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AUGUST 27, 2018SAN DIEGO NEXT TOP BUSINESS LEADERS UNDER 40SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL 19CongratulationsThank You To Our Sponsors:08-27-18 Next Recap Cover 2.indd 198/23/2018 11:56:56 AM
20 SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNALAUGUST 27, 2018NEXT Top Business Leaders Under 40Sponsored by:Letter from the SDBJWe’re big on outcomes here at the San Diego Business Journal. It’s part of our mission to share success storieswith the San Diego business community.So we are pleased to share with you on the following pages 40 success stories – profiles of our honorees fromthe San Diego Next Top Business Leaders Under 40 event. These short stories don’t do justice to the accomplishments of these leaders and emerging leaders. And as big a number as 40 is, that really doesn’t capture thescope of young talent in our market.We received more than 300 nominations for this program, the most we’ve had for an event in recent history. It was anarduous task to determine 150 finalists – the talent among thatgroup is remarkable.Making the top 40 is, indeed, an honor. They represent across section of our local economy, from life science companies,defense, digital marketing, e-commerce, professional services andtourism and hospitality.We owe a big thank you to our judges: Sara Brown, CEO ofSara Brown Events; Lindsey Head, CFO for J Public Relations;and Lori Ann Stevens, Design Manager West Coast for TurnerEngineering Group.More than 500 people attended the Aug. 14 event at the WestinGaslamp San Diego Quarter.We would also like to thank the sponsors who made the eventBarbara ChodosNels Jensenand program possible: Moss Adams and Robbins Arroyo LLP.President & PublisherEditor-In-ChiefNEXT Top Business Leaders Under 40 FinalistsJill AdamsAnna CroweKamal AdawiCrystal CulhaneAndrew AdrianClayton DeanDiego AlarconBrian DerschQDOBA Mexican EatsExagen DiagnosticsLendIt Inc.ZIP LaunchpadMartin AdlerReflexion HealthBrian AlexanderHUB International InsuranceService, Inc.Crowe PRFish & Richardson, PCCirca InteractiveDersch Design &EngineeringCara DessertElizabeth BankerFlagship Cruises & EventsJennifer BarnesRise & Shine RestaurantGroupJT BarrMichael EspositoThomas BeaudetteJason EvansGeneral Atomics AeronauticalSystems, Inc.Marin GertlerGenslerFlossie HallHotel del CoronadoSchmidt Design Group, Inc.Lee & Associates, Inc.Kristin ElliottGalen BaggsPro Back OfficeGreg GershmanAlyssa Gutner-DavisKarina ArushanyanShore Solutions, Inc.Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz &Dolin PCRyan EgliPrecision MeasurementEngineeringOpDecision LLCValerie Garcia HongAnne Elise GoetzCBRELa Jolla LogicScatena DanielsCommunicationsThe San Diego LGBTCommunity CenterNatalie ArshakianMortgage Capital Trading,Inc.Susan GarciaAmanda ElsasserBrad EngelJohan EngmanSnake Oil Cocktail CompanyCaseyGerryAlice EwellHiggs Fletcher & MackCleantech San DiegoHealthy MommaMichelle HammerPayLeaseJamie HamptonMixte CommunicationsMatt HendryGilliland ConstructionManagementEric HepferHinesRyan HillHill Construction CompanyWhitney HodgesSara BennettSeismicSheppard Mullin Richter &HamptonJaci FeinsteinDan BerkusRight Hand EventsAri HoffmanMarsh & McLennan AgencyParagon Real EstateInvestmentsAnton BurmanACI ApartmentsThomas FitzpatrickCura Coffee and Cura SmilesMichelle FloresGonzalesInnesa BurrolaFlores Financial Services,Inc.Scot ChisholmChris FrasierMatthew ColeRay FreedenbergBoutique RecruitingClassyCubic TransportationSystemsAlysse CooperICEEdward CoxDthera SciencesMarie CrivelloBank of Southern CaliforniaMapp DigitalClearBalanceMichael FuscoFusco & Orsini InsuranceServicesJennifer GaffneyBerkshire HathawayHomeServices CaliforniaPropertiesRenee GalenteGalente Law, APC08-27-18 Next Recap Version 3.indd 20MindTouchAndrew HoletsPro Kids/First Tee of SanDiegoIrene May-LingHutchins, MDScripps Cancer CenterTimothy HutterAllen MatkinsAly JamisonJamison PRSara JensenInnovative EmployeeSolutionsKeith JonesAce Parking Management,Inc.Dan KaganScientist.comAshok KamalTech Coast AngelsHilda MwangiLeonid