1. Joshua Klein has prepared himself
for the civilian workplace after a very
distinguished career in the U.S. Navy
that concluded in 2015. His focus has
been organizing and training teams in
medical and life-saving techniques in
the Philippines, Iraq and Afghanistan.
He also earned a Bronze Star Medal.
Klein will earn his degree in May from
the University of Charleston, Char-
leston, Virginia. “As I transition from
the service, I look forward to displaying
my drive for achievement and integrity
in a capacity that helps people,” said
Klein. “I have put passion into a career
of military service and I'm looking to
shift that passion into integrating into
a culture that mirrors my core values —
discipline and dedication to team.”
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“My parents were divorced, so I spent each
summer of my life in Jacksonville, Florida with
my father and grandfather,” said Phil Kendro,
who served in the U.S. Marine Corps. His grand-
father served in the U.S. Navy post-World War II
through the Korean War and up to Vietnam.
Kendro remembers dressing up in his grandfa-
ther’s uniforms as a child. “He instilled in me a
sense of service to country that I still have today,”
he said about his grandfather.
After attending Penn State University, he
enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officer Training
Corps and became a second lieutenant in the
U.S. Marine Corps in 1995 at age 22. He received
his Naval Aviator wings in August, 1998.
“I have been a pilot for Harriers both in Cher-
ry Point, North Carolina (1998-2000) and Yuma,
Arizona (2004-2006),” he said. “I was a company
commander for the Iraqi Invasion and built
airfields (2002-2003). Stationed in Okinawa,
Japan, I was an Air Naval Gun Liaison Company
(ANGLICO) Supporting Arms Liaison Team
(SALT) leader and operations officer,” said
Kendro. “Here at Marine Corps Air Station Mira-
mar, I was the assistant operations officer and 3d
Marine Aircraft Wing current operations officer,
and Cessna citation pilot.”
Along with these tasks, Kendro has a long list
of job skills that carried him through his military
career and formed the basis for his civilian career
with Innova Systems Intl. as a business devel-
opment lead, Marine business unit analyst and
certified scrum master (CSM). In his last tour of
duty, Kendro also coordinated and managed
choreography of air shows and flyovers around
the nation and for television commercials. Dur-
ing his deployments, he provided recommenda-
tions for aviation combat loads in Afghanistan,
Qatar and Iraq. But the biggest challenge was
the transition to civilian life after reaching the
rank of major in 2015 at age 42. He said network-
ing is an absolute must.
“For me, the transition was painful, humbling,
and the worst roller coaster ride of my life with
the highest peaks and the lowest troughs,” he
said. “Reach out to people within industries that
you are interested to connect to — ask them to
lunch, breakfast, coffee and more. Ninety percent
of the people I reached out to let me talk to them.
As military members, it is sometimes hard for us
to reach out, but it’s a must,” he said.
Kendro is a pilot and part-time director of
marketing, social media and public outreach
with San Diego Sky Tours. He also volunteers
with the Center for Wealth and Legacy, the In-
ternational Council of Air Shows, and was re-
cently voted onto the board of trustees for the
Mount Soledad War Memorial.
VETERANS IN THE WORKPLACE
Fostering a lifelong
sense of service
Everyone is looking for a
career that is promising in
the present and has an even
brighter future. To help
individuals identify these
opportunities, the Uni-
versity of California, San
Diego Extension this week
released its “Emerging
Careers for 2016” report. It
details the most in-demand
jobs with the highest
growth potential both in
San Diego and nationally.
To compile the list, UC
San Diego Extension’s
Center for Research on the
Regional Economy identi-
fied the top 10 occupations
that combined the highest
projected growth rates and
the most online job post-
ings, using data from labor
data market firms Emsi
and Burning Glass. Re-
searchers focused on ca-
reers that required a bache-
lor’s degree with less than
five years of work experi-
ence.
According to its analysis,
the top 10 emerging careers
in San Diego for college
graduates in 2016 are:
1. Information security
analysts
2. Market research anal-
ysts and marketing special-
ists
3. Medical and health
services managers
4. Computer systems
analysts
5. Management analysts
6. Software developers,
applications
7. Civil engineers
8. Financial analysts
9. Sales representatives,
wholesale and manufactur-
ing, technical and scientific
products
10. Accountants and
auditors
Mary Walshok, associate
vice chancellor of public
programs and dean of UC
San Diego Extension, said
these careers show both the
value of a college degree
and also the need for spe-
cialized training as tech-
nology is continuously
reshaping the job market
and the economy.
“As Marc Andreessen
recently opined, ‘Software
is eating the world,’” Wal-
shok said. “That fact is true
in almost every top emerg-
ing career whether it be
health care or marketing or
financial analysis. It’s not
enough to just know the
fundamentals; you have to
use technology to provide
new insights.”
The report, which de-
tails the salaries, age and
gender breakdown of each
emerging career, also fea-
tures insights from people
in those fields on the micro
trends and niche skills
shaping their various in-
dustries. The top emerging
careers locally mirrored the
national list but highlight-
ed the San Diego region’s
growing strength in cyber
security, digital marketing
and health care IT.
“By combining macro
research data with insights
from those in these emerg-
ing careers, we were able to
provide a deeper under-
standing not only of what
jobs are in demand now but
also what skills are driving
future growth,” said Josh
Shapiro, director of re-
search and evaluation at
the Center for Research on
the Regional Economy at
UC San Diego Extension,
who designed and devel-
oped the “Emerging Ca-
reers for 2016” report.
For a free copy of the
report, visit exten-
sion.ucsd.edu/.
Jennifer Davies is the assistant dean
of external affairs for UC San Diego
Extension. She can be reached at
jadavies@ucsd.edu.
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