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.

Octane’s newest board members were mentioned in Orange County Business Journal’s Startups & Innovations article! Check it out here.

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
Chairman Emeritus of the Board, Founder & Former CEO, FivePoint
Co-Chair of the Board, Octane

 

Bruce Hallett

Managing Director, Miramar Venture Partners

Bob Jacobson

West Consulting & Private Equity Leader, RSM US LLP

Jennifer Leuer

CEO, Foreground

Co-Chair of the Board, Octane
James Mazzo

Executive Chairman, Neurotech 

Co-Founder, Octane
Brett Wall

EVP and President, Neurosciences Portfolio, Medtronic

Scott Whitcup

Founder & CEO, Akrivista & Whitecap Biosciences

Clay Wilemon

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, 4L Data Intelligence

Board of Directors
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 Bourgeois

Former President, Simon Foundation

Janelle Brunette

COO & Board Secretary, Octane

John Casalaspi

Sr. Business Development Executive, Tech Data

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

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, Next Gen Leaders of Orange County
Marinela Gombosev

COO, SPARK Neuro

Marinela Gombosev, Next Gen Leaders of Orange County
Rob Goodman

Vice President, Customer Experience Office, Pacific Life

Marinela Gombosev, Next Gen Leaders of Orange County
Andrew Guarni

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Hoag

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 Information and Innovation Officer, UCI Health

Dr. Edward Kim

Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope

Jason Lantgen, Octane Board Member
Jason Lantgen

Managing Director, JLL

Sabing Lee

Partner, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

Steven Litchfield

CFO, MaxLinear

L. Andrew Lyon

Founding Dean of the Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler School of Engineering, Chapman University

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

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

Dean Stoecker

Executive Chairman, Alteryx

Carrie Strom

President, Global Allergan Aesthetics, SVP, AbbVie

Jeffry Weinhuff

Managing Partner, Visionary Ventures

Ian Williamson

Dean, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI

Ted Wilm

Retired, Office Managing Partner, PwC

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

David Zollinger

VP and General Manager, Siemens Cardiac Ultrasound

Senior Advisors
John Belli

Retired Managing Partner, Ernst & Young

Jim Corbett

Former CEO, CathWorks, Ltd.

Peter Craig

Former CEO, OC Tech Alliance

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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April 2023

Octane’s Annual Partner Summit

April 5 @ 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

The Octane Team would like to invite you to our annual Partner Summit. The virtual Summit will be an opportunity share our high-impact results we have had collectively in the community, thank our current partners, and meet with business colleagues. Please be sure to register for the event to receive the log in information via email. We look forward to seeing you there! REGISTER HERE>>

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Women Leaders of Octane- April 2023 Quarterly Meeting

April 19 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please join Women Leaders of Octane for our virtual quarterly meeting, Wednesday, April 19th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm PST, featuring Thought Leader: Anne Mulcahy  In addition to our thought leader, our committee chairs will share progress reports. Our Committees and Committee Chairs: Creating Women-led Businesses & LaunchPad Committee – Marinela Gombosev, SPARK Neuro Funding Committee – Delilah Panio, Toronto Stock Exchange Women on Boards Committee – Joyce Averna, JP Morgan Private Bank Resources & Communications – Nanneke Dinklo Plus, after the WLO Quarterly meeting,…

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May 2023

Tech Innovation Forum 2023

May 10 @ 8:00 AM - May 11 @ 4:35 PM
AV Irvine, 16500 Scientific
Irvine, 92618 United States

Tech Innovation Forum 2023 will focus on the acceleration of innovation in technology. The Forum will concentrate on topics such as the next industrial revolution- the role that Southern California is playing in both climate tech and space, and feature topics related to the investment landscape for emerging and growth companies. Learn more. Register here.

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June 2023

Ophthalmology Tech Forum 2023

June 8 @ 3:30 PM - June 9 @ 1:00 PM
Balboa Bay Resort, 1221 West Coast Highway
Newport Beach, CA 92663 United States
OTS

Join industry physicians and top ophthalmologists who are defining the future of the field at Octane’s Ophthalmology Technology Forum (OTF). The event is held annually in Orange County, the center for Ophthalmology in the US. We will be hosting Ophthalmology Tech Forum 2023 as a hybrid experience, which will allow our guests to attend in person or online. Learn more Register here

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July 2023

Women Leaders of Octane – July 2023 Quarterly Meeting

July 19 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Please join Women Leaders of Octane for our virtual quarterly meeting, Wednesday, July 19th from 12:00 – 1:00 pm PST, featuring Thought Leader: Cynthia West, Ph.D.  In addition to our thought leader, our committee chairs will share progress reports. Our Committees and Committee Chairs: Creating Women-led Businesses & LaunchPad Committee – Marinela Gombosev, SPARK Neuro Funding Committee – Delilah Panio, Toronto Stock Exchange Women on Boards Committee – Joyce Averna, JP Morgan Private Bank Resources & Communications – Nanneke Dinklo Plus, after the WLO Quarterly…

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September 2023

Cardiovascular Tech Summit 2023

September 15 @ 7:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Monarch Beach Resort, 1 Monarch Beach Resort
Dana Point, CA 92629

Octane’s Cardiovascular Tech Summit 2023 will synergize innovative solutions in cardiology with physicians, industry strategics, and investors convening together to advance patient care. The Summit will explore the unmet needs in cardiology, highlight current buying trends of strategics and investors, review current funding models of cardiology innovation, present innovation trends, and showcase top emerging cardiology companies to our ecosystem of strategics and investors.

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High Tech Awards 2023

September 21
AV Irvine, 16500 Scientific
Irvine, 92618 United States

The much-anticipated High Tech Awards celebrate the top innovators, entrepreneurs, and technology leaders in Orange County. Join us for the 2023 High Tech Awards to celebrate and recognize those individuals and companies who make Orange County a center of technology and medical technology innovation.

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October 2023

Octane’s Medical Innovation Forum 2023

October 25 - October 26
Irvine Marriott, 18000 Von Karman Avenue
Irvine, CA 92612 United States
fireside chat

Octane will host our Medical Innovation Forum 2023 as an in-person experience.  Join us in collaborating with industry experts, strategics, physicians, entrepreneurs, and investors who have made significant strides toward an accelerated future in the medical industry.  The Forum will highlight the wide-ranging impact of the most recent medical innovations and how the industry will adapt to enhance patient care.

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