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Contact: David Topp,
Director of State Government Affairs
Abbott Vascular
26531 Ynez Road
Temecula, CA 92591
ETP Funding $500,000

ETP funding will partially subsidize direct employee training costs for AV sponsored courses delivered in Santa Clara, Menlo Park and Temecula.  Chris Hall of Menlo Park made the presentation and received unanimous approval from the eight-member ETP board.

The focus of this application is to provide training for frontline manufacturing staff involved in production, quality control, and inventory systems.   A major goal is to institutionalize Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to ensure that Abbott products meet specific requirements for identity, strength, quality, and purity to produce the next Generation Products.  The critical manufacturing skills training proposed will expand trainee skills, enabling them to work in an advanced manufacturing setting (clean room), as well as to adapt to changing business requirements to meet regulatory and customer needs.   ETP-funded training will provide skills in new manufacturing processes, stricter quality control standards, installation of new medical device manufacturing equipment and software upgrades in manufacturing.

Contact: Nadine Rothermel
Global Learning & Leadership Development
Keysight Technologies
1400 Fountain Grove Parkway
Santa Rosa, CA 95604

Keysight Technologies, provides electronic measurement instruments and systems that are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronics equipment. The company originated in 1939 in the Hewlett-Packard organization and our legacy encompasses more than 75 years of innovation. We do business with most Fortune 1000 companies that are developing electronic products. Keysight’s business strategy globally is to invest in product development to address the changing needs of the market and facilitate growth.

They are investing in research and development to design measurement solutions that will satisfy the changing needs of its customers. These opportunities are being driven by the need for faster data rates and new form factors, and by evolving technology standards. Maintaining a well-trained and highly skilled manufacturing workforce is critical to achieving the above strategy. Therefore, Keysight will train 500 currently employed, front-line workers at its California locations with ETP funds. The principal objective is to remain the world’s leading electronic measurement company, transforming today\”™s measurement experience through innovations in wireless, modular, and software solutions.

Contact: Efren Lopez
Sr. Director Knowledge Services
KLA-Tencor
One Technology Drive
Milpitas, CA 94451
ETP Funding: $500,000

A leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for chip makers, KLA has gained a niche in the electric vehicle marketplace and will benefit from President’s CHIPS and Science Acts.  Because of the specialized scientific nature of KLA’s business, they place considerable reliance on hiring, retaining, and training qualified scientific, technical, and managerial personnel.  KLA believes the CHIPS Act is an effective and meaningful economic development tool to create long-term growth in the domestic semiconductor industry in support of US economic and national security.  For the CHIPS program to succeed, the Federal funds must serve as a catalyst to galvanize private, state, and local investment in workforce development for the semiconductor industry.   This is KLA’s 12th ETP contract and funding will partially subsidize direct employee training costs for advanced technology courses delivered at its Milpitas Headquarters.

Contact: Derek Bettie
VP, Lodi Plant Operations
Cepheid
904?Guild Avenue
Lodi, CA 95089

Cepheid operates within the Danaher family of Operating Companies. With a patient-centric approach, the Company is striving to deliver the benefits of seamlessly accessible molecular testing closer to the patient, enabling a higher quality of care, lower costs, and improved outcomes.

This will be Cepheid’s fifth ETP Contract. This proposal was designated as a Critical Proposal by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development also known as GO-Biz. In this proposal, Cepheid will train 334 currently employed and 100 new employees. The company plans to spend over $200 million to build an advanced biotech manufacturing plant in Lodi California by the end of 2022 and add over 1,000 manufacturing jobs.? Cepheid considered expanding its Lodi facility or opening manufacturing facilities in either China and/or India to support the global production of its devices. Company representatives stated that both China and India offered incentives, site selection and permit procurement assistance but due to support from GO-Biz and resources like ETP the company selected Lodi for the new biotech factory.

Contact: Nadine Rothermel
Global Learning & Leadership Development
Keysight Technologies
1400 Fountain Grove Parkway
Santa Rosa, CA 95604

Keysight Technologies, provides electronic measurement instruments and systems that are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronics equipment. The company originated in 1939 in the Hewlett-Packard organization and our legacy encompasses more than 75 years of innovation. We do business with most Fortune 1000 companies that are developing electronic products. Keysight’s business strategy globally is to invest in product development to address the changing needs of the market and facilitate growth. They are investing in research and development to design measurement solutions that will satisfy the changing needs of its customers. These opportunities are being driven by the need for faster data rates and new form factors, and by evolving technology standards. Maintaining a well-trained and highly skilled manufacturing workforce is critical to achieving the above strategy. Therefore, Keysight will train 500 currently employed, front-line workers at its California locations with ETP funds. The principal objective is to remain the world’s leading electronic measurement company, transforming today’s measurement experience through innovations in wireless, modular, and software solutions.

Nadine had this to say: “Phillip was originally hired because of his knowledge and expertise to help navigate and manage our ETP and Cal Competes opportunities. I have continued to use him because of his results, thoroughness, and is a pleasure to work with.”

