Orange County's effort to boost startup and high tech companies, OCTANe, is losing its President and CEO, Gary Augusta, and has retained an executive search firm to find a replacement, the group said Thursday. In a letter to OCTANe's mailing list, Augusta said that the organization has started a search for his successor, and retained Spencer Stuart to run a formal search. Augusta will continue to serve as CEO until a new CEO is found. According to Augusta, he is looking to leave because OCTANe has moved out of the "start-up" phase, and that he wanted to "pursue new potential opportunities." ...Tags:

Orange County's nonprofit effort to support the technology industry, OCTANe , announced this morning that it has located a replacement for outgoing president and CEO, Gary Augusta. According to OCTANe, it has named Matthew Jenusaitis as the next president and CEO of the group. OCTANe's Augusta said in January that he was seeking "new potential opportunities," and had retained an executive search Jenusaitis was most recently at ConcepTx, a medical firm developing new technologies and companies. Jenusaitis also has served at ev3 Neurovascular, Boston Scientific Corp.,

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 -- OCTANe Holiday Reception. This celebration is for OCTANe Members, Board Members, and Partners as a thank you for your support and involvement in 2008. See [link] (mor

Efforts like OCTANe Next , MIND Institute and other innovative groups focus on results and help PREPARE our youth in an "outcome driven way"; that is future careers and the hope that a high value job will enable them to have a good and productive life. Tags: youth OCTANe Next talen I was enjoying a nice Saturday afternoon with my 6 year old working on the computer (after his baseball game and after he helped his little sister as he will be "well rounded" if it is the last thing I (or he) does; but I digress). Forget the fact that he can search web sites, has his favorite

Friday, December 5, 2008 -- OCTANe Entrepreneurs Forum- Interview. The Entrepreneurs Forum at UC Irvine provides an intimate and informative setting for faculty and researchers who are interested in the entrepreneurial process. Each lunch features a faculty or staff member from UC Irvine or within the UC System who will share their experiences and advice on the technology transfer process and starting companies.

Thursday, April 23, 2009 -- OCVG/OCTANe Digital Media Mix. OCVG teams up with OCTANe for our first evening event of '09. How Hot Players are Building Cool Companies. Learn from some of the quickest minds in Digital Media how they're challenging the powers that be, raising BIG $$$ from VC's and creating some of the coolest companies on planet earth. As an added bonus, this mega networking event will be

You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events . You can also use Southern California Tech Central's list of Organizations to find possible events: UCLA , CalTech , Twiistup , USC , AeA , TCVN , OCTANE , BarCamp , Enterprise Forum , TCOSC , LAVA , UCI , LINC , UCSD , AWT , Digital Hollywood , WITI , TechBiz , ASP , Stirrers and Shakers , AMA , ACG , Pepperdine , PMI , CTC , LMU , LARTA , AITP , iHollywood . Quality of Events Of course, the bigger issue with events is finding the ones

I run a company called OCTANe in “a near nirvana neverland” called Orange County, CA. Tags: venture orange county OCTANe intr And it begins...volume volume 1, chapter 1, section 1, edition 1 etc. Welcome to my blog.

I look forward to seeing our OCTANe "Family" for our Holiday Party on Dec 2 nd . Top 10 reasons OCTANe did not cancel its Holiday Party." (In It is a FREE reception for our members, partners, supporters who have been working with us for years to develop OCTANe into a true, national "innovation development" best practice that continues to grow and get results. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and beginning to the Holiday season. However I have gotten a few comments on "why aren't you cancelling your party given this environment."

Thursday, March 11, 2010 -- OCTANe Capital Series: Meet RCT Bioventures. Join us as we meet Paul Grand from RCT BioVentures. Paul is interested in meeting with early-stage medical device companies seeking start-up financing, medical device entrepreneurs, and inventors. See [link] (mor