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his year marked the 10th anniversary of what has become the An awards presentation featured the largest nomination and qualifica-
largest celebration of the San Diego region’s burgeoning IT tion round in the 10 year history of the event. Of the 634 submissions —
community. Hosted at Petco Park for the first time, the annual all nominated by their peers, colleagues, and employers — 525 Top Tech
event drew more than 1200 people on Thursday, May 11, and Execs qualified for the event. Ultimately, 11 nominees were recognized as
remains the largest technology recognition event in the history of San honorees, along with a special Lifetime Achievement Award for Douglas
Diego. Beginning with Petco’s outfield as a drop zone for precision sky Palmer of KnuEdge and a Cox Exemplary Award for Laura Spencer of
divers and ending with a fireworks finale, the festivities featured awards Lakeside Union School District. Additionally, 10 Lifetime Achievement
and activities from gaming to culinary and cocktail samplings. A city honorees were inducted into a new Top Tech Exec Hall of Fame.
proclamation declared the day Top Tech Exec Day.
LETTER FROM
COX BUSINESS
10 years of Top Tech! What a milestone Awards is our way of thanking you for the countless hours you devote
for San Diego’s IT community and for the to keeping your business operating efficiently and securely.
community as a whole. This year, we once It was truly a privilege to stand before you all, on a Major League
again hit record highs for nominations as Baseball field no less, honoring all of your hard work over the past year.
well as attendance. That is a testament to I look forward to watching San Diego’s IT community as it continues
the fact that our community understands the to lead and innovate. And, as it has been over the past decade, Top
importance and value of these unsung heroes Tech will be there to celebrate your ongoing success.
who fuel San Diego’s business engine. Twelve
years ago, as I was on my way to another Congratulations once again,
CEO or CFO awards, I thought to myself
“where is the event for IT leaders? Why aren’t they getting recognized?”
After all, I had worked closely with the IT leaders who were working Larry Coval
against a backdrop of too few resources, insufficient funding and too Vice President
many problems to solve. Clearly, these individuals played, and continue Cox Business
to play, a critical role in their companies’ success. The Top Tech Exec
LETTER FROM
THE SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL
I have been attending business-awards it succeed, and the dedicated team to keep it growing every year for a
parties, dinners and galas for more than 30 full decade. Business events can be difficult to pull off well one time,
years, but I’m not sure I ever experienced a much less twice or more. Concepts have their day in the sun, but many
better one than the May 11 Top Tech Exec only last a few years. The special ones, however, become an institution
Awards at Petco Park. in the best sense of the word. That’s what we witnessed out there on
Cox Business hosted a memorable ceremo- the field of Petco on May 11, and it was good to see Coval and his
ny that allowed the region’s IT community to team enjoy what they beheld. They certainly earned it.
mix business networking and celebrations of As for the celebration itself, well, the honorees certainly earned their
excellence with strolls across the expansive, accolades, and that’s what this special publication is all about. It’s our
perfect sod of Petco – where, on other days, honor to introduce you to the talented men and women who give San
San Diego Padres outfielders roam. Folks got to sit in the dugouts Diego one of the best IT scenes in the country. It’s no small task to
where big league ball players usually spit sunflower-seed shells, and stand out in this competition, so we congratulate all the winners and
they soaked up perfect late afternoon sunshine while sipping cocktails nominees.
and craft brews, standing where infielders otherwise would be reacting Since this is a 10th-anniversary edition, don’t miss our special
to line drives drilled at their heads. “Where Are They Now?” feature looking back at some of the winners
This was not your average party — and it was my personal privilege from the very first year of Top Tech.
to participate as a media sponsor, though in fairness, I had no right After reviewing these pages, I’m sure you’ll agree that San Diego
to be on that stage. After all, I’m still in my first year in San Diego, is fortunate indeed when it comes to brilliant tech leadership. That’s
and Top Tech was celebrating its 10th anniversary. A lot of folks have worth celebrating, year after year.
worked on this event honoring our local tech stars for years and years,
including (to name just one example) my predecessor, Armon Mills, Huntley Paton
who remains as publisher emeritus at the San Diego Business Journal. President & Publisher
But Top Tech was really the brainchild of one Larry Coval, Cox San Diego Business Journal
Business vice president. He had the vision to start it, the drive to make
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AWARDS OF DISTINCTION
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Douglas Palmer, Ph.D.
CTO
KnuEdge Inc.
Dr. Doug Palmer, chief technology officer at Following the success of LambdaFabric’s
KnuEdge, loves the human brain. He has spent his
career working with technology companies to build launch, Palmer has continued to work
real-time communications systems, develop field-de- closely with his teams to expand KnuEdge’s
ployed first responder wireless medical devices and
teach collegiate-level courses in engineering. product offerings, tying together today’s
But it was the concept of creating artificial neural
systems — computational networks loosely based
leading edge voice recognition and
on the biological brain — that led Palmer to help authentication technologies with high-
launch one of the most groundbreaking technologies
of the decade. powered neural computing unmatched on the
Palmer has been with KnuEdge since 2006, shap- market. LambdaFabric’s introduction to the
ing the company over the past decade by playing a
critical role. His goal was to build advanced neu- market was met with great success and to
robiological inspired computing machinery that date has been implemented into technology
would perform nontraditional signal processing — a
processor that could withstand the speeds and power solutions across a wide range of industries.
required by today’s most technologically advanced
machines: artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, etc.
