Vern Yates

Connectivity Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and assembly of wire and cable industry encompasses a wide variety of product applications requiring electronic and electrical connectivity. It participates in the security, factory automation, signal and sound markets. The company was founded on September 29, 1980 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., SICOR, Inc. is a company that manufactures pharmaceuticals. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by Harry E. Gruber, Jack W. Reich, Paul K. Laikind, Robert L. Engler. SICOR was acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. on January 22, 2004 for $3,297.10 million.

SureBeam Corp. provides electronic irradiation system services for the food industry. SureBeam® process is based on electron beam technology that destroys harmful food-borne bacteria such as E-coli, salmonella and listeria, eliminates or renders harmless fruit flies and other pests and reduces bacteria driven food spoilage. It is located San Diego, CA

Figure 8 Wireless, Inc. provides software and networking solutions for wireless communications. Its customers include OEMs and semiconductor companies. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Biomatrica, Inc. produces reagents and devices used for sample collection and analysis in diagnostics systems, nucleic acid analysis, and bio banking. Its technology is used to protect analyst in samples at the molecular and cellular level, chemically position laboratory workflows on microfluidics chips. The firm’s products include DNAstable, DNAgard, RNAstable and RNAgard. The company was founded by Judy L. Müller-Cohn and Rolf Müller in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Burger King Corp. is engaged in the operation and franchise of fast food restaurants. Its products include burgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, and breakfast meals. The company was founded by James McLamore and David Edgerton in March, 1954 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

The Pillsbury Co. manufactures and distributes food products. Its products include baked goods, biscuits, breads, cookies, crescents, pie crusts, pizza crusts and snacks. The company was founded in 1869 is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

DermTech Operations, Inc. engages in the provision of molecular dermatology. It develops products that facilitate the early detection of skin cancers, assess inflammatory diseases, and customize drug treatments. The firm's products include adhesive skin collection kit, pigmented lesion assay (PLA), nevome, inflammatory disease and carcinome. The company was founded by Lawrence A. Rheins in 1996 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

K-Mac Enterprises, Inc. owns and operates franchise restaurants, which include Taco Bell and KFC restaurants. It also operates a small number of buffet style family steak houses. The company was founded by Ken McGruder in 1964 and is headquartered in Fayetteville, AR.

The Johnny Rockets Group, Inc. owns and operates restaurants. Its products include shakes and floats, hamburgers, philly cheese steak, salads, starters, rocket kid meals, and beverages. The company was founded by Ronn Teitelbaum on June 6, 1986 and is headquartered in Wilbraham, MA.

The Iris Group, Inc. provides direct mail advertising services. It offers design and printing services as well as mailing and list services. The company's offerings include folded postcards, tri-fold postcards, business cards, rack cards, direct mails, mailing lists, design templates, digital imaging, mail tracking, network programs and other custom cards. The Iris Group was founded by Steve Hoffman and Jim Toya-Brown in 1976 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

BIOCOM provides scientific and technological services. The firm focuses that positively influence the growth of the life science industry, including capital formation, public policy, workforce development and scientific discovery and development. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Teleflex, Inc., LMA North America, Inc. distributes medical and hospital equipment. The company is based in San Diego, CA.

Tech Coast Angels, Inc. (Tech Coast Angels) is an angel firm founded in 1997 by Luis Villalobos. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California.

AIRSIS, Inc. provides web-based remote asset management and maritime solutions .The company develops and deploys remote asset management solutions to track, monitor and manage fixed mobile assets, including broadcast towers, dry van, refrigerated trailers, environmental monitors, utility meters, marine vessels, railcars, intrusion detection systems, oil and gas platforms. AIRSIS was founded by Dean Rosenberg, Richard Brehm and James Drewett in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

E-Band Communications LLC designs and manufactures wireless telecommunications equipment. Its products include E-link eagle, E-link mini, 1000Q, 1000Q-CPRI, 1000LR, multiport and antennas. The company was founded by Sam Smookler and Saul Umbrasas in 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute conducts and translates biological research programs. The firm offers tumor initiation and maintenance, cancer metabolism and signaling network, tumor microenvironment and cancer immunology, degenerative disease, development/aging/regeneration, immunity and pathogenesis, human genetic, cardiovascular metabolism, integrative metabolism, metabolism genomic control, bioinformatics and structural biology programs. The company was founded by William Fishman and Lillian Fishman in 1976 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Express Ventures LLC (Express Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., Provasis Therapeutics, Inc. provides medical services. The company is based in San Diego, CA.

Maintenancenet LLC provides cloud-based software platform that uses data analytics and automation to manage and scale attach and renewals of recurring customer contracts. The company was founded in 2001 by Scott Herron and Shayne Skaff and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Genalyte, Inc. specializes in instrumentation and multiplex assays for biomarker and protein detection. The firm offers autoantibody testing assays for autoimmune research, custom assay services and maverick detection system. The company was founded in 2007 by Lawrence Cary Gunn III and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

World Trade Association distributes vehicle tires. It exports commercial and passenger vehicle tires. The company also manufactures OTR tires under brand names Xtreme Force and Xtreme Load. World Trade Association was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Coral Springs, FL

The American Electronics Association (District of Columbia) was founded by David Packard in 1957. The association represents almost 1,300 member companies in over 40 countries, including approved maintenance organizations that specialize in the maintenance, repair, and installation of aircraft electronics systems in general aviation aircraft.

Avenzoar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures cancer drug products. The company was founded by Stephen Pandol and Mouad Edderkaoui in 2016 and is headquartered in Encinitas, CA.