The Edge Trends Committee sponsored a free seminar entitled “Risk Management Best Practices - What Would You Do?” on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 7:30 a.m. in the UCSD Extension Classroom. The guest speaker was Dr. Pedro Maria-Sanchez, a certified Professional Risk Manager (PRM), and Professional Project Manager (PMP) with a Ph.D. in Risk Management. The 24 attendees were invited to submit questions for him in advance, which also entered them in a …
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Edge Trends Recap “Risk Management Best Practices”
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Edge Trends Recap “Disciplined Listening”
February 26, 2015 By Leave a Comment
The Edge Trends Committee sponsored a free seminar entitled “Disciplined Listening” on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 7:30 a.m. in the UCSD Extension Classroom. The guest speaker was Michael Reddington, Founder and President of Unloq Company headquartered in San Diego. Unloq is an advisory and training company integrating forensic interviewing skills and techniques into business and personal communication.
The 23 attendees learned about …
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Edge Trends Recap “Helping People Win At Work”
October 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Edge Trends Committee sponsored a free seminar entitled “Helping People Win at Work” on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. in the UCSD Extension Classroom.
The guest speaker was Garry Ridge, President and Chief Executive Officer of WD-40 Company headquartered in San Diego.
The 26 attendees learned about WD-40’s performance review system, the cultural shift it required, and how record levels of employee engagement were achieved by …
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Edge Trends Recap: “The Future of Robotics”
May 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Edge Trends Committee sponsored a free seminar entitled “The Future of Robotics- A Panel Discussion” on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. in the UCSD Extension Classroom.
The panel included:
Dr. Ramesh Rao (Director of the Qualcomm Institute and UCSD Professor)
Dr. Santiago Horgan (Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery at UCSD Medical Center and Director of UCSD’s Center for the Future of Surgery)
Dr. Jack Silberman (Area Quality …
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Edge Trends Recap: “Product Development Methods”
November 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Edge Trends Committee sponsored a free seminar entitled “Product Development Methods- A Panel Discussion” on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 7:30 a.m. in the UCSD Extension Classroom. The panel included Steve Dyrdahl (Vice President, Engineering from ID Analytics), Pedro Mendoza (R&D Section Manager for the Modeling and Analytical Solutions Group at Hewlett-Packard), Mike Romine (Associate Director at Illumina), Jason Thomas (Vice …
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Edge Trends Recap: “Social Media for Senior Leaders Explained”
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Article By Kelly Ronk, Photos by Blake Miller
The Edge Trends Committee (through the arrangements made by Geoffrey Graham, EPSE ’08 grad and BAE Systems employee) sponsored a free seminar entitled “Social Media for Senior Leaders Explained” on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 7:30 a.m. in the UCSD Extension Classroom. The guest speaker was Price Floyd, Vice President of Global Digital Strategy at BAE Systems.
The attendees learned about the …
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Edge Trends Recap: “OnShoring – Made in San Diego”
April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Article By Jim Wilk
On 2/5/2013, the UCSD held another well attended Edgetrends. The topic was OnShoring, and the owner of the company, Ted Fogliani, CEO of Outsource Manufacturing, did an excellent job describing why you should consider to do your manufacturing in San Diego. Currently he has 15-16 good customers, and has capacity for more. He has clients in five major categories (Life Sciences, Medical, Military, Industrial, and …
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Edge Trends Recap “Three Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career”
September 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Edge Trends Committee sponsored a free seminar entitled “Three Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out as a Leader, and Liking Your Life” on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 7:30 a.m. in the UCSD Extension Classroom. The guest speaker was Patty Azzarello, the straight-shooting Silicon Valley executive and author of the book Rise who has held various high-level leadership roles over her 25 year career in the high tech …
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