Board Term: January 2013- January 2025
Stephen D. Rosen is currently a founder, Chairman, and CEO for Athelytix, Inc. a local San Diego hardware/software company focused on sports analytics initially for baseball/softball and previously was the founder, CEO and President of TV Magic, Inc., a San Diego based media systems integration company that served the global broadcast, A/V, multi-media and telecommunications industries.
Steve’s extensive television operations background, systemic approach to consulting, engineering, multi-media distribution and systems integration provided consulting services through several major turnkey projects while maintaining customers like CBS, FOX, ABC, Warner Bros., ESPN, Technicolor, many Houses of Worship along with several major educational Institutions – to name a few.
In 2010, Steve ran for San Diego Unified School District Trustee out of Area B. While losing the election he still garnered over 100,000 votes from San Diegans who believed in
educational reform, short and long term strategic planning and fiscal responsibility. Steve focused on the rapidly deteriorating financial problems of the District, their growing
negative impact on children and how to solve the fiscal problems while protecting the teachers. Many of the major financial issues currently affecting SDUSD were predicated by Steve along with a strategic plan to avoid the insolvency crisis.
Having developed professional relationships within the SDUSD, local business leaders, local, State and Federal politicians, and the local community, Steve has stayed very active in his efforts to affect change within the educational community at large and specifically SDUSD to the benefit of the children and not directly tied to the adults. As part of Steve’s active involvement, Steve recognized the importance of parent’s involvement in children’s education, all stakeholders, including people who have no children in SDUSD regards bond measures, funding, budgeting, and facilitating the best budgets to benefit students.
Steve has two boys who graduated through SDUSD schools (including IA) and then one is attending SDSU and the other graduated from UCSD, and his family has been very involved in the local community and schools. Steve (and his wife and kids) have volunteered countless hours to the local schools and community along with cash and goods donations to support those volunteer efforts and Steve sits on the Board of Voice of Scripps Ranch, a 503(C) which provides funding to local community organizations to help the Scripps Ranch community.
Having honed his consulting and project management skills as an organizer for the 1984 Olympics and 6 years of undergraduate and graduate study in the sciences (BA and MS degrees awarded), Steve has developed the tools necessary to manage and complete large-scale projects on-time and on budget and understands the complexities of budgeting and fulfillment along with strategic planning.
Stephen can also be reached at: board@innovationsacademy.org or Stephen.D.Rosen@gmail.com