David Ochi

David M. Ochi Executive Director, CSUDH Innovation Incubator UC Irvine – 1999, MBA, Paul Merage School of Business 1997, BA, Political Science, School of Social Sciences 1997, BS, Biological Science, School of Biological Sciences Keller Graduate School of Management – 2008, Masters in Project Management Mr. Ochi has over 30 years of 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 people. In 2004, Mr. Ochi co-founded Websonic, LLC, a small business technology consulting firm focused on helping 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 Mr. Ochi could co-found Alpha Sprouts, an early-stage consulting company. The charter client was the master licensee of Disney Consumer Products for Cambodia, Laos, and Viet Nam. Mr. Ochi lived in Viet Nam for nearly two years while consulting for Disney Consumer Products and other companies in various industries including mining, energy, education, and mobile technology. With consulting experience throughout Asia, including Viet Nam, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and South Korea, Mr. Ochi returned from Viet Nam in late 2008 to continue consulting early-stage companies from Orange County, California. In 2010, Mr. Ochi co-founded Sunnox Corporation, an innovator of sustainable energy solutions for private and municipal street lighting. Mr. Ochi is the recipient of the 2011 Green For All Business Academy Entrepreneurial Concept Award. Mr. Ochi is the founding Executive Director of the ANTrepreneur Center at the University of California, Irvine, and was the founding Director of the New Ventures program at UCI Beall Applied Innovation. Mr. Ochi is the co-founder and CEO of V1 Ventures, a health sciences & technology acceleration firm focused on exponentially growing scale-ups by facilitating rapid international expansion into global territories. Currently, Mr. Ochi is the Executive Director of the Incubator at California State University Dominguez Hills near Los Angeles, California where he focuses on expanding the entrepreneur mindset and skillsets into disadvantaged communities. Mr. Ochi currently sits on the Board of a half-dozen companies and is actively involved in the growth of seven early-stage companies. Mr. Ochi sits on several investment screening committees including EvoNexus. Mr. Ochi also was a co-founder of the not-for-profit MORE Foundation whose mission was to connect intellectual property opportunities with undergraduate students at local universities.