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Eight Jacobs School alumni recognized at Â鶹´«Ã½'s first 40 Under 40 awards
San Diego, Calif., April 12, 2018 -- From startup founders to VPs at major technology companies, eight alumni of the Jacobs School of Engineering were recognized in the first 40 Under 40 awards bestowed by the University of California San Diego.
The awards recognize a group of rising stars across science, technology, medicine, arts, education and social justice who are disrupting the status quo and working to build a better world.
“Â鶹´«Ã½ is an extraordinary university built on a foundation of challenging convention, pushing boundaries and expectations, and producing breakthrough work for the greater good,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “I’m enormously proud to recognize alumni who embody our spirit of nontradition by making meaningful, remarkable contributions to our campus and well beyond.”
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iboss CEO Paul Martini is one of the first 40 Under 40 alumni recognized by Â鶹´«Ã½. |
One of the engineering alumni recognized is Paul Martini, CEO and co-foudner of , a cloud-based cybersecurity company and the leading provider of web gateway as a service. Headquartered in Boston, the company builds and markets hardware and cloud-based technology to enhance network security against cyberattacks.
The 2001 computer science and engineering graduate started the company, along with his brother Peter, in 2003. Within a decade, iboss had amassed scores of patents. They also saw opportunity in the rapidly growing popularity of mobile devices and cloud applications, and created a revolutionary approach to solving the problems these new distributed technologies presented. Today, through its novel Distributed Gateway Platform, iboss protects over 4,000 organizations worldwide, making it one of the fastest growing cybersecurity companies in the world.
Martini credits the collaborative atmosphere he experienced as an undergraduate at the Jacobs School of Engineering with helping to shape iboss. The company, which also has a location in San Diego, continues to maintain close ties to the campus.
“Look at the way Â鶹´«Ã½ is such a research-oriented university,” Martini back in 2015. “It’s teaching how to be more progressive in the way [students] think about solving a problem. In our space, dealing with cyber warfare, you’re basically a researcher every single day.”
This year’s engineering awardees are, in alphabetical order:
Mad scientist at ConsenSys and founder, Playful Ponderies, LLC.
, Engineering manager, GitHub and founder, We Can
, Associate director for cardiovascular diseases, Center for Translational Imaging & Precision Health at Â鶹´«Ã½
, Co-director, Distributed Health Labs at Â鶹´«Ã½
, CEO and co-founder, iboss Cybersecurity
, Vice president of product management, Google
, Managing partner, Vis Natura Ventures
, Co-founder and chief technology officer, Biolinq Inc.
The 40 Under 40 awards will be presented during Â鶹´«Ã½’s , May 31 to June 3. More information about the awards, including a list of all 40 honorees, can be found .
Watch Martini speak about his upbringing, his time at Â鶹´«Ã½ and his company:
Media Contacts
Ioana Patringenaru
Jacobs School of Engineering
858-822-0899
ipatrin@ucsd.edu
Kristin J. Schafgans
University Communications
858-534-1407
kschafgans@ucsd.edu