He was recognized by Fortune magazine as one of its “Heroes of Manufacturing” in March 2002, an honor bestowed upon five individuals nationwide. Palomar Technologies was named by Electronic Business magazine as one of the “Top 30” small electronics companies in the world in April 2003.

Mr. Conlon is also the CEO of the Memphis Medical Redevelopment Group, LLC, a Tennessee real estate company specializing in the turnaround of distressed commercial real estate assets. He previously held several senior executive positions in sales and marketing within the semiconductor capital equipment industry in the Silicon Valley for 18 years at Applied Materials, Novellus Systems and Genus, Inc. He is the past chairman of the TechAmerica CEO Roundtable C for San Diego, CA, a group of local chief executive officers and serves on the Engineering Advisory Board for the University of San Diego.

He is an active member of Vistage International. A former Army officer, he earned his B.S. degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and his M.B.A. degree from Santa Clara University in California.

He is the Chief Operating Officer of the Memphis Medical Redevelopment Group, LLC, a Tennessee real estate company specializing in the turnaround of distressed commercial real estate assets. Prior to co-founding Meridian Pacific Properties, Mr. King was Vice President of Sales for Palomar Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of semiconductor capital equipment in Carlsbad, CA. He served with distinction in a number of technical, marketing and sales management positions during his tenure at Palomar, and was responsible for the operations of its two subsidiary companies in Europe and Asia.

A former Marine, Mr. King was the founder and President of Plexus Technologies, Inc., a software firm focused on streamlining the day-to-day business of local governments in Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Meridian in 2019, Mr. Coykendall was the owner and CEO of Medifast Weight Control Centers of California, an independent franchise chain of 16 clinics in California he founded in 2008. He sold this business to Medifast Inc. in 2018. Prior to that Mr. Coykendall held executive positions at Jenny Craig Intl, Airwalk Footwear, and Ashworth Golf Apparel. As Jenny Craig’s VP of Strategy and Business Development from 2002 to 2007, he played a leading role in the company turn-around and sale to Nestle in 2006.

Mr. Coykendall has been a residential real estate investor since 2012 and an advisor to Meridian since 2011. He has served on a number of non-profit Boards in the San Diego community.

Mr. Coykendall earned a B.S in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.