Member News May 2025 Archives - Arizona Technology Council

Chetu Guest Blog Post: UKG Ready Implementation: What You Need to Know!

By Rick Heicksen Vice President of Sales at Chetu The world of Human Capital Management is a difficult one fraught with many challenges. Fortunately, there are technological answers to the questions that inevitably come up for a business looking for solutions to their personnel management dilemmas. One is UKG Ready, a platform with all the pieces to your HCM puzzle. Graphic courtesy of Chetu/ A...

Arizona soars to third most-attractive state for aerospace manufacturing

Among its many projects in Arizona, Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace repairs and overhauls T55 engines for military helicopters. Provided by Honeywell Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights Arizona ranks third in U.S. for aerospace manufacturing attractiveness PwC report highlights Arizona’s industry depth and infrastructure improvement...

How SRP’s planned new reservoir in Arizona would work like a ‘giant battery’

azcentral Salt River Project continues to move forward with a proposed solar and hydropower project east of Mesa that could generate enough electricity to power up to 450,000 homes in the coming decades. Metro Phoenix will likely face substantial new energy requirements, especially from sources that don’t release emissions. The proposed project, if comple...

Shaping Innovation Policy: Highlights from Arizona Technology Council’s 2025 DC Fly-In

In April 2025, the Arizona Technology Council (AZTC) returned to Capitol Hill for its annual DC Fly-In, a powerful opportunity to represent Arizona’s thriving innovation ecosystem and advocate for federal policies that support the state’s science and technology sectors. With a mission to advance clean energy, research and development and a tech-ready workforce, AZTC joined peer technolog...

FPT Guest Blog: Powering Arizona’s Digital Future: Your Cloud & Data Advantage

FPT Unlock Your Potential: Building Arizona’s Digital Success Arizona’s tech scene is vibrant, and as businesses across the state accelerate their digital transformation, a strong foundation of cloud infrastructure and intelligent data management is paramount for success. A knowledgeable technology partner unders...

Claro Enterprise Solutions Wins 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Award

Claro Enterprise Solutions, a leader in innovative IT and managed cyber security services, is proud to announce it has been named the winner of the Best Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) category in the prestigious 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards celebrate organizations and professionals that demonstrate exceptional innovation, commitment, a...

Comcast Business Guest Blog Post: How AI is Reshaping Cybersecurity As We Know It

Comcast Business If there’s a chief defining factor of today’s cybersecurity landscape, it’s change. If there’s a second, it’s volume. In fact, Comcast Business just released its second annual Cybersecurity Threat Report, analyzing the 29 billion cybersecurity events it detected across its base of security customers in 2023, revealing an intensifyin...

Pipeline Design & Engineering Guest Blog Post: Why Every Product Development Engineer Should Speak GD&T

Pipeline Design & Engineering, LLC When a design leaves CAD and enters the real world, it collides with manufacturing variation. Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) is the shared language we use to keep that variation from sinking performance, cost, or schedule. Mastering it is no longer the niche skill of a drawing checker—today’s produ...

Cargill partners with ASU to explore bio-based materials in chip manufacturing

Cargill Bioindustrial is partnering with Arizona State University on a yearlong research project focused on advanced materials used in the semiconductor industry. Deanna Dent Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights Cargill Bioindustrial partners with ASU to study Priamine in semiconductors Priamine shows potential for improving electronic device performance and effi...

Benchmark’s Jeff Benck among 20 Arizonans named finalists for EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards

Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights Twenty Arizona executives, including Jeff Benck from Council member Benchmark named finalists for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur awards Finalists compete in Pacific Southwest region, including five states Regional winners announced June 6, advance to national competition Twenty Arizona executives at 18 companie...

Lucid explores partnerships as automakers eye its Arizona manufacturing capabilities

The exterior of Lucid Group’s plant in Casa Grande. Lucid Motors Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights Lucid attracts automaker interest in its technology and manufacturing Lucid acquired Nikola’s facilities for over $30 million in April Lucid delivered 3,109 cars in Q1, up 58% from last year Lucid Group Inc. is garnering automaker interest in its technolo...

