David Hankin

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Siemens Pacesetter, Inc. provides cardiovascular medical devices. The firm offers cardiovascular and cardiac rhythm management products. Its brands include the Idenity ADx, Verity, Epic, and Atlas lines of pacemakers. The company is headquartered in Sylmar, CA.

Advanced Bionics Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets bionic technologies for neurological conditions. Its neuromodulation technology includes neurostimulators, programmable drug pumps, and cochlear implants. The company was founded by Alfred Mann in 1993 and is headquartered in Sylmar, CA.

Bioness, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures medical devices. It offers devices designed for stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury patients. The company was founded by Alfred Mann in 2004 and is headquartered in Valencia, CA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Giza Venture Capital (Giza Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 1992 by Zeev Holtzman and Zvi Schechter. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Part of Medtronic Plc, Medical Research Group, Inc. is a company that designs and develops implantable technologies related to pumps and sensors used for the treatment of diabetes. The company is based in Sylmar, CA. The company was founded by Aaron Mendelsohn, Alfred E. Mann. Medical Research Group was acquired by Medtronic, Inc., part of Medtronic Plc from January 27, 2015 on August 28, 2001 for $400 million.

Acumed LLC designs and manufactures orthopedic fixation for the global healthcare community. It offers hand and wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip and pelvis, and foot and ankle, and screw and pin related products. The firm provides orthopedic and medical solutions that improve patient care around the world. The company was founded by Mary Huebner and Randall Huebner in 1988 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, OR.

RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. manufactures and distributes defense systems for air, land, sea and space applications. Its capabilities include air, land combat systems, missile systems, naval systems, space systems, subsystems, security integrated systems. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Part of EnerSys, Quallion LLC is a company that manufactures lithium ion cells and batteries. The company is based in Sylmar, CA. The company was founded by Naoki Ota, Alfred E. Mann. Quallion was acquired by EnerSys on November 01, 2013 for $30 million.

Part of The Boeing Co., Spectrolab, Inc. supplies multifunction solar cells for spacecraft power systems. The company is based in Sylmar, CA.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Southern California Biomedical Council, also known as SoCalBio, is an organization that aims to promote the growth and development of the life sciences industry. The non-profit company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company provides leadership, advocacy, and support to their members, and foster collaboration within the industry. The CEO of the company is Ahmed Enany.

Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd. supports technical research and engineering development projects. The company was founded on February 19, 1952 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

TopNotch Capital provides investment banking services. The company was founded on August 16, 2001 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Office of the Chief Scientist implements, support and encouragement of industrial research and development. It support stimulates the development of technologies, enhances the competitive power of the industry in the high-tech global market, creates employment opportunities and assists in redressing Israel 's balance of payments. The company is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.

RICOR - Cryogenic & Vacuum Systems Ltd. develops, manufactures and markets cryocoolers. The firm’s products include integral rotary, split rotary, split linear, cryocoolers for scientific instruments, N2purge systems and comparision table. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in En Harod Ihud, Israel.

Stellar Microelectronics, Inc. provides electronic manufacturing services. It specializes in advanced custom packaging solutions utilizing the latest microelectronics technologies for the aerospace, defense and medical manufacturing markets. The firm also processes and tests dies, components, circuit card assemblies and the final product with post-delivery support services. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Valencia, CA.

The Mann Group LLC is a private company based in Weaverville, NC.

The Keck School of Medicine of USC is a place of dynamic activity in patient care, scientific discovery, medical and bioscience education, and community service. Their faculty, staff, students, residents, alumni, donors and friends are committed to excellence. Together they are poised to lead medicine in the 21st Century for the benefit of humankind. This is an exciting time of great transformation as they endeavor to create a truly stellar academic medical center at USC.

TytoCare Ltd. develops handheld devices and telehealth platform. Its products include TytoHome, TytoPro and TytoClinic. The firm specializes in medical devices, digital health, consumer, home monitoring and mobile health. The company was founded by Dedi Gilad and Ofer Tzadik in 2012 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel.

Technologies of Voice Interface Ltd. develops a speech recognition technology which translates the unintelligible speech of people into clear speech in real time. The company was founded by Danny Weissberg and Stas Tiomkin in 2012 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Advanced Bionics AG develops cochlear implant systems. The company is based in Stäfa, Switzerland. The Swiss company was founded in 1993 by Alfred E. Mann. The CEO is Victoria E. Carr-Brendel.