David Ochi's guest appearances

David Ochi

Get Yourself the Job

Heart Investors

Debra Silverman

Nir Eyal

Denise Dudley

Jeffrey Gitomer

Daniel Ramsey

Tim Storey

Mark Goulston

John Livesay

Jason Zook

Liz Ryan

Marc Miller

Laura Gassner Otting

Lauren McGoodwin

Mike Schmidt

Jay Berman

OwlTail

David is an experienced entrepreneur with over 25 years of start-up experience. Currently, David is the Executive Director of the Innovation Incubator at Cal State Dominguez Hills located in Carson, California.  He also has previously been the Executive Director of the ANTPreneur Center at the University of California Irvine – home of the ANTeaters. David himself has direct experience through participation and consulting with several hundred companies, with particular interest in projects that involve overseas components and strategic management needs. Interestingly, he is also a certified Ironman Coach.

David is an experienced entrepreneur with over 25 years of start-up experience. Currently, David is the Executive Director of the Innovation Incubator at Cal State Dominguez Hills located in Carson, California.  He also has previously been the Executive Director of the ANTPreneur Center at the University of California Irvine – home of the ANTeaters. David himself has direct experience through participation and consulting with several hundred companies, with particular interest in projects that involve overseas components and strategic management needs. Interestingly, he is also a certified Ironman Coach.

Jennifer Hill asks David Ochi, Executive Director of the ANTrepreneur Center at UCI, “What are the 15 competencies of entrepreneurship?” David shares about UCI’s entrepreneur program and offers suggestions on how to approach creating one’s own business. merage.uci.edu/research-faculty/faculty-directory/David-Ochi.html David Ochi has over 25 years’ experience in early-stage companies having started his first enterprise – a tutoring company called A’s Unlimited - at the age of 13. Mr. Ochi ran this company for 11 years while attending high school, college and graduate school. Mr. Ochi utilized this experience to become an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Irvine in 1999. Mr. Ochi entered the world of technology in 2000 with the co-founding of Strevda LLC, a technology incubator. Mr. Ochi campaigned successfully for two rounds of investment funding for the nine projects. At its peak, Mr. Ochi managed and supervised nine incubation teams comprised of 95 persons. In 2004, Mr. Ochi co-founded Websonic, LLC, a small business technology consulting firm focused on assisting small businesses utilize technology in a strategic manner. With over 200 clients, Mr. Ochi oversaw the marketing and finance operations of the company and provided managerial consulting for clients. In 2006, Websonic LLC was sold so that Mr. Ochi could co-found Alpha Sprouts, an early-stage consulting company.In 2010, Mr. Ochi co-founded what is now Sunnox Corporation, an innovator of sustainable energy solutions for private and municipal street lighting. Mr. Ochi was the founding Executive Director of the ANTrepreneur Center at UCI and is the founding Director of New Ventures at UCI Applied Innovation. He is also currently the Chief Strategy Officer of Convert Coal, Inc., a cutting edge coal cleaning technology company based in the United States with initial market efforts in China, India, and throughout Europe. Mr. Ochi currently sits on the Board of Directors of a half-dozen companies and is actively involved in the growth of 7 early-stage companies. Mr. Ochi holds a B.A. in Political Science, a B.S. in Biological Sciences, and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine. Additionally, Mr. Ochi graduated from the Keller Graduate School of Management with a Masters in Project Management.

Jennifer Hill asks David Ochi, Executive Director of the ANTrepreneur Center at UCI, “What are the 15 competencies of entrepreneurship?” David shares about UCI’s entrepreneur program and offers suggestions on how to approach creating one’s own business. <a href="http://merage.uci.edu/research-faculty/faculty-directory/David-Ochi.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">merage.uci.edu/research-faculty/faculty-directory/David-Ochi.html</a> David Ochi has over 25 years’ experience in early-stage companies having started his first enterprise – a tutoring company called A’s Unlimited - at the age of 13. Mr. Ochi ran this company for 11 years while attending high school, college and graduate school. Mr. Ochi utilized this experience to become an adjunct faculty member at the University of California, Irvine in 1999. Mr. Ochi entered the world of technology in 2000 with the co-founding of Strevda LLC, a technology incubator. Mr. Ochi campaigned successfully for two rounds of investment funding for the nine projects. At its peak, Mr. Ochi managed and supervised nine incubation teams comprised of 95 persons. In 2004, Mr. Ochi co-founded Websonic, LLC, a small business technology consulting firm focused on assisting small businesses utilize technology in a strategic manner. With over 200 clients, Mr. Ochi oversaw the marketing and finance operations of the company and provided managerial consulting for clients. In 2006, Websonic LLC was sold so that Mr. Ochi could co-found Alpha Sprouts, an early-stage consulting company. In 2010, Mr. Ochi co-founded what is now Sunnox Corporation, an innovator of sustainable energy solutions for private and municipal street lighting. Mr. Ochi was the founding Executive Director of the ANTrepreneur Center at UCI and is the founding Director of New Ventures at UCI Applied Innovation. He is also currently the Chief Strategy Officer of Convert Coal, Inc., a cutting edge coal cleaning technology company based in the United States with initial market efforts in China, India, and throughout Europe. Mr. Ochi currently sits on the Board of Directors of a half-dozen companies and is actively involved in the growth of 7 early-stage companies. Mr. Ochi holds a B.A. in Political Science, a B.S. in Biological Sciences, and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine. Additionally, Mr. Ochi graduated from the Keller Graduate School of Management with a Masters in Project Management.