Internet2 creates 85 jobs in Ann Arbor, looks to add a few more

The laws of supply and demand at their most basic are working in favor of Internet2.The Ann Arbor-based non-profit started with four people a dozen years ago with the simple premise of providing high-performance networks for higher education and research labs. Today it has grown to 85 people and a handful of interns, picking up the slack that traditional companies couldn’t provide.”It turned out they weren’t able to do that because the growth of the Internet was so rapid,” says Douglas Van Houweling, CEO of Internet2.The non-profit’s revenue has grown 30 percent and it expects to continue to grow at least another 5 percent each year in the near future. It also expects to add a few more employees in that time, too, to help keep up with demand.Van Houweling sees that demand steadily increasing as more and more research labs for the likes of the U.S. Department of Energy (one of its newest clients) and universities jump on its bandwagon. Just another simple case of an Ann Arbor firm taking advantage of supply and demand.Source: Douglas Van Houweling, CEO of Internet2Writer: Jon Zemke