Keynote Speaker

Matt Roush

Joined WWJ Newsradio 950 in August 2001 to spearhead the launch of the Great Lakes IT Report, a daily IT newsletter delivered via email first thing every business morning. As Technology Editor of GLITR, Roush covers the tech world broadly, from hardware, software, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and tech education. Roush most recently was at Crain's Detroit Business, where he worked for more than 10 years. His beat included banking and finance and retailing. In 1994, while covering retailing for Crain's, he discovered a novel medium called the Internet, which retailers worried at that time was going to put every store out of business. In 1998 he started covering technology full time, including the rise and fall (and rise) of the dot-com in Detroit. Roush later was promoted to editor of CrainTech.com in October 2000 -- a job he held until joining WWJ.

Roush’s journalism background is extensive. He has covered beats as varied as business, health care, local government and real estate for the Kalamazoo Gazette, the Traverse City Record-Eagle the Leelanau Enterprise in Leland and the Three Rivers Commercial. Roush, a resident of Dearborn, is active in his community and church. He has won numerous journalism awards from the Associated Press, UPI, the Association of Area Business Publications and internal awards from Crain Communications Inc. His hobbies include web surfing, cross country skiing, camping, hiking, astronomy, gardening, and building and flying model rockets. Roush is a native of Three Rivers and a 1978 graduate of Albion College.