On June 6, 2016, after leading the company through a 10-year stealth research and development period, Palmer
helped launch KnuEdge’s “LambdaFabric” which enables super-scalable computing of up to 512,000 processors,
interconnected in an ultra-low-latency, high-throughput fabric. This allows for adaptable, massively parallel thinking compared with current market offerings.
Palmer oversaw the production and management of the processors to ensure that they were addressing one of the most pressing challenges that IT leaders face
— supporting the exponentially growing pool of available data that comes in on a daily basis and figuring out how to extract value from it.
Following the success of LambdaFabric’s launch, Palmer has continued to work closely with his teams to expand KnuEdge’s product offerings, tying together
today’s leading edge voice recognition and authentication technologies with high-powered neural computing unmatched on the market. LambdaFabric’s intro-
duction to the market was met with great success and to date has been implemented into technology solutions across a wide range of industries.
Palmer received his B.A. from the University of California San Diego’s Revelle College and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in High Energy Physics from Yale University.
He holds more than a dozen U.S. patents and has founded or participated in the startup of many companies.
In the past, Palmer worked on the world’s largest excimer laser (for missile defense), adaptive optics, CCD imagers, satellite communications (at Linkabit),
medical ultrasound and X-ray imaging systems, anesthesia monitors, neural networks, and free-space laser communications systems.
He co-founded Path1 Network Technologies Inc. with UC San Diego professor Ron Fellman, which today is churning out specialized video-over-IP equipment
for cable companies to deliver entertainment-on-demand.
A sailor in his free time, Palmer created a software sailing simulator for Dennis Conner in 1992. It accurately modeled all the forces and interactions between
a sailboat and the wind and ocean.
COX BUSINESS EXEMPLARY AWARD
Laura Spencer
Director of Educational Technology and Communications
Lakeside Union School District
Laura Spencer is committed to ensuring that technology is used as a During her tenure as a
tool to engage and educate students in authentic experiences. She has
been the director of educational technology for the Lakeside Union classroom teacher, Spencer
School District for three years. Spencer oversees the implementation
of technology-integrated instructional programs, professional de-
participated in Project
velopment standards and the technical infrastructure. Her work has LemonLink, a program
resulted in two Classroom of the Future Foundation school awards,
an Innovative Educator Award from Classroom of the Future Foun- focused on high-speed internet
dation, and an Administrator of the Year award from the American connectivity, equity, and 1:1
Heart Association.
During her tenure as a classroom teacher, Spencer participated in access to thin-client tablets so
Project LemonLink, a program focused on high-speed internet con- middle school students could
nectivity, equity, and 1:1 access to thin-client tablets so middle school
students could have equitable access to quality digital instructional have equitable access to quality
resources. During this time she was awarded a Microsoft Innovative digital instructional resources.
Educator award, as well as chosen as a “Best of NECC” presenter
for the National Educational Computing Conference.
Spencer also is active as a technology advocate in the community.
She serves as the president of the San Diego affiliate of CUE (Computer Using Educators).
In this role, she has worked to provide grants and awards for deserving educators throughout the county. She
presents at both local and national conferences, including SDCUE Tech Fest, CUE Annual Conference, CUE Rock Star, ASCD, and ISTE.
Spencer received her Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Administration from Alliant International University. She also holds two master’s degrees from
National University, one in Educational Administration and one in teaching with a focus on reading.
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HONOREES
HONOREES
EDUCATION GOVERNMENT NONPROFIT SMALL NONPROFIT LARGE
Dr. Christopher Longhurst Matthew Brown Peter Battistel John Hall
CIO Director of Administrative Services VP of Technology Director of Global Infrastructure
UC San Diego Health San Diego County Water Authority 2-1-1 San Diego Services
The San Diego County Water Au- 2-1-1 San Diego’s Peter Battistel has Gemological Institute of America Inc.
A professor in the Department of
Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of thority is a public agency that has been been instrumental in helping the non- John Hall in 2016 made vast contri-
Medicine, Dr. Christopher Longhurst focused on progress and sustainability. profit agency address the needs of San butions through his extensive expertise
trains medical students and residents and Matthew Brown and his IT team have Diego’s most vulnerable populations. in team development, cloud transforma-
conducts original research focusing on the supported that endeavor in a challeng- People often re-use social services, tion strategies, infrastructure program
use of biomedical information to improve ing environment of severe drought and never escaping a state of crisis. To help development, and vendor relationship
patient care. changing regulations. ease this problem, Battistel is improving management.
As a practicing pediatrician specializing Under his direction the IT team 2-1-1’s service by designing, developing He led his team in conducting an in-
in the care of neonates, Dr. Longhurst is launched an IT Skills Training program. and deploying new technology that serves ternal audit and analysis of its existing
one of only a handful of CIOs nationwide Most of the training was designed, devel- as an intersection across providers. This and long term disaster recovery strategy.
who uses the IT services and operations oped, and taught in-house, resulting in an technology — 360° Community Coor- The analysis resulted in a technology
that he oversees. 800-percent increase in employee train- dination — is the first of its kind in the plan with a balance in cost, agility, and
His unique perspective has been partic- ing. The effort of the IT team resulted in nation for any 2-1-1 service. a flexible infrastructure.
ularly valuable in 2016 with the opening of a more knowledgeable workforce of new Battistel built this innovative program He implemented a Wi-Fi solution for
UC San Diego Health’s new 52-bed Level and longtime employees. on the Salesforce platform and has over- GIA’s Carlsbad campus and led negoti-
III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The use of IT analytics for business seen a team of its experts for full systems ations for a wide area network.
