Wednesday, July 9, 2025
See below for the latest episodes of “WisBusiness: The Show,” “WisBusiness: The Podcast” and “Talking Trade.”

WisBusiness: the Show with Matt Younkle and Joe Boucher of Wisconsin Innovation Awards

Contact: Tom Still or Julie Johnson at 608-442-7557 To learn more online: www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com MADISON, Wis. – The latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show” features attorney Joe Boucher and entrepreneur Matt Younkle, who launched the statewide Wisconsin Innovation Awards with the strong support of its sponsors over the first 11 years. The Tech Council is taking over management of the WIA in time for the fall...

WisBusiness: the Show with Kalpa Vithalani of Marquette University

Contact: Tom Still or Julie Johnson at 608-442-7557 To learn more online: www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com MADISON, Wis. – The latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show” features Kalpa Vithalani, executive director for technology transfer at Milwaukee’s Marquette University. She discusses how campus innovation leads to better products and other breakthroughs across many business and health sectors. The Show also reviews recent and upcoming Tech Council events.

WisBusiness: the Podcast with Ashwin Karthikeyan, Phoenix-Aid

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Ashwin Karthikeyan, founder of Phoenix-Aid.  Karthikeyan, who won this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, discusses his company’s advanced wound care dressing product. He describes it as a “better Band-Aid” for diabetic ulcers.  “These chronic wounds, they last a long time, they’re easily infected, they have a rather complex healing process,” he said. “Someone with a chronic...

WisBusiness: the Podcast with Emily Pritzkow, Wisconsin Building Trades Council

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Emily Pritzkow, executive director of the Wisconsin Building Trades Council.  The discussion ranges from federal policy changes affecting the industry to the ongoing uncertainty around tariffs, with Pritzkow noting “it’s never a dull moment in the building trades.” She noted the construction industry and the U.S. economy overall “relies heavily” on imports. While she said “tariffs are...

Talking Trade with Jack Rabenn, vice president of the Industrial Group at Crow Holdings

In the latest episode of Talking Trade, Crow Holdings Industrial Vice President Jack Rabenn says a new air cargo facility set to open in Milwaukee will provide an alternative to the delays and congestion importers and exporters currently face in Chicago. 

Talking Trade with Richard Hyde, British consul general in Chicago

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” British Consul General in Chicago Richard Hyde says the new trade deal between the United States and United Kingdom includes key provisions on agriculture that will benefit both countries.  “This is something we’ve been talking about for a number of years, since we left the European Union this has been one of the big things that we’ve been...