January 10, 2025

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Friday, May 28th, 2021

Public health meets private sector with Charity Dean’s new venture

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, South Coast, Startups, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Charity Dean realized a harsh reality. She was then assistant director of the California Department of Public Health, and she knew the state and nation were literally in a do-or-die situation. “As a local health officer, I learned painfully that no one is coming to save me,” Dean, who Read More →

| Thursday, May 27th, 2021

QAD stock rises after earnings beat

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

QAD, a Santa Barbara-based cloud software company for the manufacturing industry, beat analysts’ expectations with its earning for the first quarter of its 2021-22 fiscal year on May 26. QAD’s net income for the quarter was $1.8 million, or 7 cents per share, compared to a loss of $410,000 in the same quarter a year Read More →

| Monday, May 24th, 2021

Invoca makes first acquisition, will push company past $100M annual revenue

Latest news, right, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Invoca, a marketing call analytics company based in Santa Barbara, announced its first acquisition May 24, the purchase of a Chicago-based call tracking and analytics company called DialogTech in a combined cash and stock deal. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Invoca said the puts it on track to exceed $100 million in revenue Read More →

| Friday, May 21st, 2021

Ventura County Farm Bureau CEO to retire

Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Latest news, Nonprofits, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

John Krist, the CEO of the Ventura County Farm Bureau, will retire in February after 14 years with the organization, the Farm Bureau said in a May 21 news release. Krist joined the Farm Bureau in 2008 and as the CEO he was responsible for managing the staff, daily operations and finances. He also recommended Read More →

| Friday, May 21st, 2021

Connectpoint sees signs of growing demand for its e-signage

Latest news, Small Business, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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Deckers Outdoor Corp. has opened retail stores for its footwear brands at its new campus headquarters in Goleta. The Ugg boot parent's stock spiraled on Feb. 28, after the company predicted a first-quarter loss stemming from costs to build out company-owned Ugg stores around the world. (courtesy photo)

| Thursday, May 20th, 2021

Deckers shares rise on news of record sales and earnings

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, middle, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Shares of Deckers Brands, the Goleta-based parent company of Ugg and other footwear brands, jumped 7% on May 20 following the announcement of its fourth quarter and full-year 2020 financial results, which included big jumps in both revenue and net income. Net sales increased 19.4% from 2019 to 2020, to $2.5 billion, the most in Read More →

Procore CEO Craig "Tooey" Courtemanche sits in his office at the company's Carpinteria headquarters (Nik Blaskovich photo)

| Thursday, May 20th, 2021

Procore goes public, stock jumps 34%

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, right, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Editor’s note: This article was updated after the market closed at 1 p.m. to reflect Procore’s closing price. Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on May 20 and saw its share price shoot up 33.7% on its first day, to close at $89.59. Procore priced shares of its initial public Read More →