| Table 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Companies Founded by UC San Diego Alumni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| in San Diego County by Annual Sales, 2009-10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| as of 2/17/2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founder or CoFounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Company Name | Annual Sales | Employees | City | Zip Code | Industry | Industry summary code | Last Name | First Name | Co-Founder | Alumni | Faculty | Licensee | ||||||||||||
| MyCats | $55,000 | 1 | Carlsbad | 92009 | Pet Products | Retail | Morris | Thomas | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Sparkle Farm | $69,000 | 1 | San Diego | 92130 | Apparel | Retail | Hu | Sharry | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Cogionics | $73,000 | 1 | La Jolla | 92092 | Electromedical equipment | Hi-Technology | Chi | Yu Mike | Yes | Yes | - | |||||||||||||
| Emitations.com | $77,000 | 1 | San Diego | 92120 | Jewelry stores | Retail | Mai | Aunoco | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Crinetics Pharmaceuticals | $83,000 | 1 | Encinitas | 92024 | Pharmaceuticals/Biopharmaceuticals/Biotherapeutics | BioTechnology | Struthers | Scott | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Mathemagical Images | $85,000 | 1 | La Jolla | 92037 | Computers/Software prgm apps and equipment | Computing | Sussna | Michael | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Muttropolis, LLC | $100,000 | 2 | La Jolla | 92037 | Pet Products | Retail | McCulley | Janet | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| JorgeCruise.com, Inc. | $110,000 | 2 | San Diego | 92103 | Business services at nonnocommercial site | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Cruise | Jorge | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Nukona, Inc | $130,000 | 2 | Carlsbad | 92009 | Prepackaged software | Computing | Enderwich | Jeff | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Sorrento Mesa Printing | $130,000 | 2 | San Diego | 92121 | Printing, Graphic or Photographic Services | Retail | Cappel | Scott | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Music Search, Inc. | $140,000 | 3 | La Jolla | 92037 | Entertainment/Production/Sales/Services | Other | Barrington | Luke | Yes | Yes | - | |||||||||||||
| GlySens, Inc. | $160,000 | 1 | San Diego | 92121 | Medical Labs, Diagnostics, Equipment or Supplies | Medicine/Health | Lucisano | Joseph | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| eProcesses Consulting | $170,000 | 2 | San Diego | 92122 | Consulting Services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Bryan | John | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Roger Bradley Consulting | $180,000 | 2 | San Diego | 92109 | Consulting services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Bradley | Roger | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Crystal Pyramid Productions | $200,000 | 5 | San Diego | 92119 | Entertainment/Production/Sales/Services | Other | Schulze | Mark | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Quanlight | $210,000 | 3 | La Jolla | 92037 | Research Bio/Phyc. Technical Services | BioTechnology | Odnoblyudov | Vladimir | Yes | - | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Chuao Chocolatier, Inc. | $221,000 | 30 | Carlsbad | 92009 | Food Production or Retail | Retail | Antornsi | Richard | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| La Jolla Networks | $260,000 | 7 | Solana Beach | 92075 | Telecommunications/Wireless components & equip. | Hi-Technology | Tiernan | James | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Opus pharmaceuticals | $280,000 | 3 | San Diego | 92103 | Proprietary drug products | BioTechnology | Stein | Gregory | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Andrews, Lagasse, Branch and Bell, LLP | $290,000 | 3 | San Diego | 92130 | Legal Services and Attorneys | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Bell | Margaret | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. | $300,000 | 6 | Carlsbad | 92010 | Environmental Services & Equipment | Retail | Head | Michael | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| San Pasqual Winery, LLC | $340,000 | 4 | San Diego | 92109 | Food Production or Retail | Retail | Humphrey | Erik | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Timeless Age Defying Laser Clinic | $410,000 | 4 | San Diego | 92108 | Health and allied services | Medicine/Health | Plata | Elizabeth | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Tritonics | $420,000 | 5 | La Jolla | 92037 | Medical Labs, Diagnostics, Equipment or Supplies | Medicine/Health | Amirriazi | Seyed | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Elintrix | $440,000 | 5 | San Diego | 92117 | Telecommunications/Wireless components & equip. | Hi-Technology | Barnett | Drew | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Billups Rothenberg, Inc | $500,000 | 5 | San Diego | 92121 | Medical Labs, Diagnostics, Equipment or Supplies | Medicine/Health | Rothenberg | Barry | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Talentsmart, Inc. | $630,000 | 12 | San Diego | 92121 | Management consulting services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Bradberry | Travis | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| NeuroVigil | $640,000 | 11 | La Jolla | 92037 | Commercial physical research | Hi-Technology | Low | Phillip | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Laserlab Inc | $670,000 | 6 | San Diego | 92121 | Laser generated products and services | Retail | Benjamin | Gregory | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Mission Playground | $690,000 | 7 | San Diego | 92121 | Environmental Services & Equipment | Retail | Shami | Patrick | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Reality Changers | $750,000 | 4 | San Diego | 92105 | Education nonnoProfit | Other | Yanov | Christopher | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| M Ship Co., LLC | $840,000 | 10 | San Diego | 92101 | Ship Builder | Other | Burns | William | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Sonicboomwellness.com | $850,000 | 7 | Carlsbad | 92009 | Health and allied services | Medicine/Health | Van noy | Bryan | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Lithera Inc. | $920,000 | 9 | San Diego | 92122 | Pharmaceuticals/Biopharmaceuticals/Biotherapeutics | BioTechnology | Dobak | John | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Carlton Disante & Freudenberger | $990,000 | 10 | San Diego | 92121 | Legal Services and Attorneys | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Freudenberger | Tim | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Gravity