KandinovWorld Trade Center, SanDiegoSuman KanugantiTroutman Sanders LLPLeigh KeithThe Collective SDAlex KlingensmithConcierege CleaningServicesShailendra KulkarniKate NowlanRobbins Arroyo LLPAira Tech Corp.Perfect Bar, LLCLabrum Wealth ManagementSullivan Hill Lewin Rez &EngelVictoria LakersFrank ManagementConsultingJustin NahamaIlo NeukamJeffrey Ryan NilesGRACEDBYGRITSeth O’ByrnePacific Sotheby’sInternational RealtySeth OdellAlicia QuinnMission EdgeRenata RamirezUniversity of San DiegoMarjan RashediSarah SyedNorth County Dental SurgeryCenterChris RossEric Paredes Save A LifeFoundationAngela RyanKatie TranJLLWare MalcombKyle SandsmarkJeff LernerPower Digital MarketingJohn LincolnBiocom InstituteTaryn LomasAsian Pacific AmericanCoalitionLaura MalyRenato PaivaCarlos MartinezAviva PaleyKevan McLaughlinChristopher PearsonDirectedHarvest Small BusinessFinanceChannelle McNuttHaley PetersonDina SegalIgnite VisibilityUE.coWonderist AgencyHaskell & White LLPMcLaughlin LegalJONESJesus MendozaWillis Towers WatsonHao MengLyftJared MetteeSundt Construction, Inc.Joseph MorstadBalboa Commercial RealEstateHeather MoyerHNM Systems, Inc.Taylor MoyerManagedLab ServicesKevin MurphyMurphy Jones APCAvi TalAgentology, Inc.Southwest StrategiesOdgers Law GroupDMV.ORGCV SciencesHope ReillySamuel Lance, MDFresh Start Surgical GiftsJason SvetEastridge WorkforceSolutionsBusiness OnlineNational University SystemMatthew OdgersEastridge WorkforceSolutionsEric RamosCameron LammingRAR HospitalityAdam SvetHost Healthcare, Inc.Katie SawyerSarah ThompsonSan Diego RegionalChamber of CommerceTravis TrautvetterCushman & WakefieldClay TreskaMike OperaThe San Diego Women’sFoundationRachel ScatizziThompsonDale TurnerSara PaganoJason PaguioZachary SchlagelAdolfo VenturaTaylor SchulteDavid VogelAccess Youth AcademyKitchens for GoodIntesa CommunicationsGroupLindsay PfefferI-Ortho San Diego &Targeted Skin DNAPatrick PierceOster and AssociatesEmily PippinAcademy of Our Lady ofPeaceRichie PloeschAutism Spectrum TherapiesAnthony PrettoThe Kobey CorporationMariangela PrettoEntravision CommunicationsMatt PriceReliant FundingSmith & Scatizzi, LLPUC San Diego HealthDefine FinancialAmanda Schultz BrochuSan Diego Hunger CoalitionAdam SeeryRenovate America, Inc.David ShapiroLaw Office of David P.ShapiroJosh ShapiroUC San DiegoChancelor Shay(W)right OnCommunications, Inc.Family ProudSan Diego CountyCredit UnionMAACHecht Solberg RobinsonGoldberg & Bagley LLPCollin WaringCGS3Music WatsonSan Diego County Office ofEducationBriana WeisingerUC San DiegoParisa WeissSeltzer Caplan McMahonVitekRhett WheelerBill Howe Plumbing, Heating& Air, Restoration & FloodDylan WhitmanKiran ShelatBVAccelShivani SinghColliers InternationalPierre SleimanDouglas WilsonCompaniesBryan SmithBree WongClassics 4 KidsDharma ExpressGo Green AgricultureFuscoe Engineering, Inc.Chris WilliamsNicholas WilsonSWS Engineering, Inc.8/23/2018 11:54:24 AM
MOS SADAMS.COMSUCCESSRISES INTHE WESTSAN DIEGO,CA6:24 AMPDTWhen you go above and beyond, the sun rises on boundlesspotential. We believe in the value of applauding yourachievements—and the possibilities they inspire.Congratulations to the nominees and award winners ofSan Diego’s NEXT Top Business Leaders Under 40.RISE WITH THE WEST.Assurance, tax, and consulting offered through Moss Adams LLP. Investment advisory services offeredthrough Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC. Investment banking offered through Moss Adams Capital LLC.08-27-18 Next Recap Version 3.indd 218/23/2018 11:54:25 AM
