
Trade Desk adds tech marketing pioneer to board
Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County, Women Inc.Andrea “Andy” Cunningham, who early in her career helped launch the Apple Macintosh computer, has joined the board of directors of The Trade Desk, the Ventura-based internet advertising company announced Jan. 18. Cunningham worked closely with Steve Jobs at Apple, and managed marketing campaigns for his other companies, Pixar and NeXT. She is the founder Read More →

Street Smarts: Father-daughter team brings robotics tech to cannabis testing
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Street Smarts: Happy 150th to Stearns Wharf, a landmark in the region’s history
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New CEO takes helm at LogicMonitor
Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Women Inc.LogicMonitor, a Santa Barbara-based cloud software company and one of the region’s biggest employers in that sector, announced some moves at the top on Jan. 6, including a new CEO. Christina Kosmowski, formerly the company’s president, took over from former CEO and co-founder Kevin McGibben, who is now LogicMonitor’s executive chairman. Kosmowski joined LogicMonitor in Read More →

Santa Paula farm supply retailer settles pesticide case
Agribusiness, Latest news, Law & GovermentAn agricultural supply retailer in Santa Paula that sold pesticides to unpermitted buyers will pay $625,000 to settle a civil case brought by state regulators and county prosecutors, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced Jan. 4. Under state law, certain pesticides can only be sold to and used by people with the proper permits Read More →

Calavo hires new CEO
Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura CountyCalavo Growers, a Santa Paula-based distributor of avocados and other produce, has hired a new CEO, after a period of instability that saw three permanent or interim leaders hold the job since early 2020. The new CEO, effective Feb. 1, is Brian Kocher, Calavo said in a Dec. 22 news release. He will take over Read More →