Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Alliance for Southern California Innovation Names Andy Wilson As Director

The Alliance for Southern California Innovation, the nonprofit founed by Steve Poizner to help bolster Southern California's entrepreneurial ecosystem, said on Tuesday that it has named Andy Wilson as its first Executive Director. Wilson is a longtime Southern California technology veteran, having served as an executive at such companies as Overture Services, Yahoo!, Momentum Ventures, and other local startups. Wilson is also well known for starting Innovate Pasadena, the local nonprofit which helps focus on Pasadena's high tech ecosystem. The Alliance said Wilson will help grow the organization's professional staff, execute high impact programming and expand collaboration with successful entrepreneurs and venture capital investors, among others in the ecosystem.