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.