The Board has declined to take up the issue of whether President Jones has any conflict of interest when making land use decisions, especially with respect to Wavecrest. His land holdings are extensive, and are close to the Wavecrest land. He also owns office space in the downtown Half Moon Bay area. Ken Jones serves as CEO of Globe Wireless, which has antennas at the south end of Half Moon Bay.

Ken Jones founded and is a major shareholder of Ditech Corportation (search on "Ken"). He owns or has interests in Western General Corp., a real estate company, Seahawk Ranch (22495 Cabrillo Hwy), Seahawk Ranch Properties, Lobitos Land Company, and HMB Stone Pine, LLC (Stone Pine office center).

He owns something like 250 acres much closer to the proposed middle school than anyone in El Granada, Moss Beach, or Montara. He owns a real estate company. He develops office space downtown. Conflict of interest? By not addressing this question, the CUSD board leaves it up to each of us to decide for ourselves.


As reported in a Ditech filing with the SEC:
KENNETH E. JONES has been a director of Ditech since July 1983. He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Globe Wireless, Inc., a position he has held since Globe Wireless was sold by Automated Call Processing and became an independent company in 1997. Mr. Jones founded Automated Call Processing in 1983 (which in 1997 merged with Ditech and changed its name to Ditech Corporation), and worked as its President and Chief Executive Officer until 1997. From 1986 to 1994, he also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Automated Call Processing's wholly-owned subsidiary, Ditech Corporation. Prior to founding Automated Call Processing, Mr. Jones served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Clausen-Koch Company, a private label manufacturer of canned meats. Mr. Jones also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Hills Brothers Coffee, Inc. from 1976 to 1979. Mr. Jones is a director of Quadramed Corporation, a medical software company. He served as a commanding officer of USS Flagstaff in the United States Navy and has a B.S. from the University of Nebraska and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
As characterized on their web site:
Globe Wireless is a rapidly growing pre-IPO start-up that provides wireless communications to the maritime industry.