22 SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNALAUGUST 27, 2018NEXT Top Business Leaders Under 40jill adamsAVice President of MarketingQDOBA Mexican Eatsdams oversees marketing operations for the second largestfast-casual Mexican food brand inthe country with locations in 48 statesand Canada, as well as at universities,airports and malls. Qdoba – translatedmeaning the “company” – was acquired in March from Jack in the BoxInc. by funds managed by affiliatesof Apollo Global Managemnet LLC.Qdoba, which got its start in 1995 andwas picked up by San Diego-basedJack in the Box in 2003, sold forapproximately 305 million in cash. Itwill remain based in San Diego and isthe process of hiringSponsored by:kamal adawiACFOExagen Diagnosticsdawi joined Exagen Diagnosticsafter holding previous positions ofchief financial officer, corporatesecretary and treasurer at PathwayGenomics, a genetics testing company. Throughout his career, Adawi hastaken part in financing deals totalingmore than 700 million from mergerand acquisitions, public and privateequity offerings. Prior to joining Pathway Genomics, he served as the director of financial planning and analysisat Exagen Diagnostics. Adawi is anactive member of the CFO LeadershipCouncil, National Investor RelationsInstitute and the SDSU Aztec Mentor Program. He is also a committeemember for the San Diego Bowl GameAssociation.natalie arshakianADirector of Lock Desk OperationsMortgage Capital Trading Inc.rshakian was promoted to hercurrent role with Mortgage CapitalTrading, Inc. in 2016, managinga team of 30 analysts to accommodate monthly lock volume upwardof 2 billion in residential mortgagesdistributed among 51 national clients. She is well versed in seven typesof loan origination software, as wellas six product and pricing engines.Natalie first joined Mortgage CapitalTrading in 2012 as a senior lock deskanalyst and became lock desk supervisor before landing her current directorrole. Before Mortgage Capital Trading, Natalie worked for LPL Financial. She holds a bachelor’s degree inpolitical science from the Universityof California Los Angeles and speakstwo languages.elizabeth bankerBPresident, CEOShore Solutionsanker guides the Chula Vista-basedcompany that provides acquisitionassistance and procurement adviceto vendors working with federal, stateand local entities – from tactical gearand medical equipment to janitorial products and food service items.She has led revenue growth from 8.7 million in 2016 to 13 million in2017. Banker arrived in her currentrole in 2016 following her work at theCoronado Distribution Co., whereshe worked as its vice president ofoperations. Prior to that, she was abusiness development consultant forShore Solutions and the internationalsales manager at Divine Imaging. Shealso served four years in the Navy,achieving the rank of Quartermaster, 2nd Class. She studied businessadministration at Alliant InternationalUniversity in Scripps Ranch.Congratulations, Kristin,On Your NEXT Top BusinessLeaders Under 40 Win!CongratulationsDaniel Kaganfor the nominationof San DiegoNext Top BusinessLeaders Under 40.Your dedication andleadership is a keyto our success.Kristin Elliott, 36, serves as the President and CEO of Precision Measurement Engineering, a localcompany on the cutting edge of ‘blue tech’ decades before the term was even coined, designing andmanufacturing fresh and saltwater monitoring devices.Elliott joined her family’s business in 2006 and has created a dynamic and dedicated team, definedthe company vision and increased growth. In 2016, Elliott expanded her holdings with the launch ofAquasend LLC, to meet market demands in aquaculture.In addition to being a superstar CEO and managing TWO robustly expanding companies, she recentlywelcomed her third child in August, and her family resides in Vista, CA.www.PME.com www.Aquasend.com08-27-18 Next Recap Version 3.indd 22 2018 Scientist.com8/23/2018 11:54:29 AM
SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL 23AUGUST 27, 2018NEXT Top Business Leaders Under 40jennifer barnesBCo-founder & CEOPro Back Officearnes co-founded Pro Back Officein 2012 and has grown the company to be among the fastest-growingprivate companies in San Diego County with 2017 revenues of 5.52 million.Pro Back offers part-time, fractionalresources to companies, from humanresources help to accounting. Priorto co-founding the company with herpartner, Mike Ford, Barnes was seniorcontroller at TGG Accounting and interim controller at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Barnes sits onthe board of the Better Business Bureau, the Business Executives Council,the San Diego Food Bank’s Leadership Council and Junior