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Matthew Rivaldi, MBA
@MatthewRivaldi (LinkedIn)
Matthew Rivaldi has been teaching at San Diego College of Continuing Education for about 10 years and enjoys passing on his business experience with students. Some of his accomplishments and experience include:
Since 2005, he and his wife have owned and operated a promotional product business, PromoDeli.com, providing printed promotional materials such as hats, shirts, pens, magnets and more. Clients have included: Red Cross of San Diego, Habitat for Humanity, Kroc Center, DePaul University, and more.
In 2004, he started a board game company, Wiggity Bang Games, LLC, with two friends from college. Not only president of the company, he also co-created games such as Alpha Bandits, FlapDoodle, Whizizzle Phonics, QUAO, FURT and Magic Feather board games, many of which he fully illustrated. The most successful board game Quelf sold over 1,000,000 units worldwide before being sold to another company.
Prior to the game gig, he started up a website venture HouseOfMagnets.com (now Markful.com), a successful division of Graphic Business Solutions.
Before that he worked in film production on some Hollywood feature films such as Dr. Dolittle, Mars Attacks, and Alien Resurrection.
He also has the papers to prove I know my way around a presentation and a balance sheet - earning an MBA (masters in business administration) from San Diego State University and a BA in Urban Planning from UC San Diego.
When he's not teaching, he loves to spend time with his wife, two amazing kids, and two dogs (Charlotte and Walter), create new business ventures, travel (especially Italy), and surfing.
Aaron Iffland, Ph.D.
@AaronIffland (LinkedIn)
Aaron Iffland has been teaching at the postsecondary level for over 20 years. He is a San Diego Community College District professor, teaching courses in project management, business, entrepreneurship, and information technology at San Diego College of Continuing Education. He is also the Program Chair for Business Accounting and Entrepreneurship. He has also been a lecturer and doctoral faculty at San Diego State University.
Aaron has over 20 years of experience in project management, information technology, commercial banking, and data analysis in the public and private sectors. He owns and operates a consulting firm specializing in simulations, statistical analysis and prediction, and large-scale databases. Aaron holds undergraduate degrees in economics and agricultural business. He also earned master's degrees in both information systems and accounting. Additionally, Aaron has a Ph.D. in education policy, evaluation, and reform from Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State University.
In 2018, Aaron received the John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award from The League for Innovation in the Community College for his work in textbook affordability. As one of two faculty members in the Entrepreneurship Program at SDCCE, he was elated when SDCCE was named the national 2019 Heather Van Sickle Entrepreneurial College of the Year.
When he is not working, he probably travels somewhere or is lazy.
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