It's really going to be about transferring skills and contacts I've developed here to a new place. Looking west, longingly Tucson longs to replicate the success of San Diego. Ten years ago, the city wallowed in a recession. Now Newsweek magazines hails it as one of the nation's top 10 tech cities. Several San Diego clusters, including information technology and biosciences, match Tucson's industries.
Weathers is on the organization's board.
Sheffer described Weathers as an entrepreneurial thinker. After working with defense company Maxwell Technologies and getting to know the CEO, Weathers introduced executives of Maxwell and Sanyo, a Japanese home appliance and electronics firm which has its North American headquarters in San Diego. The two firms formed a joint partnership to use Maxwell Technology to produce smaller, more efficient batteries and electronics. Weathers' entrepreneurship also manifests itself in a personal way. He has invested in San Diego biotech start-ups to show his commitment to local support of flegling companies.