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3 M I D -Y E A R R E P O R T 2 018 18 Mid-Year Letter From the Director Putting the pieces together We're already halfway through 2018! e Mid-Year Report always arrives before you know it; it's because we're so busy with great work underway. We've seen extraordinary acceleration due to early success with the Supply Chain Marketplace initiative, our online business-to-business directory of firms supplying or wanting to supply some great growth markets, including the recent arrival of Foxconn. New North has always stayed true to our three buckets of work: talent development, business development (including entrepreneurship) and branding. Aer 12 years, we are introducing work directed at a fourth bucket called "business intelligence." As the name suggests, this is purposeful information gathering that informs our strategies about impending changes, competitive pressures or unique opportunities for the region that lie on the horizon. In this Mid-Year Report, you'll read about this newest initiative. Learn how your business can tap into our marketing materials around talent. We all know that finding great talent is the No. 1 issue facing the New North economy and beyond. at's why New North is devoting resources to this. One sector with a great need of talent is information technology. e report includes a story on the many IT initiatives in the region and what the region is doing to move the needle on developing more IT talent. We've also included an update on the Supply Chain Marketplace and the role New North is playing in assisting in business attraction in similar fashion to that of the efforts to support Foxconn supply chain requirements. Our biannual reports include the New North Dashboard, which is a quick update on all of New North's work. You'll see there is a lot going on in our dashboard, much of which is due to many of our partners and volunteer committee efforts. Lastly, we are very excited for the upcoming 2018 New North Summit, which will be held at the new Fox Cities Exhibition Center in Appleton. Mark your calendars for ursday, Dec. 6 for what I'm sure will be the best summit yet. Jerry Murphy New North, Inc. Executive Director 2018 New North Board of Directors Co-chair - Bill Bohn Associated Bank * Co-chair - Vicki Updike New Sage Strategies * Greg Barber Schenck SC Brian Bruess St. Norbert College Corey Brumbaugh Miron Construction Co., Inc. Bob DeKoch The Boldt Co.* Pete Dulcamara Kimberly-Clark Corp. Tim Feldhausen Davis & Kuelthau Mary Goggans Encapsys LLC Robyn Gruner AT&T, Inc. Cecilia Harry Envision Greater Fond du Lac Mark Herzog Holy Family Memorial (retired) Bryan Hollenbach Green Bay Packaging John Kreul Bemis Co., Inc. * Erik Lampe Oshkosh Corp. Andrew Leavitt UW-Oshkosh * David Martin H.J. Martin & Son., Inc. Susan May Fox Valley Technical College * Gary Miller UW-Green Bay Paul Mueller Thrivent (retired) Doug Page Performa Bob Pedersen Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin (retired) Vern Peterson Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (WPS) Maureen Pistone Wipfli, LLP Mark Rourke Schneider National Greg Sabel CD Smith Construction Tim Schneider Investors Community Bank * Michelle Schuler Microsoft Terri Schulz Waupaca Area Chamber of Commerce Mark Schwei Consolidated Construction Co. Kathi Seifert Katapult, LLC * Susan Staed Schreiber Foods, Inc. Scott Teerlinck Werner Electric David Thiel Waupaca County Economic Development Corp. Catherine Tierney Community First Credit Union Francesco Valente Fincantieri David Ward NorthStar Economics, Inc. Scott Weas Eppstein Uhen Architects Bill Woodward von Briesen & Roper, S.C Bob Zemple Baker Tilly, LLP Executive Director - Jerry Murphy New North * * Indicates service on the New North Executive Committee