Panel discussion with:
Ahmed Enany, President & Chief Executive Officer, SoCalBio
A. Stephen Dahms, PhD, Consultant, Workforce Development, SoCalBio
William Pratt, Vice President of Operations and Director of Creative Design, Kinamed Inc.
John Milburn, Director, Employee Training Institute, College of the Canyons
2. Activities
• Ventura County Workforce Investment Board
• SoCalBio Workforce Development Committee
• Bio Science Alliance Workforce Development Interest
Group (K-12)
• Community College Consortium for Bioscience
Credentials
• Moorpark College Biotechnology Industry Advisor
• CSU Channel Islands Engineering Committee
• UC Riverside Bioengineering Industry Advisory
3. Ventura County Workforce
Investment Board
• Collaborate with business, economic
development, labor, education, communitybased organizations, and government
agencies to build a stronger workforce in
Ventura County.
4. WIB Committee Structure
• 3 industry sector standing committee: health care,
clean/green, manufacturing
• MFG Committee composition: Industry, K-12,
Community College District, County Office of
Education, Economic Development Collaborative of
Ventura County
• Multi-campus representation: Ventura College:
Industrial Technology , Moorpark College:
Biotechnology
5. Committee Projects
• High School Manufacturing Work Readiness
Certificate
• Community College Medical Device
Manufacturing Certificate
• Manufacturing Roundtable of Ventura County
8. Program of Study
Biomedical Device Technology – Certificate of
Achievement
• Moorpark College
– BIOT M02 A Environmental Control and Process Support - 2 Units
– BIOT M02 B Manufacturing: Quality control and Validation - 2 Units
– BIOT M02 E Business Practices and Government Regulation - 2 Units
• Ventura College
– MT V02 Applied Machining 1 - 2 Units
– MT V05 CNC Machining 1 - 2 Units
– MT V15 Manufacturing Processes - 3 Units
• Total Units: 13