Headquartered out of Irvine, California, Cultivation Technologies, Inc. (CTI), provides infrastructure, genetics, technology and branding to the legal medical Cannabis industry. The first significant Cultivation Technologies, Inc., project is a 111,500 square foot campus in Coachella that will encompass a cultivation center, a testing laboratory, manufacturing, and distribution capabilities. Currently in its initial phase as an interim facility, the campus will also serve as a transportation and distribution hub for medical Cannabis. Following the development of its first campus, Cultivation Technologies, Inc., plans to create similar sites in cities across California and interim use entitlements have already been secured for a Colusa, California, first-phase development. At the head of Cultivation Technologies, Inc., is Chief Strategy Officer and cofounder Justin Beck, who has been involved as a Cannabis industry advocate for many years and has guided startups such as the pioneering Cannabis business equities index, the Marijuana Index. Through the acquisition of the latter company, he is also an MJIC (Marijuana Investment Company) founding shareholder and involved in a variety of media properties, from MJINews to the Marijuana Investment Summit.