April 30, 2025

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

Kate Farms expands into retail with Target launch

Latest news, left, Retailing, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

Goleta-based Kate Farms, which manufactures plant-based nutrition products, executed one of its long-term goals with the announcement of its national retail debut. As of March 12, Kate Farms launched its new Kids Nutrition product line, which is now available at Target, marking the first time their organic nutrition solutions will be available at a major Read More →

| Monday, March 10th, 2025

QAD appoints new CEO, Chilton steps down after 7 years

Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

Santa Barbara-based QAD has appointed Sanjay Brahmawar, formerly CEO of Software AG, as its new CEO, the software company announced March 10. Brahmawar will begin in his new role on March 17 and will succeed Anton Chilton, who is stepping back from his CEO role after more than 20 years of service at QAD. In Read More →

Procore CEO Craig "Tooey" Courtemanche sits in his office at the company's Carpinteria headquarters (Nik Blaskovich photo)

| Monday, March 10th, 2025

Procore announces CEO succession plans

Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

After two decades since founding Carpinteria-based Procore and serving as the company’s only CEO, Craig “Tooey” Courtemanche announced that he is planning to transition to executive chairman as soon as the company appoints a new chief executive. Courtemanche first founded Procore in 2002 and is currently the founder, president and CEO of the company. He Read More →

| Monday, March 10th, 2025

Mercado: Amazon’s Alexa+ puts Santa Barbara center stage

Columns, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Technology

Santa Barbara is known for lots of things. Beautiful weather, the beach, the mountains, wine, Spanish architecture, UC Santa Barbara and so much more. But one of the lesser-known things that is quickly gaining more traction is the diversified tech scene that exists throughout the county, though mainly in the city of Santa Barbara. It’s something Read More →

| Monday, March 10th, 2025

Musubi’s AI platform helps firms sure up content moderation

Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology

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| Monday, March 10th, 2025

CRE: SLO design and engineering firm celebrates 40 years

Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, San Luis Obispo County, Subscriber content

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| Friday, March 7th, 2025

Direct Relief tasks Salesforce CFO Amy Weaver with CEO spot

Latest news, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story

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