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Saylor Frase '98

BS - Science & Technology

Nuspire - Founder/Board Chairman

Saylor is a board member and Principal at Regsaw, a real estate development and management company.  Saylor also sits on the board for several other organizations, including EoTerra Travel Services, and is the Chairman of the Twilight Foundation. Additionally, he is the Founder and Board Chairman of Nuspire Corporation, a technology firm that provides a full range of Managed I.T. Security services to fortune 500 companies. He has led Nuspire to consistent growth and in 2009 Nuspire was named to the list of North America’s “fastest-growing companies” by Inc. Magazine.

In 2016, Nuspire was acquired by Abry Partners.  Philanthropically, in 2007 he founded the Twilight Foundation to support and further social, and humanitarian efforts in the community. Since then, the Twilight Foundation has grown and been able to make a tremendous, positive impact on the Detroit metro area. 

Frase studied information systems and computer science at Central Michigan University and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School in Boston Massachusetts. Professionally Saylor has been recognized by Lawrence Tech University with a “leader & Innovator” award (2007), added to the list of “40 under 40” top business professionals of Metro Detroit by Crain’s Magazine (2008), Awarded by Automation Alley, (Michigan’s largest technology business association, 3rd in the U.S.) as the "Emerging Leader of the Year" 2010, highlighted by the State of Michigan as a leader in the technology sector as part of the “Michigan Upper Hand” Economic Development Program in 2010, in 2012 Saylor was Commissioned as a colonel by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Steven Beshear (the highest title of honor bestowed by the State), in 2013 honored by Central Michigan University with the Distinguished Alumni Award and in 2019 named one of Michigan's Most Valuable Entrepreneurs.