He has championed a cultural shift at decision making was greatly expanded. integration since early 2016. The service Hall also oversaw an evaluation of se-
UC San Diego Health that emphasizes The agency continued to use open-source is scheduled to launch in July 2017 and curity. The review included contingency
using IT to enhance the patient experience. tools to build a number of data intensive, it will allow for the creation of a single arrangements for technology resources
For example, Jacobs Medical Center is the powerful, applications that help the Water client record. and establishing a longterm strategy.
first hospital in California to equip every Authority maintain more than 300 miles Additionally Battistel managed the Additionally his team completed a
patient room with an iPad and Apple TV. of pipeline and several thousand assets. technical build out of the new Connec- consolidation of GIA’s existing Shortel
By employing a combination of tech- Brown also was a significant player in tions Center that features seven meeting PBX phone system. This allowed for eas-
nologies not found at other California expanded partnering with other agen- rooms and a town hall. This new space ier management, scalability, and reduced
hospitals, he is positioning UC San Di- cies. The IT team set up a grant portal features an automated room reservation IT resources month over month.
ego Health to be an industry leader in that allowed grant receiving agencies system with real-time digital panels, in-
patient-facing IT innovations. a streamlined approach to submitting terconnected 90-inch TVs along with vid-
compliance documentation. eo and telephone conferencing systems.
PRIVATE MICRO PRIVATE SMALL
David Gray Brian Casazza
VP of Technology CIO
DMV.org Vistage International
David Gray demonstrates a rare com- Brian Casazza has been a change agent
bination of technical acumen, an innate for Vistage International, a 60-year-old
sense for what makes sound business company that has traditionally operated
sense, and the leadership skills to bring a high-touch, in-person business model.
execution to fruition. He leads an expan- Through the application of technology,
sive team covering product development, Casazza and his team are improving the
creative design, software development, member experience.
infrastructure, and analytics. Under his leadership the company
He also has the ability to perform each has developed “My Vistage,” a private
major role himself. Gray has spearheaded social network utilized by its membership
several technology initiatives that have of more than 20,000 CEOs around the
made significant contributions to the globe for private group collaboration,
company’s growth and profitability. connection and networking. Vistage also
Gray provided valuable business insights by integrating several technologies with has launched its first mobile applications.
a data-centric approach. He led the company’s major relaunch of its search engine Casazza has dramatically improved the company’s analytics capabilities by imple-
marketing program. menting Tableau. Vistage also developed speaker booking systems that have greatly
Gray also oversaw the company’s technical effort to capture, store, and leverage improved the efficiency of staff, which was tasked with booking 8,000 speaking
customer data for the purpose of creating a better user experience via segmentation. engagements a year through email and spreadsheets.
Additionally, he led the conception and execution of a self-help widget entitled He has built an offshore development capability in Argentina over the past two
“Sidekick” on the company’s website. He also led a major upgrade of the company’s years that has dramatically reduced development costs.
enterprise revenue tracking tools and processes, which resulted in improved accuracy, Casazza negotiated and developed a new model for field staff and chairs to lever-
stability, and scalability. age Salesforce software that has saved the company in excess of $500,000 annually.
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HONOREES
PRIVATE MEDIUM PRIVATE LARGE PRIVATE XL PUBLIC SMALL
Bob Millington Tim Bochard Bill Zondler Joseph Talarek
EVP, CIO VP of Information Systems CIO Director of Technology
CUSO Financial Services LP Glacier Water Millennium Health Turtle Beach
Bob Millington is that rare tech exec- As Vice President of Information Bill Zondler has worked in the execu- Joe Talarek was recruited by Turtle
utive whose skills go beyond technical Systems, Tim Bochard is charged with tive role of chief information officer for Beach to lead the company’s global IT
ability. developing systems that enhance how Millennium Health for more than two systems. He is responsible for operations,
As chief information officer for CUSO Glacier Water communicates with its and a half years. infrastructure architecture and engineer-
Financial Services, his regular responsi- entire staff and the outside salesforce. When Zondler joined the company, the ing, desktop engineering, service desk,
bilities typically comprise several major The enhancements that he implemented pharmacogenetics lab was running what telecommunications, mobile, executive
IT areas: planning overall IT strategy, for a new data warehouse improve how had become a risky homegrown lab sys- support, information security, disaster
expanding scale, ensuring information data is collected and retrieved. Admin- tem. Through a cross-functional process recovery and business continuity.
security, developing new IT products, istrative tasks can be completed more he and his team realized the lab could run His support has enhanced the com-
and decreasing budgets and expenses. quickly, sales are transmitted faster, and 80 percent of the processes nearly out pany’s portfolio of corporate business
In 2016 those skills were put to the test the data is more accessible. of the box and focus the remaining 20 systems. He has balanced the needs of
as he outlined for an independent audi- This new application also allows for percent on the software development of the company and the employee to ensure
tor all of CFS’ technology systems and daily updates from the sales teams via the data analysis system for the genetics technology is used in an efficient manner.
safeguards. mobile devices in regards to servicing platform. The go-live implementation Talarek has improved the overall secu-
He oversaw the successful completion of their 23,000 vendor machines across was flawless. rity posture of the company.
of two audits. the U.S. Through Zondler’s leadership in 2015, He has championed numerous initia-
The successful completion allows CFS With the build out of a new data Millennium drove the conversion from tives that have enhanced the company’s
to prove the integrity of its financial ser- warehouse, Glacier is able to reduce the paper-based lab order requisitions to profile including: migration of the com-
vices system and the security of sensitive time it took to process data from two electronic orders. This initiative was pany to a VOIP phone solution, new
data for clients. days to 10 minutes, as well as provide successful due to Zondler and his team office location build outs, cybersecurity
Millington also planned and de- users the ability to export the data into developing an easy to use, customer fac- testing and remediation, infrastructure
veloped a new mobile product, MPV an excel spreadsheet for quicker and ing portal called Millennium Connect as upgrades to provide stable operations,
Mobile, which provides a secure way for easier viewing. well as a significant effort to connect with call center implementation, annual IT
clients to work remotely with their finan- This system now provides for a faster the company’s practices through EMR/ SOX audits, and accounting systems
cial advisors on portfolio management. acknowledgement of service require- HL7 interfaces. upgrades.
