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

1. Case Study: Industry/Education
Partnership for Workforce
Development
Bill Pratt
VP Operations, Kinamed, Inc.
Southern California Biomedical Council, Inc.

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

6. Biomedical Device
Manufacturing
VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT
VENTURA CALIF.
WWW.VCCCD.EDU

7. Ventura College
Manufacturing Technology
Moorpark College
Biotechnology

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

9. Clean Room Technique – Taught at Moorpark College

10. Environmental Monitoring – Taught at Moorpark College

11. Quality Control - Taught at Moorpark College

12. High Tech Machining – Taught at Ventura College

13. Thank You
Contact:
Bill Pratt
Kinamed, Inc.
Camarillo, CA
wpratt@kinamed.com