Daily Business Report-April 25, 2019
This is the third consecutive year that the SBA has recognized Sayed Ali and Interpreters Unlimited with an award.
Interpreters Unlimited CEO wins SBA’s
2019 Small Business Person of the Year Award
Sayed Ali, president and CEO of Interpreters Unlimited, has won the Small Business Administration San Diego District Office’s 2019 Small Business Person of the Year Award. It marks the second honor for Ali this year, as he was named a semifinalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
The SBA award recognizes recipients for developing an outstanding, growing business, innovative products or services, increasing jobs, increasing sales, overcoming adversity and community contributions;
This is the third consecutive year that the SBA has recognized Sayed Ali and Interpreters Unlimited with an award. Last year, Ali and IU won the 2018 SBA San Diego District Director’s Award for Growth Through Acquisition and two years ago they were recipients of the 2017 SBA San Diego Minority-Owned Small Business of the Year Award. No stranger to awards, IU has also been named to the Common Sense Advisory Top Language Service Providers in North America list year after year and is a four-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America honoree.
“It’s an exciting time at IU, we are thrilled with the recognition we’ve been receiving and look forward to what’s next,” said, Shamus Sayed, vice president and chief operations officer of Interpreters Unlimited. He added, “The recognition is always nice, but what means the most is being able to grow as a company and meet the increasing needs of limited English speakers and those who are deaf or hard of hearing throughout the entire country.”
Ali volunteers locally, coaches and mentors local up-and-coming business leaders, and supports the local minority community and those in need. He is involved in several organizations from the nonprofit Syrian Community Network of San Diego, which assists refugee families, to donating supplies to the Deaf Community Services Center of San Diego, to his involvement with the FBI Citizens Academy of San Diego, which spreads awareness of law enforcement practices.
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Class A industrial property
in Carlsbad sells for $14.45 million
A “private high net worth family” has purchased a fully leased, newly constructed Class A industrial property in Carlsbad for $14.45 million. Located at 3248 Lionshead Ave., the Class A facility features dock and grade level loading, well designed ingress/egress, outdoor amenities, and an efficient layout for a warehouse and showroom use.
Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller of the property, Badiee Development Inc.
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Blood thinner found to significantly
reduce subsequent heart failure risks
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that using blood thinners in patients with worsening heart failure, coronary artery disease or irregular heart rhythms was associated with a 17 percent reduced risk of thromboembolic events, such as stroke and heart attack. Results from the COMMANDER Heart Failure trial were published in the April 2019 issue of JAMA Cardiology.
Heart failure, sometimes known as congestive heart failure, occurs when your heart muscle doesn’t effectively pump blood. Certain conditions that narrow arteries, such as coronary artery disease or high blood pressure, gradually weaken or stiffen the heart, reducing its ability to fill and pump efficiently. Researchers say these conditions elevate patients’ risk for subsequent issues.
“We found that 17 percent of patients with heart failure due to not enough blood being pumped out of the heart, coronary artery disease and normal sinus rhythm (the heart’s electrical impulse) experience thromboembolic events. This was more frequent than we had originally thought,” said Barry Greeenberg, professor of medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the Advanced Heart Failure Treatment Program at the Cardiovascular Institute at UC San Diego Health.
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Rady team updates pediatric
program for diagnosing rare diseases
GenomeWeb
Investigators at the Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) in San Diego have updated their pediatric sequencing program for diagnosing rare diseases, incorporating machine learning methods to generate, analyze, and interpret genetic data and get those insights to clinicians more quickly.
“By harnessing the power of technology, we can quickly and accurately determine the root cause of genetic diseases,” Stephen Kingsmore, RCIGM’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “We rapidly provide this critical information to intensive care physicians so they can focus on personalizing care for babies who are struggling to survive.”
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Bill to expand insurance coverage for child
hearing aids gets Assembly committee OK
Legislation to expand insurance coverage for children’s hearing aids passed out of the state Assembly’s Health Committee unanimously on Tuesday, with support from San Diego families and organizations. AB 598, introduced by Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D – Santa Monica), has widespread support among health practitioners, educators, and parents of deaf and hard of hearing children. San Diego-based Rady Children’s Hospital is among those supporters and the director of the hospital’s hearing program, Dr. Daniela Carvalho, testified in support of the bill at Tuesday’s hearing.
AB 598 now heads to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, chaired by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher (D-San Diego).
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Peggy Shannon and Eugene Olevsky
get high-level appointment at SDSU
Two high-level appointments have been announced at San Diego State University: Eugene Olevsky will serve as the permanent dean of the College of Engineering and Peggy Shannon will serve as the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts dean.
Olevsky joined the SDSU faculty in 1998 and, since March 2018, has served as interim dean. In his interim role, Olevsky has provided leadership and vision for the College of Engineering during a time of increased local and global demand for a highly skilled and diverse workforce. As a scientific researcher, Olevsky has published 10 books, 245 articles in refereed journals and holds nine patents or patent applications. He has also secured more than 90 grants in the United States and internationally, amounting to more than $22 million, and has supervised more than 100 students, post-doctoral students and visiting researchers.
Shannon is professor and chair of the School of Performance at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, where she has served since 2011. She brings more than two decades of experience and expertise in multidisciplinary and international research, fund development, instruction and directing, having directed plays and musicals at numerous professional theaters across the United States. In addition to her appointment at Ryerson University, Shannon has served as a professor and administrator at the University of Southern California, the University of Washington and the University of California, Davis.
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Wings of Freedom Tour coming
to McClellan-Palomar, Ramona airports
San Diego County residents can get a close-up look at an entire squadron of WWII bombers and fighter planes at McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad and Ramona Airport.
The Collings Foundation’s “Wings of Freedom Tour”—WWII bombers including a B-24 Liberator, B-17 Flying Fortress and B-25 Mitchell, and famous fighter planes including a P-51 Mustang and P-40 Warhawk— will be flying in to McClellan-Palomar May 2 and staying through the May 5, then flying to Ramona airport to appear May 6 through May 8.
Walking tours to see the aircraft are $15 for adults and $5 for children 12 years old and younger.
The tours at the two airports will be available from:
McClellan Palomar Airport: 2198 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad
• Thursday, May 2: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Friday, Saturday, Sunday, May 3-5: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ramona Airport: 2926 Montecito Rd, Ramona
• Monday, May 6: Noon to 5 p.m.
• Tuesday, May 7: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, May 8: 9 a.m. to noon.
The more adventurous can make reservations at www.cfdn.org or by calling (800) 568-8924 to take 30-minute flights on the bombers. People can reserve 30-minute flights in the B-17 Flying Fortress or B-24 Liberator for $450, and in the B-25 Mitchell for $400.
Parking is free at Ramona Airport. Parking is free for the first two hours at McClellan Palomar Airport, $1 for between two and four hours and $5 for eight hours.