Millington has undertaken several ments, maintenance and repair, resulting The conversion of customers to elec-
longer-term projects over the past two in less down time for machines. And that tronic ordering enables improved order
years, including the acquisition and increases revenue and profitability. and billing information and allows Mil-
integration of a software development lennium Health to sign up customers
company and the complete restructuring more efficiently.
of the IT department.
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PUBLIC LARGE
Thank You to the 2017
Top Tech Exec Awards Sponsors
Julie Hubbard
VP, Infrastructure Operations &
Information Security
AMN Healthcare
Julie Hubbard brings many years of Title Sponsor: Platinum Sponsor:
global technology leadership and exper-
tise to her role, which has added value
and scale to support the rapid growth of
AMN Healthcare.
She has a bias toward action, deci-
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and playbooks for information security,
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quisition integration, vendor and financial Bronze Sponsors:
management.
Hubbard places great importance on team development, accountability, and per-
formance. She has a keen eye for talent, partners, and resources to deliver on AMN’s
operational and strategic business objectives.
She led 10 new company integrations, including due diligence, integration planning Supporting Sponsors:
and execution, facility and moves along with operational support expansion.
She also has helped devise an information security roadmap that is continuously
improving AMN’s infrastructure. She and her team have completed successful major
upgrades and expansion of the company’s Cisco Network, WebEx, Telecomm Quality
of Service, and Service Now platform.
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PAST HONOREES
CLASS OF 2008: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
BY EMMET PIERCE
Bruce Stephen
Carothers Coggeshall
SVP, Workforce Chief Analytics
Technology and Science
Solutions Officer
AMN Healthcare ID Analytics
In the nine The world of
years since he was risk management
named a Top Tech has gone through
Exec winner, Bruce Carothers has m a ny c h a n g e s
learned to savor the good things in life. since Stephen Coggeshall won a Top
While work remains very important, Tech Award in 2008.
Carothers, 56, says he has come to see “The pace of change around Big
“just how precious time is, both person- Data analytics has been swift,” said
ally and professionally.” Coggeshall, who serves as chief analyst
When he won a Top Tech award in and science officer at ID Analytics and
2008, Carothers was recognized for his LifeLock. “What I see is a convergence
work as senior vice president, chief of risk management and anything that
technology officer, chief information has an internet-connected device with
officer and chief security officer of AMN a danger of malware and viruses. It all
Healthcare. Today he serves as the com- becomes a seamless protection of your
pany’s senior vice president for workforce digital lives.”
technology. He said one lesson the past Coggeshall, 60, manages teams that
nine years has taught him is to rely more solve complex problems, but he started
heavily on the people who surround him. off in a much different direction. He
“I don’t have to be the best at what began his career at the Los Alamos
I do, I just have to find the best people National Laboratory and spent 11 years
and get them to work together,” he said. working in laser fusion and applied Lie
Steve Romeo group theory.
Helping Others
Executive Technologist, Commercial Business Solutions
Carothers has had many opportuni- A New Passion
ties to mentor others in the technology Breg Inc.
He changed fields because he was
field. He recalls working with a man who excited about the practicality of internet
Steve Romeo, an executive technologist for the Breg Inc. orthopedic device
owned a small web software company applications.
company in Carlsbad, said winning a Top Tech Exec Award in 2008 played a big
who wanted to raise venture capital. When Coggeshall mentors young
part in shaping his career.
“We developed a good relationship, people today, he tells them to hone their
“It dramatically influenced my experience,” said Romeo, 44. “Primarily, it in-
and I convinced him to focus instead on mathematics and computer program-
troduced me to a new group of IT professionals.”
getting his customers to fund his growth,” ming skills if they want to have a career
Romeo said the Top Tech program helped him learn the importance of fostering
Carothers recalled. “He was a brilliant in technology.
business relationships.
guy but not really a go-to-market business Coggeshall has had a distinguished
“Without healthy business relationships you aren’t going to be successful,” he
leader. With input from me and others, he career. He won a 1996 Distinguished
said. “I was more of a lone ranger early in my career. Those relationships have
agreed to step aside and hire a profession- Performance Award for leading an IRS
been instrumental in helping me work in San Diego.”
al CEO. Once he did that, they doubled fraud detection project and a 1999 Entre-
San Diego’s technological community is changing, he added. The medical device
the revenue every year for three years and preneur of the Year Award for co-found-
field is being shaped by new mobile technologies.
sold the company for a very nice sum.” ing the company CASA.
