Imran Currim, PhD, MBACurrim is Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine and Director of the Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Center’s mission is to inspire innovation and entrepreneurship for the 21st century and provide education about the process and importance of becoming an entrepreneur. He is the recipient of the American Marketing Association William O’Dell Award for "the article judged to have made the most significant five-year contribution to marketing theory, methodology, and practice". Recently, he served The Paul Merage School of Business as Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program (2012-2014). He has consulted for companies such as Altiris, AT&T, Baxter, Dell, Elcam Medical (Israel), Inabata (U.S. and Japan), Johnson and Johnson, Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, and smaller profit and not-for-profit organizations.

Zeev N. Kain MD, MBAKain is a thought leader in Orthopedic Value based care and an international expert on Perioperative Surgical Home and enhanced recovery. He is also a national leader in perioperative digital health. He previously served as Chair of Anesthesiology and Associate Dean of Clinical Operations Officer in UC Irvine Health.

Mark KonoMark Konno is the Vice President of R&D, Clinical and Medical Affairs for Critical Care and Vascular at Edwards Lifesciences. During his 38 year tenure with Edwards, Mark has worked in multiple business units including Medical Delivery Systems, Critical Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Heart Valves. In addition to being an R&D leader, Mark has also held roles in Strategic Marketing, Business Development, and Discovery. He is currently the Managing Director of an Edwards acquisition in the Netherlands and also managed Operations for an Edwards acquisition in Texas. Under his leadership, Critical Care is currently developing predictive analytics and decision support parameters which are the first of its kind. Mark is also leading the clinical and medical affairs group for Critical Care which is now conducting pivotal and outcome trials for these innovative cutting edge decision support algorithms.

Nicholas Mourlas, PhDMourlas is Senior Director, New Ventures at Johnson & Johnson Innovation, California. In this role, he focuses on medical device innovation in support of the general surgery, orthopedics, and cardiology businesses. His charge is to identify licensing, collaboration, and investment opportunities highly aligned with Johnson & Johnson business strategies by building relationships with entrepreneurs, venture investors, and key opinion leaders. Nick’s start-up experience includes founding companies in orthopedics, cardiology, and radiation oncology. He was the CEO of Tarsus Medical - acquired by Integra LifeSciences (IART), and Acumen Medical - acquired by Medtronic (MDT). Nick served as PARC’s Director of Global Healthcare Innovation and as the Xerox Innovation Group’s Healthcare Program Manager. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University where he was the John B. Simpson Biomedical Innovation Technology Fellow.