Ernst & Young gives entrepreneur awards to Direct Relief, TrackR
Ernst & Young honored two members of the Santa Barbara business community at its annual Entrepreneur of the Year awards for the Greater Los Angeles Region on June 15. Thomas Tighe, president and CEO of Direct Relief, received the Social Entrepreneurship recognition. Also among the eight winners was tracking device company TrackR, co-founded by Chris Read More →
Dubroff: Mindbody growing along with Highway 101 tech corridor
After raising $134 million in late May, expanding its footprint on the Central Coast and rolling out an updated global expansion strategy, MindBody CEO Rick Stollmeyer is in no mood to slow down. Nor does he see any slowdown ahead for the burgeoning tech corridor along the Highway 101 in the tri-county region. In an Read More →
QAD declares quarterly dividend
Santa Barbara manufacturing software provider QAD declared a quarterly dividend on June 15 for stockholders of record as of June 27. Class A common stockholders will receive 7.2 cents per share and Class B common stockholders will receive 6 cents per share payable on July 6. • Contact Marissa Nall at mnall@pacbiztimes.com.
UCSB gets $4.4 million for program to reduce energy usage in data centers
The Department of Energy awarded UC Santa Barbara $4.4 million for a program that reduces energy consumption in data centers by making communications technology faster and more efficient. U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, announced the award, part of the department’s Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy program. UCSB’s Intelligent Reduction of Energy through Photonic Integration for Read More →
Botanic gardens at forefront of scientific research
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Vandenberg missile launch tests tri-county region’s engineering
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Merger talks leave Santa Maria employer Zodiac in limbo
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