Business Innovators (Video)

Diane Flynn is Cofounder and CEO of ReBoot Accel, designing work cultures that support and advance women. ReBoot Accel has assisted over 2500 women interested in resuming careers after time out of the workforce. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 34903]

Bridget “Biddy” Mason, born a slave in Mississippi in 1818, achieved financial success that enabled her to support her extended family for generations, despite the fact that she was illiterate. In a landmark case, she sued her master for their freedom, saved her earnings, invested in real estate, and became a well-known philanthropist in Los Angeles, California. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 34785]

Ning Wang is a seasoned executive with P&L responsibilities of several SaaS and technology businesses. She also holds a PhD in physics from UC Berkeley. Ning is currently CEO of Offensive Security. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 34784]

After 15 years running Partner Management at Yahoo, Josh Cobb became the President of the America's for Media.net, the worlds #2 largest advertising technology company, after Google. He is also a member of the Santa Barbara Angel Alliance, an angel investor group focused on startup and early-stage companies. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 34783]

Shannon Jessup is a sales and marketing executive with a 20-year track record of top performance with mobile, internet and technology companies. She started her career in sales at IBM. Shannon makes her home in Santa Barbara, CA with her husband and three children. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 34782]

Dr. Steven Schroeder is Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care at UCSF, where he also heads UCSF’s Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. In this interview, he discusses academic medicine, the epidemic of substance abuse, his work at the RWJ Foundation (including the “failed study” that helped build the field of palliative care), and his life in healthcare policy and politics. Between 1990 and 2002, Dr. Schroeder was President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. During that time, the Foundation gave out nearly $4 billion in grants, including for new programs in substance abuse prevention and treatment, care at the end of life, and health insurance expansion for children, among others. He has won numerous awards, including six honorary doctoral degrees and the Gustav Leinhard Award from the National Academy of Medicine.

Series: "A Life in Medicine: People Shaping Healthcare Today" [Health and Medicine] [Business] [Show ID: 34715]

Al Ferrer is the President/CEO of Linea Consulting, a multi-national Major League Baseball interpreter provider. Linea also researches, analyzes, interprets and presents advanced sabermetrics. Clients have included the Los Angeles Dodgers, Angels, New York Yankees and the top sports agents in the country. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 34374]

Peter Biggs experienced the transition from slavery to freedom a decade before the outbreak of the Civil War. Jarred Webb portrays the historical figure who lived in Los Angeles and was one of only twelve people in Los Angeles marked 'Black' on the 1850 US Census. Webb is then joined Dan Lynch (UCLA History) to discuss the high (and low) points of his life. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Humanities] [Business] [Show ID: 34370]

Dafina Toncheva invests in emerging technologies in the enterprise space with focus on Enterprise SaaS applications and security. She recounts her personal history; born and raised in Bulgaria with its political instability and financial hardships and her road to success. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 34369]

Health Hub is designed to help UCSF inventors get the support and professional development they need to grow and build successful companies. UCSF aims to translate its scientific ideas and advances in healthcare into deliverable breakthroughs that will promote the health of the community and the advancement of science generally. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Business] [Show ID: 34163]