Daily Business Report-April 5, 2018
Dr. Mary Walshok will be honored by the San Diego Regional EDC. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Regional EDC)
Thought Leader Dr. Mary Walshok
to Receive Herb Klein Civic Leadership Award
Dr. Mary Walshok, an author, educator, researcher, and associate vice chancellor for public programs and dean of Extension at the University of California San Diego, will receive the Herb Klein Civic Leadership Award on May 31 from the San Diego Regional EDC.
The award, which will be presented at the organization’s annual dinner, recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in addressing challenges and making significant contributions to improving the region.
Walshok is a thought leader on the topic of workforce development and its role in fueling regional economic prosperity. She is the co-author of “Invention & Reinvention: The Evolution of San Diego’s Innovation Economy,” a book published by Stanford University Press that analyzes San Diego’s ever-changing sociological, political, and economic trends. She is the author of five other books and more than 100 articles and reports on regional innovation, the role of research institutions in regional economies and workforce development.
Walshok oversees a $45 million, 200-employee division in San Diego that annually serves more than 80,000 enrollees through innovative local and online programs, as well as provides access to a vast array of intellectual resources through the award-winning UCSD-TV and nationwide through UCTV, which reaches more than 6 million households and millions more around the globe via web. The Division also serves more than 3,000 foreign students annually.
She was a co-founder of the internationally recognized CONNECT in 1984 on whose board she still serves and of the San Diego Dialogue in the 1990s, a program focused on opportunities in the San Diego-Tijuana region.
“Just like Herb Klein, Mary Walshok pushes us to be a better San Diego. I look so forward to seeing my mentor and friend receive this award at EDC’s Annual Dinner. Mary is exactly the type of person that made Herb proud to call San Diego home,” said Mark Cafferty, president & CEO, San Diego Regional EDC.
Six-Unit Little Italy Apartment
Building Sold for $1.6 Million
Luxview Properties has acquired a six-unit apartment building in Little Italy for $1.6 million. The seller was Little Italy RE LLC.
The building is located on 240 West Cedar St. The mix of units are two bedrooms, one bathroom and studios. The 3,080-square-foot property was originally constructed in 1915 and was renovated in 2012.
CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Colliers International represented the buyer.
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San Diego State Placed Among the 100
Best Public Universities in the Nation
San Diego State University has been placed among the 100 best public universities in the nation in a new ranking released this week by Business First.
Business First ranked 485 public universities based on 22 indicators of academic excellence, affordability, diversity and economic strength. SDSU rose to No. 70 in the nation — compared to No. 79 in last year’s ranking —and was ranked No. 8 on a list of 29 California institutions included in the rankings. The top scores went to schools with highly selective admissions processes, strong retention and graduation rates, impressive earnings by alumni, generous resources, affordable tuition and housing costs, diverse faculties and student bodies, and economically robust communities.
The University of Michigan came in No. 1 in the rankings; the University of California, Berkeley, was the top-ranked California institution.
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SDEA Offers Management Essentials
Certificate Program Starting April 10
San Diego Employers Association offers the Management Essentials Certificate Program starting on April 10 and running every Tuesday for nine weeks from 9 a.m. until noon in San Diego. The Management Essentials Certificate Program is also being offered for the first time in North County starting on April 25, also running for nine weeks. The program is designed to expand the skills and knowledge of new or recently promoted managers and supervisors.
Topics covered include Communication, Managing Conflict, Conducting Interviews, Conducting Performance Appraisals, Documentation and Discipline, and Employment Law, among others.
The 9-week program costs $999 for SDEA members and $1,499 for non-members. Participants who successfully complete the program receive a Management Essentials Certificate at the end of the program. To learn more and to register, visit www.sdeahr.org.
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Worm Species Named for Scripps Founding
Benefactor Ellen Browning Scripps
Researchers, including Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, selected Scripps founding benefactor Ellen Browning Scripps as the namesake of a newly described millimeter-long marine worm found in La Jolla.
The team described the species Trilobodrilus ellenscrippsae in the European Journal of Taxonomy issue released April 3.
Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932) played a major role in the emergence of San Diego as a prominent California city in part by spearheading the creation of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego, which evolved into Scripps Institution of Oceanography. With her backing, the association purchased the 170-acre plot of land that became the Scripps campus in 1907. Ellen Scripps provided funds for the construction of a road to the institution’s La Jolla campus and for construction of the original Scripps Pier, the successor to which bears her name today.
Rouse said he got the idea to name the worm after Scripps after reading the 2017 biography “Ellen Browning Scripps: New Money and American Philanthropy” and proposed it to his co-authors who agreed on its appropriateness. To his knowledge, it is the first species named after her.
