What do you love about the life science region or cluster you are in?
This is my 11th year at Oxford Finance, and 21st in San Diego. San Diego is as innovative as it ever was, and has over the years developed successive generations of strong entrepreneurs, industry researchers and executives that keep founding new and interesting companies. We have an exceptionally collaborative community where people help each other as a natural way to be. I love the tight-knit community feel, and the sense that we are all in this together, the success of one is the success of all. In all the years I’ve been in San Diego, having previously lived and worked in the Bay area, New York and DC area, I haven’t been able to put my finger on what makes San Diego unique. It is more than anything a feeling, an attitude, the way we do things, and the way we stick together. There are smart people doing interesting things in many places. Here, they do it in a way that is pleasing, with people that are good to be around, in a culture that supports a good life, in a climate that is among the best anywhere. Perhaps that’s it?