Checking on Orange County’s medtech climate with OCTANe’s Matthew Jenusaitis
October 1, 2014 by Brian Johnson
Orange County, Calif.’s most-networked man, OCTANe’s Matthew Jenusaitis talks toMassDevice.com about OCTANe’s 2014 Medical Device Investor Forum.
OCTANe, the industry council responsible for promoting the innovation climate in Orange County, Calif., existed before Matthew Jenusaitis arrived, but he has put his mark on the organization’s impact on one of the world’s largest med tech clusters.
Jenusaitis’ medtech pedigree, which includes 15 years at Boston Scientific(NYSE:BSX) in numerous executive marketing and general management positions, has helped the organization build 1 of the medical device world’s better meetups, the annual OCTANe Medical Device Investor Forum, slated to kick off Oct. 21 in Irvine.
The 2-day event draws a good crowd from the local medtech world, 1 of the hotbeds of innovation in the medical devices with companies like Allergan (NYSE:AGN), Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW),Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) and Volcano (NSDQ:VOLC) calling the region home.