Daily Business Report-Feb. 15, 2021
Professor Olivia Chilcote (Courtesy SDSU)
SDSU researcher recognized for
work with tribal communities
Olivia Chilcote named a 2021 Emerging Scholar
By Lainie Fraser | SDSU
As a member of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, San Diego State University professor Olivia Chilcote uses her research and resources to learn more about her community and address their needs.
Her teaching and research focus on federally and non-federally recognized tribes specifically in the state of California, which has the most non-federally recognized tribes in the country including the Luiseño tribe of which Chilcote is a member.
“I pursued my research to try and make a difference for my tribe and to look in to our history and why our tribe has the legal status it does today,” said Chilcote, who teaches in the Department of American Indian Studies. “I want to be able to use my position and resources as a professor and academic to give back to my tribe and help out with our pursuit for federal recognition.”
It is these efforts that has earned Chilcote the recognition of being named a 2021 Emerging Scholar by the magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education’s Emerging Scholars profiles 15 “under 40” scholars throughout the country who are making their mark in the academy through teaching, research and service.
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Native oyster living shoreline project earns
California Coastal Commission approval
The California Coastal Commission has voted unanimously to certify a Port Master Plan Amendment (PMPA) that will allow for the Port of San Diego, in partnership with the California State Coastal Conservancy, to pilot a native oyster living shoreline adjacent to the Chula Vista Wildlife Refuge in south San Diego Bay.
The objectives of the living shoreline, the first of its kind in San Diego Bay, are to both increase biodiversity and protect the shoreline from impacts related to future sea level rise.
Living shorelines rely on natural elements, such as plants or oysters in this case, to stabilize shorelines in place of the traditional hard armoring – such as rip rap revetment and sea walls that we currently see prevalent in the bay. Living shorelines are an excellent resiliency strategy in the face of sea level rise due to their ability to naturally adapt and grow over time.
Neal Manowitz appointed president and
COO of Sony Electronics, North America
Sony Electronics Inc. announced that Neal Manowitz will be promoted to president and chief operating officer for Sony Electronics Inc. North America effective April 1, 2021. Mike Fasulo, who has led Sony’s Electronics operations in North America for the past seven years, will be retiring, after serving 37 years with the company.
Manowitz has 25 years of experience with Sony and currently holds the position of deputy president, imaging products and solutions – Americas for Sony Electronics. In this role, Manowitz is responsible for Sony’s imaging and professional businesses that serve a wide variety of markets.
Prior to that, he held numerous leadership positions throughout the company, including heading up the Home Audio and Video business group. He was named “40 under 40” by Dealerscope Magazine and holds 35 patents with 40 more in progress.
Tyto Athene wins U.S. Navy contract
to support consolidated area telephone systems
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Tyto Athene has been awarded a five and a half year, $37.6 million contract to support the Navy Consolidated Area Telephone Systems (CATS) in San Diego, the company reported on Friday. The CATS contract will provide operational and maintenance support to Naval bases across the San Diego region.
Tyto Athene will support 24 bases as part of the contract, including the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station(NCTS) and Naval Bases at Seal Beach, Ventura County, Lemoore and Monterey.
Tyto Athene’s San Diego Project Management Office has supported NCTS for the past three years. The company will continue to operate out of that location.
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Against supervisors’ wishes, county sent
rent relief money to ineligible cities
When the San Diego County Board of Supervisors launched its $27 million rental assistance program in August, it was intended to support renters who had no other options.
Instead, nearly three-quarters of those funds went to residents of just four cities, all of which already had rent relief programs with money left to spend.
Read Cody Dulaney’s latest story to see why some cities are saying the county’s distribution of funds was unfair.
Virtual panel discussion on San Diego’s blue economy
The Port of San Diego, Downtown San Diego Partnership and San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation will host a free, virtual panel discussion about San Diego’s growing Blue Economy on Feb. 25 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
The event will be moderated by Yehudi “Gaf” Gaffen, CEO, Gafcon, and include panelists, Michael Zucchet, chair, Port of San Diego; Margaret Leinen, director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego; Greg Murphy, director of corporate development and strategic partnerships, BlueNalu; and Peter Halmay, San Diego Fishermen’s Working Group.
Equip raises $13 million for
telehealth eating disorder treartment
San Diego women-owned startup Equip, which provides home-based eating disorder treatment for children and young adults, raised $13 million in Series A funding. Equip will use the funding to expand its reach beyond California, Texas and New York to serve Washington, Colorado, Ohio, Florida, and New Jersey, as well as to hire additional staff.
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SENTRE acquires Rancho Bernardo
industrial building for $50 million
San Diego-based real estate investment firm SENTRE has acquired Rancho Bernardo Vista, a new 141,518-square-foot, Class A industrial building, for $50 million. The seller was not identified.
The 10.12-acre site is located at 16915 Via Del Campo, which provides the tenant with easy access to Interstate 15 and commuter fast track lanes.
The seller developed Rancho Bernardo Vista in 2020 as a core industrial distribution facility, including institutional characteristics such as 32-foot clear heights, an ESFR fire protection system, deep truck court, 36 dock doors, four grade-level doors, mezzanine space and ample vehicle parking. The property was fully leased prior to completion.
The JLL Capital Markets Investment Sales Advisory team representing the seller was led by Bob Prendergast, Lynn LaChapelle and Sach Kirpalani.
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North Park apartment building
sold for $2.74 million
A nine-unit apartment building at 4429 Arizona St. in North Park has been acquired by SL Utah Partners LLC for $2.74 million. The seller was the Melissa Manfredi Trust. Built in 1972, the building has 5,852 square feet of living area.
Eric von Bluecher of Lee & Associates Multifamily Advisory Group-North San Diego County represented the seller.
General Atomics launches SkyGuardian
Global Support Solutions
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) announces SkyGuardian Global Support Solutions (SGSS), a new service and support program for customers operating the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and the maritime variant SeaGuardian. SGSS provides operators with reduced lifecycle costs and low risk by providing a guaranteed full-sustainment solution that allows for maximum system availability, commonality, and access to crew training at an affordable cost-per-flight-hour.
SGSS will lower lifecycle costs for customers by leveraging the cost of sustainment across all MQ-9B operators. The plan merges resources, especially for regional operators, to create synergies in procurement, management, and depot repairs.
Caroline Johnson
Mentorship: The Best Class of Ship
Caroline Johnson will share her experiences as a woman in the military, and how she is helping to empower the next generation. Caroline was one of two female aviators in her 230-person unit, and one of the only 1.7 percent women flying fighter jets in the Navy. She deployed in 2014 aboard the USS George HW Bush and saw combat action in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria and was the first woman to employ weapons on ISIS in Iraq from her F/A-18.
Join Caroline Johnson on her adventures flying F/A-18 fighter jets in the US Navy. You’ll experience: the precision of landing on an aircraft carrier, the courage of going behind enemy lines in combat, and the strength to succeed as a woman in a male-dominated profession.
Johnson is one of the featured speakers at the virtual 2021 San Diego Women’s Week March 15-19 sponsored by the North San Diego Business Chamber.