AchievementsYoung Executives Board.Sponsored by:sara bennettPrincipal / Property Casualty DivisionMarsh & McLennan AgencyBennett specializes in structuringproperty and casualty insuranceprograms that maximize coverageand drive down short and long terminsurance costs. She has a particularfocus in the area of workers’ compensation and partners with clients toassess, understand and mitigate theirexposures, as well as to reduce theirclaims frequency and severity. Bennettjoined the agency in 2003. In additionto her professional commitments, theUniversity of San Diego graduatevolunteers as president of the boardof the San Diego Women’s Foundation. She also serves as vice chair ofthe board of the Sharp HealthCareFoundation and is a member ofMended Little Hearts of San Diego,a nonprofit that seeks to help childrenwith congenital heart defects.scot chisholmCCo-founder & CEOClassyhisholm has spent the past 10 yearsbuilding a social enterprise technology company serving the nonprofitcommunity. Since 2011, fundraisingon the Classy platform has doubledeach year—resulting in thousands ofnonprofits collectively raising overhalf a billion dollars. Classy also hostsan annual awards program to spotlight the innovative work nonprofitsare implementing around the globe.In addition to his work with Classy,Chisholm is on three soccer-relatedboards of directors – Street SoccerUSA, SF City Football Club andASC San Diego. He previously servedon the founding board of directorsat Team Rubicon, a veteran-leddisaster relief organization. Prior toco-founding Classy, Chisholm workedas a senior consultant for Booz AllenHamilton.matthew coleCPresidentCubic Transportation Systemsole is an internationally experienced executive, having first joinedCubic at its European headquarters in Surrey, England. Since then,Cole, who was born near London, hastaken on roles of increasing responsibility in the company, which tookhim to Australia in early 2009 andSan Diego in late 2011. In addition toleading the transportation division, healso serves as senior vice president atthe corporate level. Major accomplishments have included the successfulredirection of a critical project on theverge of major litigation amd re-securing a large, long-term customerthat had previously been lost. His unitalso secured more than 2.5 billion ofbusiness in first 10 quarters, includingmajor contract wins in New York andBoston, both of which have options togrow to more than 1 billion.CongratulationsMattMatt Price has been named amongSan Diego Business Journal’sNext Top Business LeadersUnder 40 for 2018!Matt PriceChief Sales Officerwww.reliantfunding.com08-27-18 Next Recap Version 3.indd 238/23/2018 11:54:35 AM
24 SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNALAUGUST 27, 2018NEXT Top Business Leaders Under 40edward coxCCEODthera Sciencesox is about to celebrate his secondyear as chief executive of DtheraSciences. The publicly tradedcompany is involved in non-pharmaceutical therapies that seek to lessenanxiety in patients with Alzheimer’sdisease and/or dementia. Cox previously served a year as CEO of EveryStory, a similar therapy developerthat was acquired by Dthera in 2016.He also held key leadership roles withApricus Biosciences Inc. and BioQuant Inc. plus others. Cox graduatedwith a Master’s Degree in management from the Warrington Collegeof Business Administration at theUniversity of FloridaSponsored by:anna croweIFounder & CEOCrowe PRn addition to her role as CEO, Crowealso is an adjunct professor of international marketing at the Universityof San Diego. Crowe has worked forthe university since 2010. Nearly fouryears ago, she founded Crowe PR,capitalizing on a passion for improving the bottom line for technology,health and wellness, and hospitalitybrands. The firm also has an office inNew York. She studied accounting atRutgers University in New Jersey andlater earned her Master’s in businessadministration from the Universityof San Diego. For the past year, shehas volunteered as a board memberfor EO San Diego, the local arm ofthe 10,000-plus business networkinggroup Entrepreneurs’ and Construction