The Career Channel (Video)

Simon Dixon tells the audience that if you don't pursue your passion then you are always going to be outsmarted, outmaneuvered and outworked by people that do. Over 20 years ago he founded Rock-it! Media in Washington, DC as a company specializing in advertising, media brokering and promotions. In 2006 he merged Rock-it! Media with Idea Engineering in Santa Barbara, CA and now floats between there...

This presentation focuses on the lifelong learnings of Vicki Halsey about how to thrive in life and in organizations, through insights gleaned from years of designing and delivering Leadership programs for numerous Fortune 100 companies such as Apple, Nike, Intel, Lowes, NBA, and Wells Fargo. Vicki shares secrets of how, despite hearing NO, more often than not and probably more than most people, s...

Jason Nazar is an active tech entrepreneur and investor,. He was the co-founder and CEO of Docstoc which hosts a wide selection of professional documents and resources to serve small business. Docstoc has over 50 million registered users. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 29752]

Most employers agree that the workforce of tomorrow will need a deep knowledge of computer science, IT, big data, math, and other STEM-related abilities, not just for science and tech jobs, but for all occupations. Such skills are essential for San Diego’s booming biotech and life sciences industry (ranked third largest in the country), as well as other large employers in IT, manufacturing and hea...

Dan Engel has been in the e-commerce and software industries since 1997. As a serial entrepreneur and startup CEO, Dan builds B2B and B2C companies, leads customer acquisition, marketing, and business development. Dan serves on various boards of directors and advisors. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 29616]

Now in its 16th year, the UCSB New Venture Competition is an opportunity for any UCSB student to learn how to start a business. Take a look at this year’s finalists and see if a successful future business is among them. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 29834]

Women tech executives discuss the gender imbalances in the field and their experiences in their careers. Panelists include Rose Broome, Founder and CEO of HandUp, Kristen Hayer, Vice President of Customer Success at The Resumator and Summers Mckay, CEO & Founder of Delight Wipes. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 29501]

Vivek Ranadivé shares his amazing story, from listening to the U.S. moon landing on the Voice of America during his childhood in India to his success as an entrepreneur putting big data to work on the trading floor of Goldman Sachs on Wall Street and later bringing that same entrepreneurial thinking to launching TIBCO in Silicon Valley, to today as owner of the Sacramento Kings and his vision for...

George Powell spent the first ten years of his career in the aerospace industry before founding his skateboard company in 1976 at the age of 33. Powell is credited with 4 patents, 2 of which helped to define contemporary skating. He has also been responsible for the development of a number of skateboard product innovations like the introduction of high-rebound skate wheels, double radius (rounded...

Peter Levine is a partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He was previously senior vice president and general manager of the Data Center and Cloud Division at Citrix where he was responsible for revenue, product management, business development and strategic direction. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 29503]

A leader in innovation and entrepreneurship for more than four decades, T. Gary Rogers is an icon in the food industry. Since 2013 he has served as chairman of Pleasanton, California.-based Safeway Inc., which has more than 2,400 stores and 250,000 employees. For 30 years, Rogers grew Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream from a 75-employee company with $6 million in sales to one of the world’s largest ice cre...

Economic growth around the world is influenced by who is in the workforce and what they are paid. Women’s participation and compensation are shifting under the influence of social and economic trends at the national level and on a global scale. UC Berkeley Professor Laura Tyson shares some of her own experiences, observations, and analysis as she makes a case for greater gender parity for economic...

Do you want to know the secrets to getting hired and/or advancing your career? Who better to share insights than someone who has placed over 500,000 people in jobs? Phil Blair is the Executive Officer of Manpower Staffing, San Diego's largest employment placement firm. The company provides approximately 2,500 jobs daily. Blair is among San Diego's most respected business leaders, and often-quoted...

Join UC San Diego’s Mary L. Walshok as she moderates a timely discussion with best-selling author Ken Blanchard. Blanchard’s latest book is Refire! Don’t Retire: Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life, co-authored with UC San Diego School of Medicine psychologist Morton Shaevitz. Together, Blanchard and Shaevitz weave poignant life stories and humorous anecdotes with their own experience...

Peter Barnes, entrepreneur and former Newsweek correspondent, discusses his new book “With Liberty and Dividends For All: How to Save Our Middle Class When Jobs Don’t Pay Enough.” He argues that because of globalization, automation, and winner-take-all capitalism, there won’t be enough high-paying jobs to sustain America’s middle class in the future. Therefore, he proposes a supplementary source o...

Considering a life as an entrepreneur? If so, you won’t want to miss “Create Your Own Job,” an informative panel discussion featuring four professionals who all took the plunge by creating their own companies. Moderated by Lee Ann Kim of Pacific Arts Movement, panelists include Adam Markowitz of Portfolium, Denise Bevers of Kindred Biosciences and Henry DeVries of Indie Books International. While...

Christian Felipe is the Managing Member of CAF Holdings, a private investment office in Santa Barbara. He has participated in numerous Angel investments throughout the US. Prior to that, Felipe founded and managed Sirios Capital Management in Boston, Massachusetts, a multi-billion long/short global hedge fund and also worked for 13 years at MFS where he led the #1 ranked growth fund in America for...

Waguih Ishak joined Corning in 2007 to establish a new Silicon Valley facility, the Corning West Technology Center (CWTC) in Palo Alto, California. CWTC is part of Global Research and is staffed with scientists and engineers working on high-speed interconnects, touch displays, solid-state illumination and sensors. Additionally, CWTC is responsible for business development and collaborations on the...

Steve Zahm has been the President of Procore Technologies Inc., a cloud-based construction software provider, since 2004. As President, Steve is responsible for overseeing revenue generation and customer success at the company. Prior to Procore, Steve co-founded DigitalThink, one of the first significant cloud-based software companies in the corporate learning industry. While at DigitalThink, Stev...

Jim Zarley spent the first nineteen years of his career with RCA Corporation in various senior management roles with a focus on sales and operations. He acquired his first business (Quantech) in the mid-1980's where he served as CEO and led the initiative to automate the California Department of Motor Vehicles and later sold the company to Automated Data Processing (ADP). In 1996 Mr. Zarley became...

Qualcomm Co-Founder Irwin Jacobs provides insight into the role UC San Diego played in enabling him and his colleagues to build one of the largest information technology companies in the world. Jacobs is the featured speaker for the 2014 Herb York Memorial Lecture, presented by the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Ed...

Approaches to a career in medicine can be many and varied. UC San Diego Extension’s Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program is one such avenue highlighted in this informative panel discussion featuring four experts in medical education as well as a recent graduate of this exciting new program. Series: "Career Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 28753]

Angel Martinez is a leader in product marketing, innovation and future trends. He returns to his alma mater, UC Davis, recounting his business journey through Reebok, Keen and now Deckers Brands. Holding senior positions has given him insights into what makes effective leaders. He argues that it is necessary for leaders to lead through a highly developed sense of compassion and empathy. Only when...

UC Berkeley lecturer Saru Jayaraman gives a rousing talk describing the harsh and unequal treatment of the nation’s restaurant staff as she argues for increasing the minimum wage in what is now the second largest and fastest growing industry in the country. Jayaraman is presented as the keynote speaker at the Fall 2014 Board of Advisors Dinner for the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley...

Explore opportunities in the field of sustainability and discover what skills are needed to launch or further your career. Learn more about the Sustainable Business Practices professional certificate program and how it can help you reach your professional goals. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 28565]