2020 Speakers
Leaders, executives and trailblazers who spoke at last year’s MedTech Innovation Forum.
Linnea Aasen-Johnson
Industry Outreach Associate, Clinical Trials Ontario
Lubna Ahmad, PhD
Founder & CEO, Invoy Technologies
Marc Alcser
Shareholder, Stradling
Aileen Anderson, PhD
Director, Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, UC Irvine
Dustin Armer
Co-Founder & CEO, Renata
Nazli Azumi, Pharm. D. Ph.D
Founder & CEO, Bioniz Therapeutics, Inc.
Caitlin Blanche
Partner, K&L Gates
Kelly Barba
Chair, Women Leaders of Octane and Director of Client Engagement, K&L Gates
Darryl Barnes, MD
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Sonex Health
Faz Bashi, MD
Lead Venture Investor, Portfolia FemTech Fund I & II
Ken Beall
Founder & President, University Lab Partners
Eric Bernabei
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Avellino
Thomas Berryman
Founder, Privy
David Bruyette, DVM
Chief Medical Officer, Anivie Lifesciences
Cary Breese
CEO, NowRX
Terri Burke
Venture Partner, Epidex Capital
Tara Capalbo
Vice President, Marketing, Neurosciences & Urology, Allergan
Bill Carpou
CEO, Octane
Janet K. Cheetham
Pharma D, Celeris Consulting
Tak Cheung
Principle, NEA
Nigel J. Clarke
VP of R&D and Advanced Diagnostics, Quest Diagnostics
John Cox
CEO, Somnera
Lucien De Busscher
Medical Device Lead Partner for Europe, EY
Paul DeNicola
Principal, Governance Insights Center, PwC
Kyle Dempsey
General Partner, MVM Partners
Linda DiMario
Economic Development Consultant, Greater Irvine Chamber
Jay Dinsmore
CEO, Dinsmore Inc.
Austin Domenici
CFO, Medtronic Diabetes
Tanya Dorff, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope
Amanda Fowler
Executive Director, Global Corporate Giving, Edwards Lifesciences
Jeremy Gabrysch, MD
CEO, Remedy
Arielle Garellek
Co-Founder and COO, Advekit
Paula Golden
President, Broadcom Foundation
Andrew D. Goldberg, MD
Principal, Vivo Capital
Diane Gomez-Thinnes
Worldwide President, Mentor
Janelle Goulard
Partner, Health Investment, Pangaea Ventures
Mallory Grimaud
Senior Designer, Octane
Robert Guigley
Vice President of Market Access, Ambry Genetics
Daniel Hawkins
CEO, Avail Medsystems
Michael A. Hedge
Managing Partner, Orange County Office, K&L Gates
Rachel Hoffman
Executive Director, Clinical Development, Medical Device & Diagnostics, Syneos Health
Dr. Keith Holliday
Chief Technology Officer, STAAR Surgical
John Ikudaisi
Co-Founder & CEO, Expy Health
Dalyn Jared
Sr CRA, Clinical Solutions, Medical Device & Diagnostics, Syneos Health
Henry Ji, PhD
Chairman & CEO, Sorrento
Rui Jing Jiang
Co-Founder & CEO, Avisi
Tony Jones
CEO, One Nucleus
Keith Kallmes
President, Nested Knowledge
Amol Karnick
President & CEO, KA Imaging
Dr. Hans S. Keirstead
CEO, AIVITA Biomedical, Inc.
Joe Kiani
Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Masimo
Sabing Lee
Partner, Knobbe Martens
Alberto Libanori
Senior Advisor, Boustead Securities, LLC
Adam Lohr
Partner, Life Sciences Senior Analyst, RSM
Frank Luppino
President & CEO, Remedium Bio
Geoff Martha
CEO, Medtronic
Goran Matijasevic
Executive Director, Chief Executive Roundtable at UC Irvine
Dr. Michael May
CEO of CCRM (Center for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine)
Jim Mazzo
Executive Chairman, Neurotech, Advisor, ZEISS, Advisor, Bain
Manan Mehta
Founding Partner, Unshackled Ventures
Tom Mitro
President & COO, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
Keith Moore
CEO, Boustead Securities
Ramin Mousavi
Vice President, Patient Monitoring/Medication Delivery, Baxter International Inc.
Zachary Myers
Partner, Wilson Sonsini
Hideo Nawata
Senior Manager, Teijin
Nnamdi Njoku
Vice President & General Manager, Mechanical Circulatory Support/HeartWare, Medtronic
Dr. Andrew Noymer
Associate Professor, Population Health & Disease Prevention Public Health, UCI
Dr. Diane J. Nugent
Medical Director, Pediatric Hematology, CHOC
Brad Oliver
Vice President & Regional President, Americas, Lumenis
Scott Pantel
Founder & CEO, Life Science Intelligence
Georgette Pascale
Founder & CEO, Pascale Communications
Scott Phillips
Founder & CEO, StarFish Medical
Stacey Pugh
SVP and President, Medtronic Neurovascular
Bruce Robertson
Managing Director, H.I.G. Capital
JC Ruffalo
Director, LaunchPad SBDC & Investor Relations, Octane
Kazuki Sakamoto
Senior Planner, Teijin
Akhil Saklecha, MD, MBA
Managing Director, Cleveland Clinic Ventures
Rick Sanghera
CEO, Atacor Medical, Inc.
Talal Sharaiha, MD
Founder & CEO, Aspisafe
Philip Siberg
Co-Founder & CEO, Coala Life
Brian Stuckman, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior VP of Supply Chain and Ancillary Services, Memorial Care
Jack Syage
Founder & CEO, ImmunogenX
Audrey Symes
Director of Research, Healthcare, Life Sciences & Advisory, JLL
Bob Terbrueggen, PhD
CEO & Founder, DxTerity Diagnostics
Paul Tobin
General Partner, Elevation Fund & President Octane, Enterprise Solutions
Kwame Ulmer
Venture Partner, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health
Ramin Valian
Vice President, Interventional Glaucoma & Reimbursement-US, Allergan
Prof. Dr. Pascal Verdonck
CEO, MedTech Flanders
Linda Villalobos
Human Resources Consultant, Insperity PEO Services
Annette M. Walker
President, City of Hope Orange County
Brett Wall
EVP & Group President, Restorative Therapies Group, Medtronic
Nicola Wall
CEO, Afortiori Development
Mitch Wexler
Managing Partner, Fragomen
Scott Whitcup, MD
Founder & CEO, Akrivista
Clay Wilemon
Chief Strategy Officer, Brado
Kamakshi R. Zeidler, MD, FACS
Plastic Surgeon & Managing Partner, AESTHETX