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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