
2020 Speakers
These speakers are leaders, executives and trailblazers in the MedTech Industry.

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
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