Latest
By Staff Report / Monday, August 13th, 2018 / Central Coast, Education, Latest news / Comments Off on Defense bill funds programs at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
This article is only available to Business Times subscribers Subscribers: LOG IN or REGISTER for complete digital access. Not a Subscriber? SUBSCRIBE for full access to our weekly newspaper, online edition and Book of Lists. Check the STATUS of your Subscription Account.
Read More →
Latest
By Katie Swalm / Friday, November 10th, 2017 / Education, Latest news / Comments Off on Foundations help veterans pay for education
This article is only available to Business Times subscribers Subscribers: LOG IN or REGISTER for complete digital access. Not a Subscriber? SUBSCRIBE for full access to our weekly newspaper, online edition and Book of Lists. Check the STATUS of your Subscription Account.
Read More →
Latest
By Erika Martin / Thursday, October 9th, 2014 / Latest news, South Coast, Technology / Comments Off on Channel Technologies buys Massacusetts defesnse firm
Santa Barbara-based military contractor Channel Technologies Group announced today that it has acquired Materials Systems Inc., a producer of sonar technology. The value of the deal was not disclosed. The Massachusetts-based firm will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Channel Technologies, which is owned by private equity group Blue Wolf Capital Partners. Both companies use Read More →
Read More →
Latest
By Tom Bronzini / Friday, November 22nd, 2013 / Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Defense leaders say industry faces skilled worker shortage
Some of the nation’s top defense industry executives said at a forum at the Reagan Presidential Library on Nov. 16 that they have grave concerns about the nation’s ability to supply the workers needed to maintain the nation’s technological superiority.
Shaky job security at defense firms, competition for talent from non-defense companies and a shortage of science and math graduates are making it hard to hire and retain the kind of skilled people who have made the United States a world leader in technology for decades, panelists said.
Read More →
Latest
By Patrick Kulp / Friday, September 13th, 2013 / Nonprofits, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 1 Comment
After a career of facing issues of life or death every day, veterans often encounter an entirely different type of challenge when they return home to find that the skills they gained in the military are not easily marketable to the civilian business world. In Ventura County, which is home to a larger population of Read More →
Read More →
Latest
By Guest commentary / Friday, August 2nd, 2013 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: Want a proven leader at your firm? Hire a veteran
Standing in the wings and ready to assume this challenge is a large cadre of underutilized men and women who have the experience and leadership needed.
Read More →