As you by know by now, the University of Michigan holds a very special place in my life and in my heart. My father — who was a graduate of the College of Engineering — would drive us out to Ann Arbor on weekends to visit my aunt Jessie. I was very impressed with the [...]

2011 has been quite an eventful year for me. I spent the first few weeks of January in and out of hospitals, but my health improved significantly as the year progressed. I launched my Facebook page in January, and in February Professor Joseph Blasi was named the inaugural holder of the J. Robert Beyster Professorship [...]

As many of you may have heard, we had a widespread power blackout last week — not just in San Diego, but all the way north into Orange County, south into Mexico, and east to Arizona. In La Jolla, the blackout started at about 3:40 on Thursday afternoon, and the power was not restored in [...]

Before I get into my usual discussion this week, I would like to congratulate my good friend Gene Ray on being selected to join the CONNECT Hall of Fame. This is a great honor, and I am very pleased that CONNECT is recognizing Gene’s contributions to San Diego’s technology industry, which are many. I hope [...]

An article in our local newspaper reported that Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs spoke before Congress last week in support of the government’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. According to Irwin, the $1.5 million that Qualcomm received when it was still a small business was instrumental in the development of its Code Division Multiple Access [...]

I would like to wish my blog readers a happy and successful New Year. 2011 promises to be a busy and eventful year for me and for the Foundation for Enterprise Development. Some of the things I am particularly excited about include the upcoming ceremony in February to formally install Joseph Blasi as the first [...]