“Mobile technology in health care is the hottest thing right now,” he said. “It’s
The executive used the money to The scientist said the most important
accelerating, it’s growing, it’s expanding. The ability to integrate technology into
pursue other personal and professional thing that he has learned since winning
health care is extremely important. As a technology thought leader, we have to
goals, Carothers said. “That was very the 2008 Top Tech award is to stay on
constantly come up with new ideas and new ways of leveraging technology.”
satisfying.” top of developments within emerging
One thing that hasn’t changed over the New World technologies. To do so, it’s important to
years is Carothers’ passion for his work. New developments are empowering people to conduct their lives over mobile be able to “sift through the hype and the
“I discovered software development devices, he said. substantive.”
when I was still in high school,” he “Our field as technologists used to be about big servers and networks,” Romeo He doesn’t spend all of his time as an
said. “The place I was working after said. “It used to be a different playground. Now it is focused on integrating mobile entrepreneur and a manager of scientists,
school bought a DEC mini-computer, devices and sensors.” however. Since his 20s, he has pursued a
and I fell in love with programming. I still Romeo said his love of technology goes back to his childhood. second career as a music conductor. He
love working with technology and seeing “When I was in grade school I had a knack for computers and was fascinated conducts both choirs and orchestras.
how we can solve problems and create with technology,” he recalled. “I just knew how to use computers as a kid. Back He currently directs the St. Thérèse of
new solutions for our clients.” then it was ancient technology. Tandy computers, the Commodore 64, they were Carmel Catholic Church Choir.
my playground, my passion. I felt excited and comfortable about a career in
Navigating Change technology.” A New Direction
Carothers says his career has taken When he retires from his current job
If he hadn’t chosen his present career, Romeo might have become a park ranger.
“a few interesting turns” over the past this year, he plans to teach.
“I have only ever known technology, but I wanted to be a park ranger when I
decade. He currently teaches fraud analytics
was a kid,” he said.
“I worked at several venture funded part time at the University of Southern
startups before I joined AMN, and you Mentoring Students California and the University of Califor-
have to do everything in those small As an adult, he has looked for ways to give something back to the community nia San Diego. He also enjoys mentoring
companies, from commercial product and help others become successful in technological fields. young scientists through their career
development to direct selling the solu- Romeo is a mentor in the California State University San Marcos Management development.
tion, to learning how to make money,” Information Systems program. It helps students understand how the business He said his greatest achievement was
he said. “All that prepared me in ways I world works, he said. It also helps them decide what jobs they would like to pursue helping his children prepare for their
didn’t expect when I joined AMN more after graduation. careers.
than 15 years ago.” “What I feel most proud of is helping other people build their careers in this One thing Coggeshall wishes he had
Today he’s working with several field.” he said. done differently was study business ear-
early-stage companies that AMN has Romeo tells students that in addition to learning about science, they need to lier in life. As a student he didn’t enjoy
acquired in recent years. He helps them learn how to network with other professionals. the subject.
become more successful by understand- “The key in this profession, to building and developing a career, is to network “I’ve come full circle from hating busi-
ing their challenges and the opportunities with other people in the industry. Get to know the people in your field. Get to ness to really enjoying creating businesses
they have. know the companies in San Diego. and developing data scientists to work in
business,” he said.
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PAST HONOREES
David John McKusick
Delacalzada CEO
Director, Nextleft and
Information Universities.com
Technology
and Enterprise John McKusick,
Architecture CEO of Nextleft
Sweetwater and Universities.
Union High com, has fond
School District memories of be-
ing among the first winners of a Top
David Delacalzada’s passion these Tech award.
days is information technology, but his The award provided welcome encour-
head literally was in the clouds when he agement to a young businessman in the
began searching for a career path. technology field.
Delacalzada, 56, attended the United “It’s nice to have some recognition,” he
States Air Force Academy for two years said. “When you are an entrepreneur you
with the goal of becoming a pilot. The don’t necessarily get a ton of it.”
problem that forced him to rethink his McKusick, 39, studied business at
plan was poor eyesight. He couldn’t Point Loma Nazarene University and
see well enough to meet the Air Force’s advertising at the Advertising Arts Col-
standards. He knew it was time for a new lege. When he won the Top Tech award
direction, so he fell back on other pas- he was executive vice president of Geary
sions: mathematics and programming. Interactive, where he had led core service
“I changed my major from engineer- offerings, including technology, creative
ing to math and computer science” he and marketing campaigns.
recalled. “I finished school at the Uni- Today his company Nextleft is a
versity of San Diego.” full-service digital marketing company.
In 2008 he was recognized with a Top His other company, Universities.com
Tech award for developing a technology helps people make decisions about their
culture that had flourished at North Is- education.
land Credit Union. “The biggest thing happening online is
As part of a senior executive team more and more things are consolidating
there, he was responsible for implement- to larger platforms, he explained. “Back
ing information technology initiatives. then there were a lot of small platforms.
Today he serves as director of informa- There were more opportunities to create
tion technology and enterprise archi- your own marketing platform.”
tecture at the Sweetwater Union High
School District. Looking for Opportunities
Whatever job he holds, Delacalzada Photo courtesy of Marco Thompson He said he chose a career in technology
says he applies the same best practices Marco Thompson and marketing because it offered a chal-
he always has used. Managing Director lenge and an opportunity to grow. If he
“The devices change but best practices Express Ventures had chosen another profession, he says it
are consistent,” he said. would have been architecture.
