The Career Channel (Video)

Join Tim McConnell, Director of Engineering at 3D Robotics, Inc. as he shares the story of his company’s genesis and explores the amazing opportunities and possibilities in an industry where truly, the sky is the limit. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 28564]

Miles Beckett is the Co-Founder and CEO of Worksteady, a company transforming healthcare staffing by directly connecting healthcare facilities with qualified doctors and nurses. He is formerly the Co-Founder and CEO of EQAL, a digital media company acquired by Everyday Health in 2012. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 28472]

Many middle-class Americans grew up certain they would achieve the same or higher level of success than their parents had: by going to college, working many years for one employer and retiring with a pension. But starting as early as the 1970s, that tradition started to erode, says Katherine V.W. Stone, the Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Professor of Law at UCLA. She argues that the reality toda...

Seeking legendary surf breaks along with a great education, Nick Woodman (Muir ’97) enrolled at UC San Diego with the goal of graduating with a degree that would prepare him for a career in finance or maybe even law. What he got instead was a degree in visual arts, a wife he met in class and a dream job as founder and CEO of the world’s fastest growing camera company, GoPro. Join GoPro’s Nick Wood...

Dan Burnham is the retired Chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company. Prior to Raytheon, he held numerous leadership and management roles at companies including Allied Signal and the Carborundum Company. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 28469]

66 teams competed in the UC Davis 2014 Big Bang competition. Aspiring entrepreneurs were awarded cash prizes aimed at helping get ideas from academia into the real-world market. Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Executive Speakers and Special Events" [Business] [Show ID: 28366]

Phil Blair, author of “Job Won!,” an insightful guide on what employers are really looking for shares strategies and techniques to leverage your education and experience and build a career you’re passionate about. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 28254]

Precision medicine integrates molecular and clinical research with patient data and outcomes, aiming to place the patient at the center of all elements. In this emerging field, bioinformatics is a core technology. Learn how bioinformatics has evolved to deal with Next Gen Sequencing data and explore new career opportunities for biomedical and clinical researchers. Series: "Career Channel" [Busines...

Intellectual property (IP) rights are essential to the survival of life science companies. Learn about current key issues facing IP professionals in the life science industry and explore career opportunities for scientists seeking to remain close to cutting edge discovery without being in the lab. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 25967]

Executive Perspective for Scientists & Engineers (EPSE) celebrates its 30th year. Since its founding, EPSE has graduated more than 800 senior-level science and engineering professionals, providing a business-oriented perspective on challenges facing today’s technology industries. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 25968]

Big data keeps getting bigger and bigger, impacting our daily lives and scientific research. Join faculty and industry leaders as they present and discuss the various activities surrounding big data, including the latest developments in research, services and education. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 25687]

Edward Zhu, CEO, CHIC Group, speaks on innovation, global business, and Chinese agribusiness. Zhu has more than 20 years of global business experience including as an entrepreneur, a leader, a financier, an investor, a supply chain management expert and the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CHIC Group. Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Executive Speakers and Special...

Harold Schmitz, Executive Director of the Mars Center for Cocoa Health Science, speaks on how scientific discovery and fundamental understanding in food, agriculture, and health sectors offer critical business opportunities at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management Dean's Distinguished Speaker Event, October 22, 2013 Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Executive Speakers and Spec...

Loren Bendele is the CEO of Savings.com. He co-founded the business in March of 2007. Prior to Savings.com Loren ran Teleflora's Partner Marketing business, selling through key relationships including USAA, UPS, American Express, Sears, JC Penney, American Airlines, United Airlines, Continental Airlines, and other large partnerships. Loren started his career with Dow Chemical, initially as a chemi...

Davis Waxman, former SpotRunner, PeoplePC, and Firefly Network co-founder, is the managing partner of TenOneTen, a Los Angeles venture firm that focuses on technology-focused startups. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 25563]

There are a large variety of web-based technologies available. What are they? How are they used? Which ones are the most popular? All these questions will be answered and many more. Training and career opportunities will also be discussed. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 25686]

Get updated on the current state of the healthcare industry, learn about the skills and experience needed to successfully gain employment as a Case Manager in the field and how the courses and programs at UC San Diego Extension can help your career. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 25685]

Big Bang! is the annual UC Davis Business Plan Competition, hosted by the UC Davis Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and organized by MBA students of the Graduate School of Management. Find out the winners of this year’s competition. Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Executive Speakers and Special Events" [Business] [Show ID: 25193]

Get updated on the current state of the healthcare industry, learn about the skills and experience needed to successfully gain employment as a Case Manager in the field and how the courses and programs at UC San Diego Extension can help your career. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 25347]

Author and Career Counselor Robin Ryan focuses on turbo charging your career by offering strategies and techniques to promote your personal brand as you pursue more promising and satisfying work. This conversation with San Diego Business Journal’s Executive Editor Reo Carr is presented as part of the 2013 Career Boost Camp, sponsored by UC San Diego. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 2...

Host Peter Cowhey of UC San Diego leads an enlightening discussion with Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs, Vizio CEO William Wang, former Gateway CEO Ted Waitt and journalist James Fallows on strategies to bring manufacturing jobs to the United States while keeping their companies competitive in the global marketplace. The program is presented by The Atlantic Meets the Pacific, CONNECT and the School of In...

What are the career opportunities in the burgeoning craft brewing industry? In this Career Channel presentation, job seekers will learn the answers from a panel of experts that includes Stone Brewing founder Greg Koch, Lost Abbey brewer Tomme Arthur, Ballast Point brewer and co-founder Yuseff Cherney, and the founder of White Labs Inc. Pure Yeast and Fermentation, Chris White, who converse about w...

San Diego’s Stone Brewing Co. is a juggernaut in the craft brewing industry, with national distribution and new locations popping up around the region -- even a hotel! Stone’s founder, Greg Koch, takes a break from the opening night festivities for San Diego History Center’s exhibit, “Bottled & Kegged: San Diego’s Craft Brew Culture,” to share with the Career Channel his passionate opinions about...

How can you get started in crowdfund investing? Jason W. Best, Principal, Crowfund Capital Advisors and Sherwood Niess, Principal, Crowdfund Capital Advisors talk about what it means for investors and businesses. Series: "Distinguished Innovator Lectures" [Business] [Show ID: 24511]

Gurbaksh Chahal is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Radium One. A die-hard internet entrepreneur, he started his first company, at the age of 16. Series: "Distinguished Innovator Lectures" [Business] [Show ID: 24409]