Valley's largest technology firms: ranked by fiscal 2003 revenues.THE PACESETTER AMGEN AMGEN Applied Molecular Genetics (original meaning) IT'S it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have no surprise that the world's largest biotech bi·o·tech n. Informal Biotechnology. biotech Noun short for biotechnology Noun 1. company is still No. 1 on the list of largest technology companies in the greater San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Amgen's 2003 revenues were $8,356 billion. Based in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , Amgen employs a total of 12,900 employees in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of , Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). , Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. .
Founded in 1980, Amgen has been at work at developing, manufacturing and marketing human therapeutic products for almost 25 years. Its research and development efforts are directed in the areas of hematology hematology Branch of medicine concerned with the nature, function, and diseases of the blood. It covers the cellular and serum composition of blood, the coagulation process, blood-cell formation, hemoglobin synthesis, and disorders of all these. , oncology oncology /on·col·o·gy/ (ong-kol´ah-je) the sum of knowledge regarding tumors; the study of tumors. on·col·o·gy n. , inflammation inflammation, reaction of the body to injury or to infectious, allergic, or chemical irritation. The symptoms are redness, swelling, heat, and pain resulting from dilation of the blood vessels in the affected part with loss of plasma and leucocytes (white blood , metabolic met·a·bol·ic adj. Of, relating to, or resulting from metabolism. Metabolic Refers to the chemical processes of an organ or organism. and bone disorders A
n. Any of the sciences, such as neuroanatomy and neurobiology, that deal with the nervous system. neuroscience the embryology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology of the nervous system. . Kevin W. Sharer Kevin W. Sharer is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Amgen Inc. He also serves on the Board of 3M and Northrop-Grumman. • • has served as Amgen's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , president and chairman of the board since May 2000.
VALLEY LARGEST TECHNOLOGY FIRMS
Ranked by Fiscal 2003 Revenues
Rank Firm Fiscal 2003 Description
* name Revenues
* address (millions)
1 Amgen $8,356 develops and
1 Amgen Center Drive manufactures
Thousand Oaks 91320 biotechnology products
2 THO Inc. (1) 640.8 distributes interactive
27001 Agoura Road entertainment software
Calabasas 91301 for hardware platforms
3 United Online Inc. 339.2 Internet service
21301 Burbank Blvd. provider
Woodland Hills 91367
4 Tekelec 263.7 manufactures, markets
26580 W. Agoura Road network systems
Calabasas 91362 products and diagnostic
systems
5 Power-One Inc. 256.3 designs, manufactures
740 Calle Piano power conversion
Camarillo 93012 products
6 MRV Communications Inc. 238.9 manufactures, markets
20415 Nordhoff St. network infrastructure
Chatsworth 91311 equipment
7 Homestore.com 211 provides real estate
30700 Russell Ranch Road listings and content
Westlake Village 91362 for the Web
8 Semtech Corp. (2) 192.1 manufactures and
200 Flynn Road markets analog and
Camarillo 93012 mixed signal
semiconductor products
9 Vitesse Semiconductor 156.4 designs, manufactures
Corp. chips, network
741 Calle Plano components
Camarillo 93012
10 Digital Insight Corp. 154.4 develops banking
26025 Mureau Road software, provides
Calabasas 91302 online banking services
11 Diodes Inc 136.9 semiconductor devices
3050 E. Hillcrest Drive for automotive,
Westlake Village 91362 electronics, industries
computing
12 3D Systems Inc. 110 develops solid imaging
26081 Avenue Hall systems for making
Valencia 91355 three dimensional
models
13 National Technical 103.9 technology services for
Systems Inc. (3) telecommunications,
24007 Ventura Blvd., electronics, aerospace
Suite 200
Calabasas 91302
14 Valueclick Inc. 92.5 provides online
4353 Park Terrace Drive advertising software
Westlake Village 91361 and services
15 Ixia 83.5 high speed, multi-port
26601 W. Agoura Road network performance
Calabasas 91302 analysis systems
16 Digital Theater 51.7 develops, manufactures
Systems Inc. and markets digital
5171 Clareton Drive entertainment
Agoura Hills 91301 technology and products
17 Key Information Systems 46 designs and maintains
