As CareFusion (NYSE: CFN) continues to expand its international reach, ramp up innovation and strengthen its operational foundation, Joan Stafslien’s role within the company continues to grow. 
Murray Case is a smarty pants, holding MBA and AB degrees from Harvard University, but the CEO of redIT is as humble as they come. 
A person of many roles, Jim Umpleby has, for some time, been anything but a typecast player in San Diego or within Caterpillar Inc. 
When Cynthia (CJ) Warner ditched her comfy executive role at a big oil company to pursue a startup that produces crude oil from algae, people thought she was crazy — but she’s never looked back. 
The Cassidy Turley San Diego president and CEO said his offices’ sales and leasing volume exceeded $1.25 billion last year, and the figure should be exceeded in 2012. 
Growing up on the dirt roads of Rancho Santa Fe, Jack Burger started his construction career building tree forts in his youth. 