JIM MAZZO
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
NEUROTECH PHARMACEUTICALS
WHY: Top business executive in OC’s ophthalmology industry and current executive chairman of retinal implant company. Former CEO and president of Advanced Medical Optics, global president of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG and CEO of Allergan’s North American and European eyecare organizations. Founder and past chairman of Octane.
BOARD WORK: Executive chairman for Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, a retinal implant company; executive chair at Centricity Vision and Trukera; and serves on the boards of LensGen and Iantrek. Also on several nonprofit boards including Medical Device and Manufacturers Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology Foundation, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, NASA’s Mission to Mars and the Anaheim Ducks Foundation.
FUTURE PLANS: Says “the ability to use data and artificial intelligence to proactively manage patient care is already present in Orange County. We are perfectly set up at the intersection of technology and healthcare.”
IN THEIR WORDS: “Orange County is in a great position to help find solutions to address [healthcare industry] challenges with our unique combination of technology and healthcare companies, and new medical facilities and universities that are producing world class research. You could say that we have a ‘golden healthcare triangle’ that doesn’t exist in many other major cities or hubs.”
