John W Stout has a stake in his native Detroit. It's why the president and founder of
Stout Systems opened an office for his Ann Arbor-based firm in TechTown this year.
"TechTown is clearly the center of a lot of the growth in Detroit," Stout says. "I am very interested in seeing Detroit reborn and I think
TechTown is a focal point of that rebirth."
Stout Systems started 15 years ago with just Stout. Now it employs 25 people, gives work to another five people and is looking at starting an internship program. It has anywhere between 1-3 people working out of its Detroit office at any given time.
The firm specializes in software development and helping firms with technical staffing for things like computer programs or project managers. It has almost doubled its employee base in the last two years and expects to continue growing with an eye on Wayne County, especially in Detroit.
"The only thing that limits us is if we decided we didn’t want to get much bigger," Stout says.
Source: John W Stout, president and founder of Stout Systems
Writer: Jon Zemke
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