Michael Ditmore began his career as an IBM systems engineer.
After receiving his MBA from Stanford in 1970, he relocated to Germany as Director of European Operations for Canberra Industries, a manufacturer of nuclear detection equipment.
Returning to California, he joined a Bay Area technology startup - ROLM Corporation, which was sold to IBM in 1979.
He then founded Endotek Corporation, manufacturing and marketing medical endoscopic systems. The company was sold to the Zimmer Division of Bristol-Myers in 1984. He subsequently founded and sold medical technology startup EDL and later Vistek Corporation.
Mr. Ditmore co-founded and served as Chairman and CEO of the Systems & Software Consortium, a nonprofit that built and managed the Pacific Technology Center - the largest high tech incubator in southern California at the time.
To provide broadband Internet access for the Consortium, Mr. Ditmore co-founded and served as CEO of Rangefire Integrated Networks, which rapidly expanded to operate secure data centers co-located with incubators, and research parks in the western U.S.
In 2008 he co-founded and serves as executive director of Novim, a Santa Barbara nonprofit research group which studies global scientific issues, and their impact on society.
Professional Service
Mr. Ditmore currently serves on the Director’s Council of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UCSB and is past president of the Eucalyptus Hill Association. He is a member of the National Committee on United States China Relations, and a life member of the USAF Academy Association of Graduates and the Stanford Alumni Association.