Inc. servers, software and
22120 Clarendon St. storage products
Suite 100
Woodland Hills 91367
18 BioSource International 44.1 manufactures, markets,
Inc. distributes biomedical
542 Flynn Road research products
Camarillo 93012
19 Optical Communication 57.1 manufactures and
Products Inc. (4) markets optical
6101 Variel Avenue communication
Woodland Hills 91367 components
20 Qualstar Corp. (5) 31.5 develops, manufactures
3990-B Heritage and markets automated
Oak Court tape libraries
Simi Valley 93063
21 International Remote 31.3 designs, manufactures
Imaging Systems remote imaging systems
9172 Eton Ave. for urinalysis
Chatsworth 91311
22 Interlink Electronics 31.0 markets wireless
Inc. keyboards, mouse
546 Flynn Road devices, remote
Camarillo 93012 controls
23 Trio-Tech 19.2 develops and
International (5) manufactures
14731 Califa St. semiconductor testing
Van Nuys 91411 equipment
24 North American 14.7 radioisotopic products
Scientific Inc. (6) for medical,
20200 Sunburst St. industrial, research
Chatsworth 91311 purposes
25 DSL Extreme 11.1 internet service
10847 Sherman Way provider
Canoga Park 91306
Rank Firm Profile Top Local Executive
* name * number of * name
* address employees * title
* year founded * phone
1 Amgen 12,900 Kevin W. Sharer
1 Amgen Center Drive 1980 president, ceo
Thousand Oaks 91320 (805) 447-1000
2 THO Inc. (1) 796 Brian J. Farrell
27001 Agoura Road 1990 chairman, ceo,
Calabasas 91301 president
(818) 871-5000
3 United Online Inc. 598 Mark R. Goldston
21301 Burbank Blvd. 1997 chairman, president,
Woodland Hills 91367 ceo
(818) 287-3000
4 Tekelec 1,065 Frederick Lax
26580 W. Agoura Road 1979 ceo, president
Calabasas 91362 (818) 880-5656
5 Power-One Inc. 2,371 Steven J. Goldman
740 Calle Piano 1973 chairman, ceo
Camarillo 93012 (805) 987-8741
6 MRV Communications Inc. 1,250 Noam Lotan
20415 Nordhoff St. 1988 president, ceo
Chatsworth 91311 (818) 773-0900
7 Homestore.com 1,570 W. Michael Lang
30700 Russell Ranch Road 1999 ceo, president
Westlake Village 91362 (805) 557-2300
8 Semtech Corp. (2) 587 Jason L. Carlson
200 Flynn Road 1960 president, ceo
Camarillo 93012 (805) 498-2111
9 Vitesse Semiconductor 797 Lou Tomasetta
Corp. 1987 president, ceo
741 Calle Plano (805) 388-3700
Camarillo 93012
10 Digital Insight Corp. 741 Jeffrey E. Stiefler
26025 Mureau Road 1995 chairman, president,
Calabasas 91302 ceo
(818) 871-0000
11 Diodes Inc 1,087 C. H. Chen
3050 E. Hillcrest Drive 1985 president, ceo
Westlake Village 91362 (818) 446-4800
12 3D Systems Inc. 407 Abraham N.
26081 Avenue Hall 1986 Reichental
Valencia 91355 president, ceo
(661) 295-5600
13 National Technical 889 Jack Lin
Systems Inc. (3) 1961 ceo, chairman
24007 Ventura Blvd., (818) 591-0776
Suite 200
Calabasas 91302
14 Valueclick Inc. 576 James R. Zarley
4353 Park Terrace Drive 1998 chairman, ceo
Westlake Village 91361 (818) 575-4500
15 Ixia 287 Errol Ginsberg
26601 W. Agoura Road 1997 president, ceo
Calabasas 91302 (818) 871-1800
16 Digital Theater 151 Jon E. Kirchner
Systems Inc. 1990 president, ceo
5171 Clareton Drive (818) 706-3525
Agoura Hills 91301
17 Key Information Systems 30 Lief Morin
Inc. 1995 president, ceo
22120 Clarendon St. (818) 992-8950
Suite 100
Woodland Hills 91367
18 BioSource International 271 Terrance J. Bieker
Inc. 1995 president, ceo
542 Flynn Road (818) 987-0086
Camarillo 93012
19 Optical Communication 296 Muoi Van Tran
Products Inc. (4) 1991 ceo, president
6101 Variel Avenue (818) 251-7100
Woodland Hills 91367
20 Qualstar Corp. (5) 104 William Gervais
3990-B Heritage 1984 president, ceo
Oak Court
Simi Valley 93063 (805) 583-7744
21 International Remote 156 Cesar M. Garcia
Imaging Systems 1979 president, ceo
9172 Eton Ave. (818) 709-1244
Chatsworth 91311
22 Interlink Electronics 111 E. Michael Thoben,
Inc. 1989 III chairman,
546 Flynn Road president, ceo
Camarillo 93012 (805) 484-8855
23 Trio-Tech 371 S. W. Yong
International (5) 1958 ceo, president
14731 Califa St. (818) 787-7000
Van Nuys 91411
24 North American 96 L. Michael Cutrer
Scientific Inc. (6) 1990 president, ceo
20200 Sunburst St. (818) 734-8600
Chatsworth 91311
25 DSL Extreme 85 An Ramezani
10847 Sherman Way 1999 ceo
Canoga Park 91306 (800) 774-3379
(1) For fiscal year ended March 31, 2004.
(2) Fiscal year ended Jan. 25, 2004.
(3) Fiscal year ended January 31, 2004.
(4) Fiscal year ended September 30, 2004.
(5) For fiscal year ended June 30, 2004
(6) Fiscal year ended October 31, 2003.
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