Jerry Knotts

President & CEO, California Coast Venture Forum

Jerry Knotts is the President/CEO of the California Coast Venture Forum and President of J.E. Knotts & Associates. He has more than 30 years successful experience in small, medium and large sized defense and aerospace low and hi-technology companies. He served as Vice-President/General Manager, Defense Electronics Div, California Microwave and Vice-President, American Nucleonics Corporation. He serves as a founding member of the Board of Counselors, California Lutheran University School of Business; a member of the SoCalBio Investor Conference Company/Company Screening Board; and a mentor for the LARTA Institute. Mr. Knotts has notable achievements in general business management, strategic planning, and business development, in addition to serving on numerous Corporation Boards and providing strategic and financial planning services to small and medium sized companies. Mr. Knotts holds a BSEE (Electrical Engineering) from Penn State University; an MBA from Auburn; and is graduate of the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC), Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), and Air War College. Mr. Knotts is a Senior Life Member of the IEEE and a registered Professional Engineer.