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
Bill Carpou
CEO, Octane
Jag Dosanjh
Senior Vice President, Medical Therapeutics (Eye Care & Botox Therapeutics), Allergan, an AbbVie Company
Bruce Feuchter
Shareholder, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Emile Haddad
Chairman & CEO, FivePoint
Bruce Hallett
Managing Director, Miramar Venture Partners
Bob Jacobson
West Region Consulting and Private Equity Leader, RSM
Jennifer Leuer
CEO, CyberScout
James Mazzo
Executive Chairman, Neurotech, Advisor, ZEISS
Jim Peterson
Founder, Peterson Capital Group
Brett Wall
President, Brain Therapy, Medtronic
Scott Whitcup
Founder & CEO, Akrivista & Whitecap Biosciences
Clay Wilemon
Chief Strategy Officer, Brado
Board of Directors
Bobby Azamian
CEO, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals
Kelly Barba
Associate Director of Business Development, K&L Gates
Thomas Berryman
President, Soft Health Technologies
Reynolds Bish
CEO, Kofax Limited
Charles Black
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Caitlin Blanche
Partner, K&L Gates
Tim Brandt
Managing Partner, Orange County Office, Deloitte
Janelle Brunette
Chief Administration Officer, Octane
John Casalaspi
Sr. Business Development Executive, AVT Technologies / Tech Data
Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS
Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer, CHOC
Hazem Chehabi, MD
Radiology, Newport Diagnostic Center
Sean Crafts
Chief Growth Officer & Co- Founder, Mavenlink
Pete Deutschman
CEO, The Buddy Group
Linda DiMario
Executive Vice President, Greater Irvine Chamber
Shawn Dougherty
Founder & CEO, Exoio
Randy Fisher
Strategy Marketing Manager – Capital Innovation, Insperity
Daniel Flynn
Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Development, Western Digital
Rick Gallagher
Chief Investment Officer and Director of Global Strategy and Development, Experian
Russ Garcia
CEO, Menlo Micro
Fauad Hasan
CEO, Ornvoi
Reza Jahangiri
Founder & CEO, America Advisors Group
Kim Kovacs
Managing Director, Arroyo Ventures
Sabing Lee
Partner, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Steven Litchfield
CFO, MaxLinear
Andrew Lyon
Founding Dean of the Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler School of Engineering, Chapman University
Joe Manna
CTO, Experian Consumer Solutions
Goran Matijasevic
Executive Director, Chief Executive Roundtable, UC Irvine
Thomas Mitro
President & COO, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
David Perry
Retired, Former Administrative Partner, K&L Gates, LLC
Paul Pickle
CEO, Lantronix
Tom Piechota
Vice President for Research, Chapman University
Stacey Pugh
Vice President and General Manager, Neurovascular & CSF, Medtronic
Aidan A. Raney, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Former Medical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hoag Hospital
Carey Ransom
Founder & President, OC4 Venture Studio
Ehsan Sadri
Founder and CEO, Visionary Eye Institute
Dean Stoecker
Chairman & CEO, Alteryx
Carrie Strom
SVP, AbbVie, and President, Global Allergan Aesthetics at AbbVie
Katie Szyman
Corporate Vice President, Critical Care & Vascular, Edwards Lifesciences
George Wall
Partner & Chair of M&A Development, Glaser Weil
Gregory Washington
President, George Mason University
Jeffry Weinhuff
Managing Partner, Visionary Ventures
Ted Wilm
Managing Partner, PwC
Ashlie Woods
Vice President, Goldman Sachs
David Zollinger
Senior Director, Corporate Strategy, Edwards Lifesciences
Senior Advisors
John Belli
Retired Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Jim Corbett
CEO, CathWorks, Ltd.
Peter Craig
Former CEO, OC Tech Alliance
Reginald Gilyard
Dean, The George L. Argyros School, Chapman University
Mike Gottfredson
Partner, UC Irvine
Raouf Halim
Former CEO, Mindspeed Technologies Inc.
Matthew Jenusaitis
Chief of Staff, UCSD Healthcare System
Jeffrey Kimball
President & CEO, Jeffrey J. Kimball & Associates
Rick Leckey
Partner, Charting Success
Matthew Massengill
President & CEO, Western Digital
James McCluney
Former CEO, Emulex Corp.
Dave Meltzer
CEO, Sports 1 Marketing
Tom Moebus
Former Vice Chancellor, UC Irvine
Juli Stone Moran
Managing Director, San Diego Office, Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Michael Mussallem
Chairman & CEO, Edwards Lifesciences
David Pyott
Former CEO, Allergan
Robert Rosenbluth
Chairman & Founder, Inceptus Medical
Marc Samuels
President & CEO, Advi
Paul Symczak
Retired, VP Entrepreneurship, Octane
Daniele Struppa
President, Chapman University
Gerard Von Hoffman
Partner, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Brian Ward
Independent
Medical Advisory Chairs
Gregory A. Buford, MD, FACS
Beauty by Buford
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
Ava MD
Elizabeth Yeu, MD
Partner, Virginia Eye Consultants
Steven G. Yoelin, MD
Kamakshi R. Zeidler, MD
Founder & Managing Partner, Aesthetx
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