Intero Digital Guest Blog Post: The Future of PPC Advertising: Trends to Watch in 2025

Key Takeaways AI and automation will play a major role in managing and optimizing PPC campaigns in 2025. Audience targeting will become more granular, allowing for hyper-personalized ad experiences. Google Ads extensions and AI-powered features will boost visibility and conversion rates. Staying ahead in PPC 2025 means adapting quickly to evolving tools, dat...

Comcast Business Guest Blog Post: AI, Security, and the Future of Sports: Takeaways from the Comcast Business PLAYERS Executive Forum

Comcast Business At this year’s THE PLAYERS Championship, the world’s best golfers—as well as thousands of fans—descended upon the famed TPC Sawgrass for one of the most important events on the PGA Tour®. But the week wasn’t just about golf. It also served as a gathering of top technology and business leaders exploring how AI, networks, cybersecuri...

Phoenix-based Honeywell deepens air taxi collaboration, aims for 2028 certification

Artist rendering of a Vertical Aerospace air taxi Vertical Aerospace Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights Honeywell expands partnership with Vertical Aerospace for $1 billion eVTOL deal VX4 aircraft to use Honeywell’s Anthem flight deck and Fly-by-Wire system Partnership aims to certify VX4 by 2028, deliver 150 aircraft by 2030 Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace...

Air2O Expands New Phoenix Manufacturing Facility Fivefold, Plans to Create Over 200 Jobs

Photo: Air2O New building with Mike Sullivan, CEO, and Tom Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer. inBusiness PHX Air2O, a global leader in advanced thermal management solutions for mission-critical environments, is pleased to announce moving into its new 186,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Phoenix in June 2025 and will be operational in the fall. Exterior space significantly ...

SRP Awards $200,000 in Grants to 55 Arizona Teachers for Innovative Classroom Projects

inBusiness PHX Salt River Project (SRP) announced it will award $200,000 in STEM, history and social science grants to support 55 elementary, middle and high school classrooms across the state through its Classroom Grants Program. The SRP Classroom Grants Program aims to support schools, educators and students as they develop projects and curriculum geared toward state-man...

5 Council Members Named to Natcast Inaugural NSTC Technical Advisory Board

NATCAST.org Natcast, the purpose-built, non-profit entity designated by the Department of Commerce to operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) established by the CHIPS and Science Act, today announced 19 inaugural members of the NSTC Technical Advisory Board (TAB). The TAB comprises key stakeholders spanning the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem, bringing togethe...

GenTech helps Phoenix elementary school students learn skills local tech companies want in future workers

KTAR News GenTech, a technology support company, is partnering with the Balsz School District in Phoenix to teach kids about AI, coding, robotics and more. Lessons reflect the skills local tech companies want their workers to have, according to GenTech COO Michael Wilson. “In Arizona there’s so much tech coming here, and you know, we see it all the time with new investments of techno...

Chetu Guest Blog Post: Is Now the Time to Move Peoplesoft to Oracle Cloud?

By Rick Heicksen Vice President of Sales at Chetu Nothing is permanent when it comes to business and technology. Certainly, that is true at the nexus of both. There is no better proof of this than Oracle’s recent moves toward cloud-based solutions. This growing versatility has encompassed everything from Microsoft Azure to Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. It is a new world, and a pioneer...

LG Energy Solution partners with Honeywell for Arizona battery plant

A rendering shows the planned battery manufacturing facility that LG Energy Solution is going to build in Queen Creek. Town of Queen Creek documents Phoenix Business Journal Story Highlights LG Energy Solution selects Honeywell for building automation at Arizona battery plant $5.5 billion battery facility is halfway complete, targeting 2026 production LGES begins training work...

E Source Acquires ILLUME Advising to Broaden Energy Consulting and Research Expertise

Illume News E Source, a utilities-focused consulting, research, and data science company, has acquired IILLUME Advising, LLC, a research and strategy consultancy specializing in the energy sector. The acquisition boosts E Source’s ability to help its utility clients by providing deeper insights, tailored solutions, and richer engagement, building on the company’s deep experti...

Council Members PacketWatch and Eide Bailly Form Strategic Alliance

News and updates related to clean energy, sustainability, clean tech, funding updates and more for the state of Arizona.