BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Knowledge and discipline. Anyone who has endeavored to get in shape or learn a musical instrument knows that both are essential to success. A trainer or instructor can teach you the how, but they also drive the discipline to show up for…
BY CHRISTIE MARCELLA Economic Development Manager CITY OF CARLSBAD The world is changing exponentially. Technology has altered the way we acquire information, how we share it, and what we do after we get it. It has changed how we conduct business in untold ways, and any business that fails to evolve is in…
BY DR. BEN CHURCHILL Superintendent Carlsbad Unified School District What alternative energy source promises the most for our future? How does photosynthesis create an oxygen molecule — and then how does the molecule travel through the body when inhaled? Should we sell caffeine products in schools? These are some of the real-world science questions that…
BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Many of us have had the experience of traveling 184 mph on the ground. Sometimes only for a few seconds as a jetliner takes off a runway or maybe longer while riding on an overseas high-speed railway. But until 2018, no one had ever…
BY BRET SCHANZENBACH President and CEO CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The rainfall we have received this January has gotten us off to a much better start than how we started 2018. Our totals since the beginning of October (which is when our rain season officially begins) are up significantly over our average for this point…
BY TED OWEN Outgoing CEO and President CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The most distinguishing hallmark of American society is and always has been change. On January 31, 2019 a change at this Chamber will occur. I will step down and my chair will be filled by Bret Schanzenbach, the current CEO of the Vista Chamber…
BY CHRISTIE MARCELLA Economic Development Manager CITY OF CARLSBAD Last fall, I had the privilege of taking a regional economic development trip with a group of business professionals including the president and CEO of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, Kimberly Becker. She sat down with me to talk about how businesses can…
BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2019 marks the beginning of a new chapter in the proud history of the Carlsbad Chamber. Our CEO Ted Owen retires this month after 15 years at the helm. All of us associated with the Chamber are grateful for his service and I personally…
BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Even greater than the privilege of serving as Chairman has been the privilege of belonging to this community. I credit my service to the Chamber as the foundation from which I have built relationships with hundreds of my neighbors. Increasingly, I identify many of…
BY AHMED HAQUE Chairman of the Board CARLSBAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE My most rewarding experiences as a Board Member and Chairman have been the hundreds of entrepreneurs I have had the privilege to meet over the years. Although I helped run a small business a long time ago, I have spent most my career working…