Contact: Sathish Kumar
Sr. Director, Consumables Operations
Cepheid
904 Caribbean Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Cepheid is a molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures and markets integrated testing systems for the clinical, and non-clinical, market.   Cepheid has developed an automated molecular test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 that received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA in September 2020.

Because of the pandemic Cepheid has been thrust onto the global stage becoming part of the life science companies developing fast, reliable test of COVID-19.   A case was made that a large CAPEX investment in the San Joaquin Valley and SF Bay Area will help all California “Regions Rise Together” by growing biotech in a traditional agriculture-based economy (Lodi).   The CAEATFA award was unanimously approved and construction of a mega-factory in Lodi has begun.

Contact: Tamanna Prashar
Sr. Director, Consumables Operations
Cepheid
904 Caribbean Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Cepheid operates within the Danaher family of Operating Companies. With a patient-centric approach, the Company is striving to deliver the benefits of seamlessly accessible molecular testing closer to the patient, enabling a higher quality of care, lower costs, and improved outcomes.

This will be Cepheid’s third ETP Contract, In its previous two ETP Contracts, training helped in maintaining a well-trained and highly skilled manufacturing workforce to meet customer demands.  In 2016, Cepheid was purchased by Danaher Corporation (Danaher), making Cepheid one of more than 20 operating companies under Danaher. Its subsidiaries are united by a common process improvement and operating system, the Danaher Business System (DBS) which was purchased in 2018 and now fully rolled-out.

As a part of Danaher, Cepheid will invest significant financial resources towards research and development while improving manufacturing technologies, enhancing its product portfolio, and delivering critical skills training via DBS.  This contract will focus on new product manufacturing technologies, advanced software, and continuous improvement using the Danaher Business Systems (DBS) principles and techniques

Contact: Vian Davis
Global Learning & Leadership Development
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
+1 408 345 8378 | vian.davis@agilent.com
www.agilent.com
5301 Stevens Creek Blvd Santa Clara CA 95051 United States

Founded in May 1999, Agilent was spun-off from Hewlett-Packard Company as part of a corporate realignment that created two separate companies. Agilent develops and manufactures products that sense, analyze, display, and communicate data for use in the life sciences, chemical analysis, communications and electronics industries. Agilent provides laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications and expertise, enabling customers to gain the insights they seek.

Agilent won a sixth workforce training contract from the State of California’s Employment Training Panel (ETP) on August 23, 2019 at the Cal EPA building in Sacramento. The application was endorsed by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) because of Agilent’s positive impact on the State and local economy. The overall objective of the training plan is to re-tool the existing California workforce by building knowledge relative to new technologies, new organizational structure, and improved business information systems. Rather than downsizing and outsourcing California-based jobs, the proposed training will assist Agilent to grow its workforce.

Contact: David Topp,
Director of State Government Affairs
Abbott Vascular
26531 Ynez Road
Temecula, CA 92591
ETP Funding $600,000

ETP funding will partially subsidize direct employee training costs for AV sponsored courses delivered in Santa Clara, Menlo Park and Temecula.  Joe Hardell,  Divisional Operations Excellence – Temecula, and Chris Hall of Menlo Park made the presentation and received unanimous approval from the seven-member board.  Both were excellent in describing Abbott’s story including its strong Veteran employee community and the need for ongoingtechnical trainingat the three locations.   The support provided by the State of California though ETP will help AV leverage the experience and capabilities of its employees through learning new methodologies like Job Instruction (JI) while expanding California’s growing life science industry.

Contact: Liz Ambrogi
Global Learning & Leadership Development
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
+1 408 345 8378 | elizabeth_ambrogi@agilent.com
www.agilent.com
5301 Stevens Creek Blvd Santa Clara CA 95051 United States

Founded in May 1999, Agilent was spun-off from Hewlett-Packard Company as part of a corporate realignment that created two separate companies. The company’s roots date back to 1939 when William Hewlett and David Packard started a company that is a global technology leader and helped give birth to the Silicon Valley and its high-technology industry. Agilent develops and manufactures products that sense, analyze, display, and communicate data for use in the life sciences, chemical analysis, communications and electronics industries. Agilent provides laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications and expertise, enabling customers to gain the insights they seek. The overall objective of the training plan is to re-tool the existing California workforce by building knowledge relative to new technologies, new organizational structure, and improved business information systems. Rather than downsizing and outsourcing California-based jobs, the proposed training will assist Agilent to grow its workforce.

“I have had the honor of consulting to Agilent Technologies since the company was created in 1999,” said Phillip Herrera, managing partner of Herrera & Company. “The success of the many ETP contracts is a direct result of the Agilent team’s leadership, technical knowledge, rock-hard ethics, good humor and industry experience. I am looking forward to being part of the Agilent team of amazing men and women and to making a difference in our Great State.”