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High-End Earphone Manufacturer
Fidue Launching in San Diego
Fidue, creator of high-end earphones, has launched the company’s official U.S. presence in San Diego.
“We’re honored to bring Fidue to U.S. listeners,” said Kristian Rauhala, CEO of Fidue USA. “Fidue’s unique design and technology provide an unparalleled listening experience at an industry-leading price point.”
Fidue Earphones are designed by Benny Tan, culminating from his over two decades of R&D and design for world-leading headphone brands. Over the last 20 years Tan has evolved mainstream electro-acoustic transducer technology exploring micro-speaker design and direct acoustic tuning theory, with the goal of developing unique headphones that achieve “original sound reproduction.”
Fidue offers three flagship reference-class earphones: A83, A85 Virgo, and A91 Sirius. Designed to provide comfort and an unparalleled listening experience. U.S. customers can now order Fidue earphones direct from Fidue’s U.S. website https://Fidueusa.com.
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DoD Eyes Transition of F-35 Program
Management to Service Branches
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The Defense Department intends to shut down the F-35 program office and have each service branch oversee their own offices for the fighter jet program, Defense News reported Tuesday. Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, wrote a letter to Congress outlining nine near-term actions that seek to advance the establishment of F-35 program offices specific to the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, including the appointment of service deputies and development of a plan for the implementation of fleet management offices.
“In order to effectively integrate and sustain the F-35 in the joint force, the military departments must have more direct ownership of the F-35 program and leverage organic capabilities, processes and infrastructure,” Lord noted in the March 27 letter initially obtained by Inside Defense.
DoD intends for the Air Force to manage an F-35A office and for the Navy and Marine Corps to oversee the F-35B/C offices, according to the letter.
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UC San Diego Health Named Dementia
Research Center of Excellence
The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA), announced that UC San Diego Health has been named a LBDA Research Centers of Excellence, a partnership of 24 pre-eminent academic medical research centers across the United States. LBDA is a leading advocacy group dedicated to raising awareness and advancing research and treatment of Lewy body dementia (LBD).
LBD affects 1.4 million Americans and families, making it among the most common forms of dementia. The progressive disease is caused by deposits of a protein — alpha-synuclein in the form of Lewy bodies — in the brain.
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San Diego Selected for National
Smart City Collaborative
The city of San Diego today was selected as one of 22 municipalities to take part in a national collaborative exploring how emerging technologies and mobility options can improve transportation. Selected cities will work together to identify transportation solutions that utilize technological innovation such as considering private sector partnerships that complement local transit systems.
The Smart Cities Collaborative will offer guidance on how to safely and efficiently keep people and goods moving through the city with attention to new technologies like ridesourcing services and bikeshare programs. The second-year collaborative is hosted by the nonprofit Transportation for America.
The city has already launched initiatives, including a smart streetlights project in partnership with General Electric. This project will deploy 3,200 smart sensors on city streetlights in 2018. The sensors save energy and optimize transportation by identifying open parking spaces and providing commuter metrics.
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Personnel Announcements
Robert Gleason Appointed to California Travel and Tourism Commission
Robert Gleason, 52, of San Diego, has been appointed to the California Travel and Tourism Commission by Gov. Jerry Brown. Gleason has been director of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco since 2015 and president and chief executive officer at Evans Hotels since 2014, where he has held several positions since 1987, including chief financial officer and general counsel.
He was a lecturer at San Diego State University from 2005 to 2009.
Gleason earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Gleason is a Democrat.
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Two World War II-era Aircraft
to Make Appearance at Gillespie Field
Two World War II veterans, a B-25 Mitchell Bomber and a Douglas C-47/DC-3 transport plane, will visit Gillespie Field this weekend, April 6-8. B-25D “Grumpy” is believed to be the oldest airworthy example of its type. The visiting C-47/DC-3 supplied allied forces in the “Hump” region of the Himalayas before becoming one of China’s first domestic airliners under the management of Pan American World Airways.
Visitors can engage docents about the history of each aircraft, take a tour or sign up for a living history flight experience in the skies above San Diego.
This visit is the first by the Historic Flight Foundation to Gillespie Field. The foundation collects and operates 14 aircraft from the period 1927-57. For more information, visit http://www.historicflight.org.
Tours and flight operations begin each day at 9 a.m. Flights are available at 9 and 10:30 a.m., then again at 5 p.m. Tours are available whenever the aircraft are on the ground. Special flight times can be arranged for families or groups. Ride in the DC-3: $295. Ride in the B-25: $425.
The Gillespie Field Terminal is at 1960 Joe Crosson Drive, El Cajon.