Marco Thompson, managing director of Express Ventures, has learned to slow McKusick likes the idea of designing
Desire to Learn down, relax, and enjoy life since he won a Top Tech Exec Award in 2008. things that are both practical and aesthet-
In the years since he won a Top Tech Nine years ago, Thompson, 59, had yet to let go of the hard-charging attitude ically pleasing. He said one of the most
award, Delacalzada says he has come to that led to him professional success but left him looking for more. memorable people he ever met was late
understand that it’s important to never “The most important thing is to take a relaxed attitude when leading or manag- San Diego architect Graham Downes,
stop learning. ing people,” he said. “The first 20 years of my career I pushed people way too fast who was known for revitalizing neglected
“There is always something to learn and way too hard. I would say that I have learned to be much more user friendly urban areas.
in technology,” he said. “No one ever with the people who are looking to me for guidance.” Asked for advice on how to succeed in a
knows it all.” At the time of the Top Tech award, Thompson was recognized for his broad technological field, McKusick tells people
One of his greatest career learning ex- expertise in the software, hardware and networking fields, and his experience in to “just keep working.” A big part of suc-
periences came in 1996 when he worked founding and overseeing companies. cess is just showing up for work, he holds.
for Time Warner Communications. His greatest achievement came in the second half of the 1990s as he built a “The people who show up the most
“I worked with the Japanese in de- world-class team of professionals at his first company, Dr. Design, an engineering have the most luck,” he said. “The people
ploying the first high-speed cable modem services and product design businesses. who are there day in and day out, working
product in San Diego,” he said. “That “That group has gone on to great success,” he said. hard, usually are the most successful. I
was a fun project. That was the first time Helping Entrepreneurs haven’t met anyone who is successful who
I saw the Windows operating system in Thompson said he started Express Ventures with Joe Markee, “a serial entrepre- doesn’t put in 110 percent.”
Japanese.” neur,” in 2005. “The primary goal for EV was to support San Diego entrepreneurs The most important lesson McKusick
with a local source of funding that could prepare our portfolio for growth and has learned in the past 10 years is the
Parental Guidance importance of family.
Delacalzada says the most influential additional capital raising,” he said.
The fund has had great success in returning money to our investors, and bringing “I think the biggest thing for me is
person in his life has been his 90-year-old having a family now, having kids,” he said.
father, Lucio Delacalzada. jobs and serious capital to San Diego, he added.
Thompson said he was inspired to choose a profession in technology as a stu- Becoming a parent has changed his
“My father is a great man,” he said. perspective, helping him to focus on the
“He was a SEAL in the Navy for 23 years. dent at the University of California San Diego. He graduated with a degree in
engineering in 1979, and he says he has no regrets about his career choice. things that matter most.
He was fortunate to have gone through “When I was younger, I definitely was
several wars and survived them. I really “I got to see the birth of the integrated circuit, the birth of the microprocessor,
the birth of the internet, the birth of social media,” he said. “I have had a front more competitive,” he said.
get my tenacity, my persistence from
my father. He is soft-spoken yet strong row seat at all of the things that define the technological world today.” Time for Hobbies
willed. I am proud to have acquired some Today, Thompson divides his time between his job at Express Venture and serving When McKusick isn’t working or par-
of his characteristics,” he said. on the board of EvoNexus, a startup technology incubator and hub. enting, he pursues several hobbies.
One of Delacalzada’s goals in his role In the years ahead, Thompson plans to continue mentoring young professionals. “Surfing is a big hobby of mine, being
at the Sweetwater district is to make “Anybody who has had any degree of success owes it to the community to men- in the ocean,” he said. “Beyond that I like
sure that all students have equal access tor,” he said. “There are lot of programs for mentoring, from Big Brother to high to collect random things. I’m a collector
to technology. school volunteering, to mentoring professionals. Every adult should be mentoring.” of things that have a history, like historic
“We have the second-largest secondary Easing Into Retirement coins.”
school in the state of California,” he “I am semi-retired now,” Thomson said. If he had chosen another career, McKusick said he is pleased with the
said. “A number of our students are less Thompson may have become a professional surfer. way his career has turned out. Looking
affluent and a number of them don’t have “I would have chosen an outdoor lifestyle,” he said. “I probably spend 40 hours ahead, he said he sees himself continuing
access to technology resources.” a week outdoors now, and it is much more fulfilling than sitting behind a desk or along the same path.
Delacalzada said he never has lost his in a boardroom. “As long as I still am working and
enthusiasm for computer programming. healthy, I will be real happy.”
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HONOREES 2008 TO 2016
2008 2010 Steve Beal Emily Deere Robert Burgett Jeanette Sanchez
Marco Thompson Ronald Broersma Covario University of California, San The Elizabeth Hospice AMN Healthcare
Express Ventures, Wind SPAWAR Systems Center Private Small Honoree Diego Nonprofit Honoree Public Large Honoree
River Pacific Eric Logie Education Honoree (tie) Nimer Saikaly Robert Swisher
Lifetime Achievement Lifetime Achievement Alvarado Hospital Charlotte Klock Episcopal Community Business.com
Honoree Honoree Private Medium Honoree University of California, San Services Private Micro Honoree
Chris Baker Angela Miller Kelly Gunning Diego Charitable Organization
North County Transit Education Honoree (tie) Honoree Tal Almog
San Diego Gas & Electric BAE Systems
District MaintenanceNet Inc.
Bruce Carothers Private Large Honoree
2013 Terry Dembitz Private Small Honoree
Cox Business Exemplary
AMN Healthcare W. Harold Tuck, MBA Amylin Pharmaceuticals, an
Honoree Anwar Abbas AstraZeneca Co. Brian Kelly
John Cloyd MPH North County Health
George Beha Public Honoree Tarr Inc.