Managementis proud to recognize one of itsteam members,brian derschDPresident & CEODersch Design & Engineeringersch is a licensed professionalengineer and project leader withspecialties that include microgrid,renewable energy and energy storage,medium voltage power distributionand lighting design. As president andCEO, he is behind projects in California, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaiiand New York. Dersch’s volunteeraffiliations include the ACE MentorProgram that encourages high schoolstudents to consider architecture, construction and engineering futures; theSurfrider Foundation, which seeks toprotect our beaches; and Habitat forHumanity International.caroline dessertCEOThe San Diego LGBT Community CenterDessert is a veteran fighter forequality who has led the San DiegoLGBT Community Center since2016. But her presence at the centerbegan years earlier, when she served asits public policy and community organizing coordinator from 2007 to 2009.In between, she served as the executivedirector of Immigration Equality.Dessert also previously worked for theCalifornia Department of Justice inthe Office of the Attorney General asa deputy attorney general in the publicrights division, consumer law section.At San Diego’s LGBT CommunityCenter, she leads a paid staff of morethan 50 people, as well as more than1,000 volunteers who assist the centerin its various outreach activities.CongratulationsADOLFO VENTURAon being named one of San Diego’sNEXT: TopBusinessLeadersUnder 40Matt Hendryfor being named one of SDBJ’s2018 Next Business LeadersUnder 40!ADVOCACY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSING HEALTH & WELL-BEINGGilliland Construction Management619.402.1886 kirt@gillilandcm.com08-27-18 Next Recap Version 3.indd 24MAACproject.org8/23/2018 11:54:38 AM
SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL 25AUGUST 27, 2018NEXT Top Business Leaders Under 40ryan egliESenior Vice PresidentCBREgli is an experienced real estate professional, specializing in the leasingand sales of Class A and B officeand biotech/laboratory facilities. Heleads the growing life science practicegroup for the San Diego office. Eglihas been frequently honored by CBREas a top producer in his 12 years. Hepreviously worked as an associatewith Colliers International and beforethat, he was a business consultant forIBM, working in the company’s supply chain and operational solutionspractice. Ryan studied engineeringat Miami University, where he was amember of the Kappa SigmaFraternity.kristin elliottCEOPrecision Measurement EngineeringElliott is not only a general managerof Precision Measurement Engineering Inc., she’s also CEO andfounder of Aquasend Inc. – an earlystage business pursing technologyand software integration for inlandaquaculture farmers. It’s a nice complement to Precision MeasurementEngineering, Inc., a leading manufacturer of oceanographic and freshwater monitoring equipment. Kristin’sfather started Precision MeasurementEngineering in 1982, and she has beeninvolved in the family business since2006. Since becoming CEO, she hastripled the company’s annual revenueswith expected growth to 2.5 millionthis year. Elliott is a graduate of UCSan Diego and has an MBA from CalState University San Marcos.johan engmanEFounder & OwnerRise & Shine Restaurant Groupngman is a dishwasher-turnedrestaurant owner with a slew ofsuccessful eateries that make up theRise & Shine Restaurant Group. Hecame to Southern California from hisnative Sweden at 16 and started washing dishes in a small Italian restaurantafter high school. After moving upto table busser and eventually server,Engman made the leap to owner in2008 with the opening of Fig TreeCafé in Pacific Beach. Fast-forwardeight years and he owns more than adozen restaurants fr
Aug 27, 2018 · quired in March from Jack in the Box Inc. by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Managemnet LLC. Qdoba, which got its start in 1995 and was picked up by San Diego-based Jack in the Box in 2003, sold for approximately 305 million in cash. It will remain based in San Diego and is t
