He is an advisory board member for 59DaysOfCode and sits on the board of the Downtown Fresno Partnership and Neighborhood Industries. He also helped launch “I Believe in Downtown,” a grassroots campaign for the redevelopment of downtown Fresno and investment in Fulton Street. He has teamed up with art advocacy nonprofit Creative Fresno to launch the Boomerang Project, an initiative aimed at reversing the city’s “brain drain” by connecting high-level jobs with talented individuals who’d previously moved away for greater prospects. Jake believes we all have gifts to contribute-and an obligation to use them. At that moment, the idea of Bitwise was born. In 2012, over drinks and aha moments with his client, Irma Olguin Jr., they excitedly discussed the possibility of a company that could nurture and network the critical components of Fresno’s tech industry and become a driving force for the local economy. Prior to co-founding Bitwise, Jake practiced intellectual property law at Walter & Wilhelm Law Group in Fresno. Jake grew up in Clovis, California with a dream of eventually holding a national office-an aspiration that eventually turned into creating opportunity for folks of every walk of life. Jake leads Bitwise Industries in vision casting, real estate development, and strategic initiatives.
Her dog, Bruce, is the king of her world and is widely recognized as the mascot for Bitwise Industries. Irma holds a degree in computer science and engineering from University of Toledo, Ohio and has been a contributing advisor on several community boards, including 59DaysOfCode, President’s Advisory Board for California State University – Fresno, the American Red Cross (Central Valley Chapter), Kingsview Behavioral Health, and Youth Leadership Institute. She also co-founded Edit LLC to solve efficiency and data issues in the ag industry. She co-founded Hashtag, an open co-workspace for designers and developers alike. Previously, Irma created 59DaysOfCode, a competition highlighting and encouraging the Valleyʼs tech industry.
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Fueled by a series of aha moments, they decided they were in a unique position to build such a mechanism for progress. The idea of Bitwise was hatched in 2012 over a Red Bull (hers) and a gin and tonic (his) with her then IP attorney, Jake Soberal.
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Her goal is to ensure Bitwise always remains faithful to its mission of strengthening Fresno’s tech industry and turning it into a driver of real economic progress. oversees the screening and interviewing of all employment candidates and apprentices for Bitwise Industries, including that of Bitwise Workforce Training and Bitwise Technology Services.
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