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By Editorial Board / Friday, July 25th, 2014 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Power rides into auto history
We’ll take a few words to recognize J.D. “Dave” Power, this year’s Business Times Hall of Fame inductee, for yet another honor. The man who masterminded the ubiquitous brass, black and glass awards is picking up some additional hardware this week in Detroit. That’s because he’s being inducted this year into the Automotive Hall of Read More →
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 / Small Business, Technology, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on GoTek gets patent for rotary engine
Oxnard-based startup GoTek Energy has won its first patent, for its DynaKinetic rotary engine technology. “We are excited about this issuance of our first GoTek Energy patent and expect many more to follow,” CEO Steve Herbruck said in a June 17 news release. GoTek’s DynaKinetic engine has no pistons or no valves and valve seats Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 / East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on J.D. Power buys online marketing metrics firm Korrelate
Westlake Village-based J.D. Power has purchased Korrelate, an Orlando-based digital marketing company that measures consumers’ online behaviors and links them to offline sales activity. T
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By Staff Report / Monday, April 7th, 2014 / Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Business Times to induct Dave Power into Hall of Fame
Auto industry legend J.D. “Dave” Power III, co-founder of J.D. Power & Associates, will become the ninth member of the Pacific Coast Business Times’ regional Business Hall of Fame. Power and the rankings produced by the firm he founded, Westlake Village-based J.D. Power & Associates, have been hugely influential on the auto industry. Power’s pioneering Read More →
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By Erika Martin / Monday, February 10th, 2014 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Company founder shares how J.D. Power rocked the auto industry
When Dave Power launched the Westlake Village-based research firm in the 1960s, he made waves in the auto industry by allowing consumers to for the first time critique — and therefore influence — the cars they were buying.