About Us
OUR MISSION
To foster an environment that assists, supports and advances the expansion of a tech environment within the Diablo Valley region of Contra Costa County.
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Primary to that mission is the collection and dissemination of necessary information to decision makers within the county to empower them to support what industry needs to thrive in this region.
OUR METHOD
OUR REGION
DVTI defines the Diablo Valley region as west/northwest of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, California. It includes cities in Central Costa County, California along I-680 (from Concord/Martinez to San Ramon) and along CA-4 (from Martinez to Pittsburg/Antioch).
OUR DEFINITION OF TECH
Tech and tech industries refer to any emerging, innovation-oriented businesses that have potential growth in the East Bay, such as software, advanced manufacturing, food technology, robotics, drones/electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, generative artificial intelligence (AI), clean technology, and biotechnology, among others.
Align
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​Align all stakeholders - businesses, workforce development, city and county officials
Inform
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Provide all information related to business to locate and thrive in this region
Influence
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Influence Skill development with education institution
​Leadership Team
Jags Krishnamurthy
Chair
Jags is a local tech executive with extensive experience in enterprise technology. He currently serves as CTO of Object Edge.
Dr. Beth Arman
Vice Chair
Beth is the Senior Dean of Career and Community Partnership at Diablo Valley College (DVC). She has a long history of creating workforce training programs with industry partners in California and other states.
Membership
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Beth Arman, PhD, Diablo Valley College
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Pavan Attur, Kaiser Permanente
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Jared Asch, Capstone Government Affairs & Economic Development
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Melyssa Barrett, The Data Institute
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Jonathan Bartlett, InnoCom Bio Equities
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James Blair, Diablo Valley College
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Ryan Buckley, Shovels AI
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Kevin Cabral, Concord Chamber of Commerce
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Ken Carlson, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
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Mark Castellucci Sr, Heveatek
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Ed Del Beccaro, TRI Commercial Real Estate
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Isidro Farias, Saint Mary's College of California
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Darrell Foote, Inform Public Relations
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Vicki Gordon
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Jeannette Green, UC - Green Communications
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Alex Greenwood, Alex Greenwood Group
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Olivia Herriford, Herriford Consulting
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Lindy Johnson, Contra Costa Transportation Authority
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Jags Krishnamurthy, Object Edge
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Bob Linscheid, Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau
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Mark Martin, Bay Area Community Colleges
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John Matthesen
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Keith Miao, Birdstop, Inc.
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Michael Nathan, Meritage Group
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Ricardo Noguera, Economic Development Manager, City of Brentwood
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Carlyn Obringer, City of Concord Vice Mayor
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Mark Orcutt, East Bay Leadership Council
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Pratap Ramamurthy, Google
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Josh Roden, Brookfield Properties
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Charlie Shi, Diablo Valley College
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Grace Silverboard, Haley & Aldrich
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Karen Sovath
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Tamara Steiner, The Pioneer
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Marie Suvansin, City of Concord
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Varun Turlapati, Astute Crew LLC
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Kyle Valiton, Port Labs
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Gordon Zagar, Zagar Consulting, Inc.