January 8, 2020 will mark the 4th year of Santa Cruz Works Titans of Tech. At this event, we have celebrated people who have lifted us with their challenges, their successes, their character, and contributions to our community. Those people include Peggy Dolgenos, Jacob Martinez, Toby Corey, Guy Kawasaki, Bonnie Lipscomb, Sara Isenberg, Chrissy Meyer, and many more. A full list of past Titans below.

In past years, a committee at Santa Cruz Works has carefully selected each Titan based upon community feedback. This year, we are soliciting more direct member feedback: we want your recommendations! Criteria for selections are: 1) reside in the Santa Cruz Monterey San Benito counties, 2) have made positive cultural, social, and tech impact, and 3) make our region and world a better place. Current nominations for Titans of Tech 2020 include: Nina Simons, Brad Barbeau, Kate Roberts, Jennifer Baszile, Aaron Huang, Sam Paschel Jr., and David Haussler. If you would like to nominate a person meeting this criteria, please complete the form: Titan of Tech 2020 nomination.

TITANS OF TECH 2020 NOMINEES

Tech Companies

• Marc Randolph / Looker & Netflix

• Stacy Nagel / Looker

• James Hanley / Crowd Machine

• LeBaron Meyer / #NotMe

• Hilary Bryant / Buoy

• Nina Simon / OF/BY/FOR ALL

• Sam Paschel / Zero Motorcycles

• Chris Miller / Launch Brigade

• Dave Rossum / E-Mu Systems

Biosciences

• Michael Lund / Startup Sandbox

• Kelly Harkins Kincaid / Claret Bio

• David Haussler / UCSC Genomics Institute

Community

• Iris Kavanagh / Women Who Co-Work

• Chris Yonge / StudioCruz

• Kate Roberts / MBEP

• Steve Bean / Digital NEST

Education

• Beth Shapiro / UCSC

• Olena Morozova Vaske / UCSC

• Ed Green / UCSC

• Payson McNett / Cabrillo

• Alexandria Leckliter / UCSC

• Sue Carter / UCSC

• Jason Borgen / SC County Education

• Brad Barbeau / CSUMB

• Aaron Huang / UCSC student

• Alexander Wolf / UCSC

• Jennifer Baszille / UCSC

PREVIOUS TITANS

February 23, 2017

Ken Kannappan, Plantronics
Ryan Evans, Inboard
Keri Waters, Calliope Waterworks, Inc.
Sol Lipman, Ya Doggie
Jacob Martinez, Digital NEST
Toby Corey, SolarCity/Tesla
Peggy Dolgenos, Cruzio Internet
Drew Meyer, Amazon Web Services
Mohamed Abousalem, UC Santa Cruz Office of Research
Margaret Lawrence Rosas, Looker

January 25, 2018

Darrin Caddes - Plantronics
Doug Erickson - Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp / Nanigans
Heidi Schriefer - Looker
Ted Holladay - Studio Holladay
Jeremy Almond - Paystand
Bonnie Lipscomb - City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office
Justis Earle - HANSNAP
Keri Waters - Buoy Labs

(Last minute add on - JoeBen Bevirt)

January 17, 2019

John Felts - Cruz Foam
Chrissy Meyer - Partner at Root Ventures
Guy Kawasaki - Chief evangelist, Canva. Board member, Cheeze. Brand ambassador, Mercedes-Benz.
Sara Isenberg - Santa Cruz Tech Beat
Robin Hunicke - Professor at UCSC and Co-Founder at Funomena
Socrates Rosenfeld - Jane Technologies
David Dennis - Microsoft / Ventana Surfboards & Supplies
Orion Melehan - LIFEAID Beverage Co.