Milwaukee. Learn more...