Such a great event to be apart of!
What an amazing time at the Central Coast Innovation Awards, honoring our own Steve Dorfman with the Alan J. Heeger Spirit of Innovation Award. We can't begin to express our gratitude for Steve's gift, leadership and guidance. California Lutheran University was well represented, including: Dorfman Scholars Elaine Vo, Elsa Klubberud, Hope Gonzalez and Diamili Tuz Bojorquez Dorfman Incubator Grant recipients: PlotSign and Zach Dunn Hortitech and Andrea Brimmer, Emma Sweeney and Simran Pimenta Wayside Energy and James Werbe, James Coleman (also tied for People's Choice winner!) Student-led Startups: SPF805 (https://lnkd.in/g23ZYWsH) and Hope Gonzalez PiklPal (https://www.piklpal.com/) and Allison Pine, Rudy Perez HomeBuddies and Mahsa Ghaderpour Startups from Hub101: SuperNova Academy Inc and Irfan Khan Frendii and Martha Gamboa Cal Lutheran leadership: Lori Varlotta Leanne Neilson Regina D. Biddings-Muro, Ed.D. Cal Lutheran School of Management Dean (and my boss, best ever!) Gerhard Apfelthaler My colleagues at Steven Dorfman Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Hub101Carmina Bech, MBA and Desserin Pereyra, EMBA If that's not enough, congrats to our Ventura County neighbors: Ember Technologies, Inc. for winning the Corporate Innovator Award FATHOMWERX for winning the Breaking New Ground - Innovator Award Matter Labs Port of Hueneme Naval Base Ventura County Erick Went Bryan Went ??Alan Jaeger Christina Birdsey Apologies if I left anyone out!