CELINE MARTIN   COMPANY GROUP CHAIRMAN  CARDIOVASCULAR & SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS  JOHNSON & JOHNSON     WHY: Oversees collection ...
JONATHON VOPINEK FOUNDER, CEO, PRESIDENT WHITE LABEL ASSET MANAGEMENT TATIANNA VOPINEK CO-FOUNDER SAVANNAH’S REACH WHO: ...
WHY: Restructured diagnostics company that’s become one-stop shop for noninvasive prostate tests. MDxHealth’s headquarters ...
One of OC’s top medtech investors, and well-known ophthalmic entrepreneur, executive and venture capitalist.  IN THE NEWS: On ...
Runs Irvine-based upstart medical device maker looking to make hospital-grade respiratory products that can be used at home. ...
PAYMAN ROSHAN  SVP, AREA MANAGER FOR OC SERVICE AREA  KAISER PERMANENTE     WHY: Tapped in 2022 to run ops for the ...
WHY: Founded device maker in 1987. Makes medical instruments for minimally invasive procedures; now oversees 5.3K employees, ...
WHY: Finance exec jumped from local heavyweights Edwards Lifesciences and Allied Universal to medical device company that now ...
Boston Scientific Corp. last week announced that it has closed on its acquisition of Irvine-based medical device maker ...
Spearheaded pivot from failed clinical developer of cancer drugs to being a full-time drug contract manufacturer, more than tripling size of firm since joining in 2020.  IN THE NEWS: Avid last year ...
Wing Lam, Ed Lee, Mingo Lee CO-FOUNDERS WAHOO’S FISH TACO WAHOO’S FAMILY FOUNDATION WHO: Brothers Wing Lam, Ed Lee and Mingo Lee opened the first Wahoo’s Fish Taco location in Costa Mesa in 1988. The ...
MIKE MUSSALLEM   FORMER CHAIRMAN, CEO  EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES    WHY: First and longtime CEO of Orange County’s largest medtech employer, with about 5K workers and 20K worldwide. The Irvine-based heart ...