Program Description
The Leadership Program for Life Sciences Executives focuses on enhancing you and your company’s ability to operate in the United States and to succeed in the global marketplace. The program is targeted towards Israeli startup companies, from Life Sciences-related industries, including Medical device, Diagnostics and therapeutic companies and pharma companies.
Program Modules
Professors
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Alan B. Sellers
CEO
Precision Restaurant Group LLC

Amir Banifatemi
Founder
Bayspring Group

Amir Lerman
Professor of Medicine Chair for Research of the Cardiovascular Division
Mayo Clinic

Arie Shen
Software creation and implementation, Executive Sales and Business Development, Branding and Marketing, Technology Project Management, Entrepreneur and Investor.

Bruce Money
Executive Director of Whitmore Global Management Center; Fred Meyer Professor of Marketing and International Business
Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business

Catherine A. Bradley

Dr. Maher Albitar
Chief Medical Officer
Neogenomics

Dr. Raj Nihalani, M.D., RAC(US)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Edward John Allera
Co-Managing Shareholder
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Washington, DC Office

Eli Tiomkin

Eric R. Spangenberg
Dean
The Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine

Eyal Aronoff
Entrepreneur
Co-founder of Quest Software and Fuel Freedom Foundation

Fred Thiel
CEO, Board Member, Strategic Advisor, Private Equity Firm Principal and Senior Advisor / Operating Partner

George C. Kenney

Gilbert Gluck
B.Sci (Food Science)
University of Toronto, Canada

Gora Datta
CEO & Chairman of CAL2CAL

Imran Currim, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor / Associate Dean, Marketing & Student Relations for Executive MBA Programs
The Paul Merage School of Business / University of California, Irvine

Jaap L. Laufer
Vice President
Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, EMERGO GROUP

James V. Mazzo
President
Abbot Medical Optics, Inc

JC Ruffalo
Director of LaunchPad SBDC and Investor Relations
OCTANe

Joel Calvo
Board of Director, Independent Trustee, C-Level Leader, Keynote Speaker

John Lasko
Strategist, Advisor, Mentor, Investor

Katherine Merage

Kevin Burnett
President
TTC Group, LLC

Lawrence Tabak

Lilly Merage

Lisa Barron
Senior Lecturer, Negotiations
The Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine

Marc D. Kirshbaum
Business Leader

Maya Vardi-Shoshani
Director of Business Development, West Coast
BIRD Foundation

Michael J. Swenson, PhD
Christensen Professor of Marketing

Mitchell Brin, MD, FAAN
Sr. VP Global Drug Development / Chief Scientific Officer
BOTOX® Allergan, LLC. / Professor of Neurology, UC Irvine

Pat Wikison

Paul Merage

Paul Symczak
Vice-President-OCTANe, Executive Director of the LaunchPad
Entrepreneurship for OCTANe, LaunchPad

Rabbi Arnold Rachlis
University Synagogue in Irvine, California

Rich Toubman

Rob Friedman
Vice Chairman and Co-Founder
Ten-X

Sasha Strauss
Managing Director
Innovation Protocol, Strategic Brand Development

Stanton Rowe
Vice President, Advanced Technology Chief Scientific Officer
Edwards LifeSciences

Steve Maylish
Chief Commercial Officer
Fusion Biotec

Tatiana Kain, MD
Division Chief, Nuclear Medicine Specialist
Molecular Imaging

Thomas Eppel
Summer Session Instructor / Assistant Specialist
The Paul Merage School of Business / University of California, Irvine

Tom Mattoon

Yaron Keidar
VP of Glucose Monitoring Edwards Lifesciences

Zeev Kain, MD
Participants / Fellows
Tzahi Biran
Director, Program Management - Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Edwards Lifescience Corp.