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. Series: "The Goldman School - Berkeley Public Policy" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 28940]...
Dec 01, 2014•57 min
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]
Nov 10, 2014•28 min
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]
Nov 03, 2014•23 min
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]
Oct 20, 2014•59 min
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 today is not long-term attachment, but short-term, episodic employment and other relationships to the jo...
Sep 22, 2014•56 min
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 Woodman as he reminisces about his days at UC San Diego and describes how he’s leveraging his passions a...
Aug 11, 2014•59 min
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]
Aug 04, 2014•55 min
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]
Jul 14, 2014•1 hr 27 min
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]
Jul 08, 2014•55 min
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" [Business] [Show ID: 26010]
May 26, 2014•52 min
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]
May 19, 2014•52 min
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]
May 11, 2014•28 min
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]
Apr 21, 2014•58 min
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 Events" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 27833]
Apr 14, 2014•1 hr 22 min
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 Special Events" [Business] [Show ID: 27712]
Feb 03, 2014•59 min
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 chemical engineer. He then joined The Boston Consulting Group where he provided strategy/management consu...
Dec 02, 2013•59 min
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]
Nov 25, 2013•54 min
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]
Oct 23, 2013•40 min
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]
Oct 16, 2013•30 min
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]
Sep 09, 2013•1 hr 16 min
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]
Jul 22, 2013•57 min
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: 24848]
Jul 08, 2013•58 min
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 International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show...
Jun 17, 2013•58 min
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 why San Diego has become such a nationally renowned region for craft beer production, and where the p...
May 20, 2013•58 min
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 what makes good beer, good food and good business. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID:...
May 17, 2013•4 min
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]
May 13, 2013•54 min
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]
Apr 29, 2013•44 min
Leslie Bottorff joined ONSET Ventures in 1998 after 19 years in the medical industry. At ONSET Ventures, Leslie specializes in medical technology investment opportunities. She has worked closely with several portfolio company entrepreneurs at the seed stage to formulate and validate their companies’ business plans, including Embolic Protection, where she was interim VP of Marketing and Business Development at inception. Leslie was the original seed investor in Sadra Medical (acquired by Boston S...
Apr 29, 2013•52 min
Dean Steven Currall moderates a conversation with Sandy Weill, Former Chairman/CEO of Citigroup, and his wife, Joan Weill, followed by a discussion about the future of pension plans with Anne Simpson, Senior Portfolio Manager, Investments and Director of Corporate Governance, California Public Employee’s Retirement System (CalPERS) Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Executive Speakers and Special Events" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 24959]
Apr 22, 2013•1 hr 18 min
Marc Onetto, senior vice president of worldwide operations and customer service at Amazon.com Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Executive Speakers and Special Events" [Business] [Show ID: 24925]
Apr 15, 2013•58 min
