Our Board & Advisors
Octane’s Board and Advisors range from partners to industry experts throughout Southern California’s technology and medical technology community. These individuals are at the forefront of Octane’s mission and are Octane brand ambassadors to help us Build the SoCal of Tomorrow.
Executive Committee
Board of Directors
Senior Advisors
Medical Advisory Chairs
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is also a part of our Board of Directors.
Bill Carpou
CEO, Octane
Jag Dosanjh
President, Neurosciences & Eyecare, AbbVie
Bruce Feuchter
Shareholder, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Emile Haddad
Bruce Hallett
Managing Director, Miramar Venture Partners
Bob Jacobson
West Consulting & Private Equity Leader,
Jennifer Leuer
CEO, ShootProof
James Mazzo
Executive Chairman, Neurotech
Brett Wall
EVP and President, Neurosciences Portfolio,
Scott Whitcup
Founder & CEO, Akrivista & Whitecap Biosciences
Clay Wilemon
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, 4L Data Intelligence
Board of Directors
Haleh Armian
Director of Biomedical Innovation Ventures, Hoag Memorial Hospital
Laurent Attias
SVP Corporate Strategy, BD&L and M&A, Alcon
Reynolds Bish
CEO, Kofax Limited
Charles Black
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Caitlin Blanche
Partner, K&L Gates
Sheryl A. Bourgeois, PhD
President and CEO, Saint John’s Health Center Foundation
Janelle Brunette
COO & Board Secretary,
Akin Ceylan
COO, Home Entertainment & Global Content Delivery, Lionsgate Entertainment
Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS
Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer, CHOC
Hazem Chehabi, MD
Radiology, Newport Diagnostic Center
Daveen Chopra
Corporate Vice-President and General Manager, Surgical Structural Heart, Edwards Lifesciences
Janet Clardy
Sr. Vice President, Human Resources, Experian
Sean Crafts
Co-Founder, BLDG Labs
Dr. Henrik Cronqvist
Robert J. and Carolyn A. Waltos Dean | Professor of Finance, Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University
Pete Deutschman
CEO, The Buddy Group
Linda DiMario
Director of Community Engagement, Octane
Randy Fisher
Strategy Marketing Manager, Capital Innovation, Insperity
Russ Garcia
CEO, Menlo Micro
Marinela Gombosev
COO, SPARK Neuro
Rob Goodman
Vice President, Customer Experience Office, Pacific Life
Fauad Hasan
Founder & Director, Appiell.ai
Michael Hedge
Managing Partner, Orange County Office, K&L Gates
Reza Jahangiri
Founder & CEO, American Advisors Group
Lynn Jochim
Former President & COO, FivePoint
Scott Joslyn
Chief Innovation Officer, UCI Health
Dr. Edward Kim
Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope
Jason Lantgen
Managing Director, JLL
Sabing Lee
Partner, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Celine Martin
Company Group Chairman, Cardiovascular & Specialty Solutions Group, Johnson & Johnson
Goran Matijasevic
Executive Director, Chief Executive Roundtable, UC Irvine
Tatjana Mitchell
SVP and CFO, Experian North America Consumer Services
Thomas Mitro
Former President & COO, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
David Moatazedi
President and CEO, Evolus
Aziz Mottiwala
Chief Commercial Officer, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Aidan Raney, MD, FACC
Former Medical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hoag Hospital
Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS
Founder & CEO, Visionary Eye Institute
Neil Sahota
IBM Master Inventor, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Subject Matter Expert
Marc Schneider
Shareholder, Stradling
Dean Stoecker
Executive Chairman, Alteryx
Carrie Strom
President, Global Allergan Aesthetics, SVP, AbbVie
Ramin Valian
Vice President, US EYE CARE, Allergan, an AbbVie Company
Jeffry Weinhuff
Managing Partner, Visionary Ventures
Ian Williamson
Dean, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI
Ted Wilm
Retired, Office Managing Partner,
Ashlie Woods
Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Dominique Worthington
VP & GM Advanced Energy, CSF Management, and Critical Care, Medtronic
Kamakshi R. Zeidler, MD
Plastic Surgeon, Founder & Managing Partner, Aesthetx
Senior Advisors
John Belli
Retired Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Jim Corbett
Former CEO, CathWorks, Ltd.
Reginald Gilyard
Former Dean, The George L. Argyros School, Chapman University
Mike Gottfredson
Former Vice Chancellor & Provost, UC Irvine
Raouf Halim
Former CEO, Mindspeed Technologies Inc.
Matthew Jenusaitis
Chief Administration Officer, Oncology and Radiation Therapy, UCSD Healthcare System
Jeffrey Kimball
President & CEO, Jeffrey J. Kimball & Associates
Rick W. Leckey
Partner, Charting Success
Matthew Massengill
Chairman, Western Digital, and Octane Co-Founder
James McCluney
Former CEO, Emulex Corp.
Dave Meltzer
CEO, Sports 1 Marketing
Tom Moebus
Former Vice Chancellor, UC Irvine, Octane Co-Founder
Juli Stone Moran
Managing Dir., San Diego Office Consulting, and Lead Client Service Partner, Life Sciences, Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Michael Mussallem
Chairman & CEO, Edwards Lifesciences, and Octane Co-Founder
David Perry
Retired, Former Administrative Partner, K&L Gates
David Pyott
Former CEO, Allergan, Chairman, Bioniz Therapeutics
Robert Rosenbluth
Chairman & Founder, Inceptus Medical
Marc Samuels
President & CEO, ADVI
Stacey Scoggin Pugh
Chief Commercial Officer, Butterfly Network, Inc.
Earl Slee
Former VP of Technology, Strategy & Business Development, Medtronic
Daniele Struppa
Chancellor, Chapman University
Paul Symczak
Retired VP of Entrepreneurship, Octane
Gerard Von Hoffman
Partner, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Brian Ward
Independent
Gregory Washington
President, George Mason University
Medical Advisory Chairs
Gregory A. Buford, MD, FACS, PCEO
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Beauty by Buford, Published Author
John Hovanesian, MD, FACS
Private Practice, Harvard Eye Associates, Laguna Hills, CA Clinical Faculty, UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS
Founder & CEO, Visionary Eye Institute
Ava Shamban, MD
Founder & CEO of AVAMD and SKINFIVE, Co-Host of The Gist
Elizabeth Yeu, MD
Partner, Virginia Eye Consultants
Steven G. Yoelin, MD
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