David Ochi serves as the Executive Director of the Innovation Incubator at California State University-Dominguez Hills since November 2020, and as Co-Founder and CEO of V1 Ventures since January 2019, focusing on providing capital and strategic support for scale-ups and established start-ups in the U.S. David Ochi has also held various adjunct faculty positions at UC Irvine and South Orange County Community College District since 2013, teaching entrepreneurship courses and leading initiatives to support student entrepreneurs. In addition, David Ochi is the Chief Strategy Officer of ConvertCoal, Inc., promoting innovative environmental technologies. David Ochi's educational background includes an MBA from the University of California, Irvine, a Master's degree in Project Management from Keller Graduate School of Management, and dual Bachelor's degrees in Biology and Political Science from UC Irvine.