Vistage International Inc. County of San Diego Services
San Ysidro Health Center Private Medium Honoree
Stephen Coggeshall Nonprofit Honoree
Government Honoree Lifetime Achievement Christopher Petersen
Tad Reynales Assay Depot Inc. Terry Orletsky
ID Analytics Heather Moshier Honoree
UCSD, Calit2 Private Small Honoree The Ken Blanchard
David Delacalzada San Diego County Credit Guillermo Perez Companies
North County Credit Union Union Education Small Honoree U-T San Diego Jason Janofsky
Superior Mobile Medics Inc. Private Large Honoree
Tom Fisher Business Nonprofit Honoree Darryl LaGace Cox Business Exemplary
San Diego Unified School Honoree Private Medium Honoree Abe Lietz
DriveCam Inc. Mark Zecca, Ph.D. (tie)
Mitchell District Marty Larkin Jenny Craig and Curves
Dr. Eileen Heveron
Public Small Honoree Education Large Honoree San Diego Humane Society Andrew Blocksidge International
National University
Nonprofit Small Honoree Jazzercise Private Mega Honoree
John Mckusick Debra Jensen
2012 Private Medium Honoree LCDR NathanSeaman
Geary Interactive Jack in the Box Inc. Paul Peabody
Public Large Honoree Brian K. Baker (tie) Navy Medical Center
Palomar Health
Denny Morgan Qualcomm Inc. Abe Esguerra Government Honoree
Jeremy Crawford Nonprofit Large Honoree
Remec Defense Lifetime Achievement Dudek
Sandicor Inc. Gary Holden Frank Paredes
Steve Romeo Private Small Honoree Honoree Vical
Private Large Honoree
San Ysidro School District
Breg Inc. Jessie Daly Doug Cyphers
Richard Sears Public Small Honoree Education Honoree
Glenn Umetsu American Internet Services ISIS Pharmaceuticals Steve Phillpott Welk Resorts
Leap Wireless International Private Medium Honoree Cox Business Exemplary Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Private Mega Honoree (tie) 2016
Gary Wang Kevin Harris Honoree LLC John Ruiz Steve Hart
SPAWAR Systems Center, ICW Group Insurance Scott Gnau Public Large Honoree Karl Strauss Brewing Co.
ViaSat Inc.
San Diego Companies Teradata Corp. Kurt Cumming Private Mega Honoree (tie)
Lifetime Achievement
Private Large Honoree Corporate Award Honoree Global Village Concerns Noel “Chuck” Stevens Honoree
2009
Captain Mark Kohlheim Richard Coppa Private Small Honoree United States Marine Corps -
Norm Fjeldheim SSC Pacific Marine Corps Recruit Depot Linda Scott
The Arc of San Diego Casey Cotton
Qualcomm Inc. Government Honoree San Diego Guild Mortgage Co.
Charitable Organization Asset Marketing Systems
Lifetime Achievement Government Honoree Cox Business Exemplary
Robert Gravina Honoree Private Medium Honoree
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Heather Moshier Art Kahn
Elliott Allen District San Diego County Credit American Specialty Health San Diego Christian College Gary Nimtz
SAIC Education Honoree Union Education Honoree San Diego Futures
Private Large Honoree
Cox Business Exemplary Nonprofit Honoree Foundation
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William Spooner Chuck Phillips Olivenhain Water District
Edward Babakanian Mike Zill Andres Gutierrez
Sharp HealthCare Digitaria Government Honoree
UC San Diego Medical Becton Dickinson Family Health Centers of
Lifetime Achievment Honoree Public Small Honoree Steve Clemons
Center Lifetime Achievement
Mark Zecca, Ph.D. San Diego County Office of San Diego
Nonprofit Small Honoree James Cooper Honoree
Thomas Jefferson School of Nuvasive Education Nonprofit large Honoree
Rich Coppa Prudence August
Law Public Large Honoree Education Honoree
Palomar Health
Kenneth Lanewood
The Arc of San Diego
Cox Business Exemplary Gregory Magaril Cox Business Exemplary Pfenex Inc.
Nonprofit Large Honoree 2014
Honoree Ceatus Media Group Public Small Honoree
John Merritt Honoree
John Merritt Private Small Honoree W. Harold Tuck, MBA
YMCA of San Diego County Joe Gursky Philippe Marchand, Ph.D.
YMCA of San Diego County MPH
Nonprofit Large Honoree Christopher Staszak County of San Diego USS Midway Museum Genoptix, a Novartix Co.
Charitable Organization
Semantic Research Inc. Nonprofit Small Honoree (Now with Samumed LLC)
Paul Redfield Honoree (Retired)
Private Medium Honoree Lifetime Achievement Sal Saldivar Public Large Honoree
Bay City Television Gary Devan
Public Small Honoree Mission Federal Credit Ram Patrachari Honoree La Maestra Community Mark Caldwell
Union Viejas Enterprises Gary Devan Health Centers Apmetrix Inc.
Gerald Ellison
ESET Nonprofit Business Honoree Private Large Honoree Mission Federal Credit Nonprofit Large Honoree Private Micro Honoree
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Dana Di Ferdinando Websense Inc. Navy Region Southwest Cox Business Exemplary Sequenom Inc. Seismic Software Inc.
Arena Pharmaceuticals Public Honoree Government Honoree Honoree Public Small Honoree Private Small Honoree
Public Large Honoree Peter Hissong
Jim Haskin Teamwork Athletic Apparel
Websense Inc. Private Medium Honoree
Public Large Honoree
Brian Alexander
David Gray ARS National Services Inc.
