About Development Technologies
Daren Otten founded Development Technologies in January 2001. Prior to that, Daren worked in manufacturing, engineering and design, both domestically and abroad, since graduating college. He returned to California to pursue a Master of Science and to open Development Technologies.
Starting small, the company grew rapidly and by 2002 needed to relocate to a larger space that would house preproduction tooling, manufacturing, research and development in addition to design. By January 2003, Daren had recruited Jason Coker, a college classmate, to join the company. Jason had worked for several domestic mass manufacturing companies in positions from production to general management. Shortly after Jason joined Development Technologies, the company again outgrew its operating facilities and in the spring of 2004, relocated into the current headquarters in Magalia, California.
Magalia is located about 1.5 hours north of Sacramento and about 30 minutes east of Chico in the Northern California foothills.