Skateboards | $1,000,000 | 12 | San Marcos | 92078 | Sporting & Recreational Equipment Retail | Retail | Bream | Michael | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Huntington Capital | $1,000,000 | 3 | San Diego | 92122 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Miller | Morgan | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| PixelActive, Inc. | $1,000,000 | 15 | Carlsbad | 92008 | Computer software development | Computing | Rotenberg | Steve | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Nautilus Environmental LLC | $1,180,000 | 18 | San Diego | 92121 | Research Bio/Phyc. Technical Services | BioTechnology | Schwartz | Marilyn | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Receptos | $1,200,000 | 18 | La Jolla | 92037 | Pharmaceuticals/Biopharmaceuticals/Biotherapeutics | BioTechnology | Boehm | Marcus | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| WaveLoch | $1,200,000 | 9 | La Jolla | 92037 | Ocean Wave technology | Other | Lochtefeld | Tom | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| WebPRpro | $1,200,000 | 9 | Solana Beach | 92075 | Consulting Services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Harris | Chris | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Surf Diva, Inc. | $1,900,000 | 25 | La Jolla | 92037 | Sporting & Recreational Equipment Retail | Retail | Tihanyi | Isabelle | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Tempest Microsystems | $1,900,000 | 16 | Poway | 92064 | Information Technology Services | Hi-Technology | Mojaver | Michael | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| GenWay Biotech | $2,300,000 | 21 | San Diego | 92121 | Biotechnology Research Services or Equipment | BioTechnology | Sikora | Sergey | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Schwartz, Semerdjian, Haile, Ballard & Cauley LLP | $2,300,000 | 23 | San Diego | 92101 | Legal Services and Attorneys | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Semerdjian | Dick | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| San Diego EarthWorks | $2,834,800 | 11 | San Diego | 92169 | nonnoprofit for Sustainability | Sustainability Technology and Services | Chase | Carolyn | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Minnow Medical | $3,300,000 | 25 | San Diego | 92127 | Medical Labs, Diagnostics, Equipment or Supplies | Medicine/Health | Steinke | Thomas | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Airsis, Inc. | $3,600,000 | 25 | San Diego | 92126 | Business consulting | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Rosenberg | Dean | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Waters Fine Catering | $3,900,000 | 115 | San Diego | 92110 | Food Production or Retail | Retail | Waters | James | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Rore Inc | $3,990,000 | 45 | San Diego | 92122 | Environmental consultant | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Murthy | Gita | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Sotera Wireless, Inc. | $4,100,000 | 39 | San Diego | 92121 | Telecommunications/Wireless components & equip. | Hi-Technology | Banet | Matt | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Martinez + Cutri Architects | $4,300,000 | 30 | San Diego | 92101 | Architects | Other | Cutri | Anthony | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Gaslamp Insurance Services | $6,230,000 | 27 | San Diego | 92101 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Figueroa | Emilio | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Cytori Therapeutics, Inc | $14,730,000 | 93 | San Diego | 92121 | Pharmaceuticals/Biopharmaceuticals/Biotherapeutics | BioTechnology | Calhoun | Christopher | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Wordsmart Corporation | $19,000,000 | 70 | San Diego | 92121 | Computers/Software prgm apps and equipment | Computing | Kay | David | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| GlobeFlex Capital, L.P. | $24,870,000 | 24 | San Diego | 92121 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Anslow | Robert | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Entropic Communications | $116,310,000 | 262 | San Diego | 92121 | Telecommunications/Wireless components & equip. | Hi-Technology | Monk | Antone | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| American Specialty Health Networks | $147,000,000 | 663 | San Diego | 92101 | Health and allied services | Medicine/Health | DeVries | George | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Genoptix, Inc. | $184,380,000 | 440 | Carlsbad | 92009 | Medical Labs, Diagnostics, Equipment or Supplies | Medicine/Health | Esener | Sadik | Yes | Yes | - | |||||||||||||
| Cymer, Inc. | $307,700,000 | 555 | San Diego | 92127 | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Hi-Technology | Akins | Robert | Richard Sandstrom | Yes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ViaSat, Inc. | $628,200,000 | 1,110 | Carlsbad | 92009 | Satellite & Broadcast Network Equipment | Hi-Technology | Hart | Steven | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Life Technologies Corporation* | $3,280,000,000 | 1,200 | Carlsbad | 92009 | Biotechnology Research Services or Equipment | BioTechnology | Turner | Lyle | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AEC One Stop Group (formerly MP3.com) | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92121 | Entertainment/Production/Sales/Services | Other | Robertson | Michael | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Aspire Independent Review Board | n.a. | 10 | La Mesa | 91941 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Huston | Alycia | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| BatesnoWhite | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92130 | Consulting Services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Bates | Charles | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Better Business Funding, LLC | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92130 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Bacich | Joe | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Brightcloud, Inc. | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92121 | Security Services | Computing | Harris | Chris | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Cerian Technolgy Ventures | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92121 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Sagi | Brian | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Covario, Inc. | n.a. | 84 | San Diego | 92131 | Marketing consulting services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Zlotin | Dema | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Craftsman Wood Refinishing | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92104 | Carpentry Contractors | Other | Good | Michael | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Delphi Private Advisors | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92121 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Reinig | Darren | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Denfran Systems, Inc. | n.a. | 4 | San Diego | 92108 | Restaurant, Food Production or Retail | Retail | Manos | Michael | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Domani Investments LLC | n.a. | n.a. | La Jolla | 92037 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Lieggi | Frank | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| DR Systems Inc | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92121 | Medical Labs, Diagnostics, Equipment or Supplies | Medicine/Health | Reicher | Murray | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Fit & Giggles | n.a. | n.a. | Encinitas | 92023 | Health and allied services | Medicine/Health | Evans | Kimberly | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Integrity Capital, Inc. | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92121 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Ahn | Thomas | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| IVID Communications | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92123 | Computers/Software prgm apps and equipment | Computing | Spiegelberg | Jack | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Nicolas Conor Institute | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92130 | Research Institute | Medicine/Health | Baber | Beth Anne | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Northstar Web Design | n.a. | n.a. | La Jolla | 92038 | Computers/Software prgm apps and equipment | Computing | Trinidad | Greg | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| OceanHouse Media | n.a. | n.a. | Encinitas | 92024 | Computers/Software prgm apps and equipment | Computing | Kripalani | Michel | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| OpenCandy | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92101 | Computers/Software prgm apps and equipment | Computing | Ng | Chester | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| PlanetX | n.a. | n.a. | Encinitas | 92024 | Health and allied services | Medicine/Health | Winter | Meredythe | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Rusty Surfboards | n.a. | 24 | La Jolla | 92037 | Sporting & Recreational Equipment Retail | Retail | Preisendorfer | Russell | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| SanDiegoTherapist.com | n.a. | n.a. | Solana Beach | 92075 | Health and allied services | Medicine/Health | Christopher | David | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Silver Wood Energy Inc | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92119 | Solar Energy Products | Sustainability Technology and Services | Bessler | Robert | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| SIPphone | n.a. | 2 | San Diego | 92121 | Computers/Software prgm apps and equipment | Computing | Robertson | Michael | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Sova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | n.a. | n.a. | La Jolla | 92037 | Research Bio/Phyc. Technical Services | BioTechnology | Stein | Gregory | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Sovereign Capital | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92101 | Financial services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Mikles | Todd | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Synervate Inc. | n.a. | 5 | Chula Vista | 91914 | Commercial physical research | Hi-Technology | Suckow | Arthur | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Syngen Research | n.a. | 1 | San Diego | 92121 | Biotechnology Research Services or Equipment | BioTechnology | Tullis | Richard | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Synthetic Genomics | n.a. | 27 | La Jolla | 92037 | Biotechnology Research Services or Equipment | BioTechnology | Venter | J. Craig | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Taaz | n.a. | n.a. | La Jolla | 92037 | Beauty products and services | Retail | Reed | David | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Togabi Technologies, Inc. | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92121 | Telecommunications/Wireless components & equip. | Hi-Technology | Handzel | Mark | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Tom Shepard & Associates, Inc. | n.a. | 7 | San Diego | 92101 | Consulting Services | Financial/Management/Consulting Srvs. | Shepard | Thomas | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Villa Musica | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92121 | Music Community Center | Other | Chatwin | Fiona | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Visicom Laboratories, Inc. | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92121 | Computers/Software prgm apps and equipment | Computing | Cooke | Clifton | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Western Mineral Appraisers | n.a. | n.a. | Carlsbad | 92009 | Geological Services | Other | Bagby | William | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Witch Rock Surf Camp | n.a. | 2 | San Diego | 92124 | Sporting & Recreational Equipment Retail | Retail | Walsh | Joseph | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Xpenser | n.a. | n.a. | San Diego | 92129 | Computers/Software prgm apps and equipment | Computing | Darugar | Parand | Yes | - | - | |||||||||||||
| 100 Identified Alumni-Founded Companies | $4,783,037,800 | 5,247 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annual Sales | Total Employees | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. This listing reflects data collected to date. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Founder status determined by UC San Diego's Millenium database (A code = alumni, F code = faculty, and S code = staff). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Company status as active determined primarily through querying the Hoovers International Companies database. The Millenium database, and internet searches. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Active companies include those using technology licensed by UC San Diego. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Founder status does not necessarily indicate continuing ownership. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Sales and employee data are not available for all companies because private enterprises are not legally required to release financial data. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Source: UC San Diego and Hoovers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||