OnlineGURU Inc. Private Large Honoree
Private Small Honoree
Brian Andrews
Erik Quade
Stone Brewing Co.
Technology Integration
Private XL Honoree
Group
Private Large Honoree BrianCroom
Celeste Schwartz Padre Dam Municipal Water
Superior Court of California, District
County of San Diego Government Honoree
Government Honoree David Delacalzada
Christopher Wessells Encinitas Union School
University of San Diego District
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Mohamed Abdelhamid Insuresoft IDW Publishing and McGinn USE Credit Union La Mesa Law Maria Grabowski
ThermoFisher Mark Bardeleben Media Holdings Neustar Alan DeGuzman Daryl Fishbough Chula Vista
Scientific Prosciento Jim Bunnell Ryan Cleary National Pen Cyprus Realty Group Elementary School
3E Co. Imagination Vent Fred Del Rosario Mike Fishell District
Joel Abitan Brandon Baril
Agentology Quick Water Heater Kate Burdge Neal W. Clements Ignyta Hay House Travis Graham
Co. Seirus Innovation Southern California David Delacalzada Robert Fisher Evergreen Research
Selah Abrahms
Robert Burgett Soil & Testing Sweetwater Union Seamgen Damon Grant
CV Sciences Inc. Michael Bastos
LocalStack The Elizabeth Hospice Doug Collier High School District Kevin Fitzpatrick Pure Flo Water
Jim Adams Fragmob LLC
KP OnCall - Kaiser Thiago Batista Brian Butler Salvatore DeLuca J.R. Filanc Jim Grasela
Permanente Thrive Public Schools Arc Products Inc. Nick Condos Uniform Express LLC Construction Medical Center
Wyatt Buttrose Acadia Gary Devan Company Inc. Pharmacy
Trevor Akers Peter Battistel Pharmaceuticals
Mitchell International Fenway Properties Mission Federal Credit Tim Flack David Gray
2-1-1 San Diego
Chris Conlee Union Wrapify DMV.org
Kim Alexander Glenn Bautista C Operation Samahan Juan Diaz Andy Fleming Elena Greene
Acadia Arrowhead Wholesale Jason Callahan Alexander Console Tamura Corp. of Zesty.io VizExplorer
Pharmaceuticals Jonathan Behnke Illumina Teradata Corp. America Abegale Flores Becky Groenewold
Haytham Allos City of San Diego Armando Camacho Hulises Contreras Sara Diaz Colmenar Keystone Pacific
RealStir Eugene Bejenaru Camacho Brokers Swami’s Cafe City of El Cajon Biolabs Property Management
Robert Allsop Genmark Robert Cantrell Hector Cook LLC
Family Health Centers Tom Doan Jerome Fodor
Rick Belliotti California Business Quality Plus Rayo Wholesale Abacus Next Sandy Grugel
of San Diego San Diego County Bank Automotive Boys and Girls of
Lance Dong Dan Foxley
Rom AlNajjar Regional Airport Jeff Carbaugh Schuyler Cook Carlsbad
Vital Therapies Inc. pdvWireless.com
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Center (San Diego Lauren Dooley Tom Franciscus
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Sports Arena) Pinnick Inc. American Innotek Inc.
Coin Mart Jewelry Sillman Wright 1st Associates Jonathan Guertin
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iMatrix (a div. of Securities LLC, Asset Rancho Computer H
Darin Andersen Joe Bishop Networks G
CyberTECH Voxox Internet Brands) Marketing Systems Kirt Haden
Insurances Services Thejusvi Ganesh
Omid Arjomand Steve Bjorg Brian Casazza E Fedcom Technology Retail Inkjet Solutions
Vistage International LLC Scot Hadzima
Rancho Valencia MindTouch Ephraim Ebstein Eric Gant
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Spec Hops Brewing Wyndham Bayside Services
Bridgepoint Education Granny Smith Sports Alliance Daniel Garcia
Co. Louisa Creech Donna Hale
Jorge Aspajo USA Dave Edwards Red Door Interactive
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Moudy Elbayadi Gemological Institute
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ID Analytics of America Inc.
Efren Augusto Tracon HG Fenton Co. Hargreaves & Savitch Gemological Institute
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Park Hyatt Aviara Craig Caston LLP
101Domain ZTelco
Joe Austin Tim Bochard Salem Ted Crosson Mary Gendron
Glacier Water Genoptix Timothy Erickson Qualcomm Inc. M. George Hansen
Treeline Interactive Communications; dba IVC Media LLC
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Chris Avery Shane Hansen
David B. Littlefield, Ninety Ten Brand Inc. Partners County of San Diego
General Atomics Brett Cattell Thomson
D.D.S Skyriver IT Josh Culver Kurt Erikson District Attorney
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Prince Optical & Rebecca Booth Mike Cayetano San Diego Natural
History Museum a division of GAK Aaron Gerraughty Dusty Harkleroad
Wireless Center for Creative Rinse Salon Communications Inc. Waxie Environmental Lights
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San Diego American Albert Borquez Sunne Inc.
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Into USA LLC Storage Hand Centers Inc. Management Inc. Center/UC San Diego
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HD Supply Carttronics LLC Desk Hub Associates Bill Fastenau Ramona Water Co.
Dan Hedstrom
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K CACI International Lending Anthony Robbins Co.)
Jerome Hemmestad Diagnomics Inc.
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David Johnson Dental K & R Network Broken Arrow
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Port Brewing/The Lost Solutions Communications
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