Mike Papac
Mike currently lives in the Orange County area and comes to us with significant business development, strategy, product development, and operations experience, at large to mid-sized companies and with start-ups. Mike was most recently with Optovue where he served as the VP of Strategic Planning and Innovation. Prior to Optovue, Mike was with Alcon for 15 years. Mike had several roles at Alcon including the lead on the development of a white space strategy to expand Alcon’s portfolio in new therapeutic areas, head of surgical glaucoma R&D, and the research head for vitreoretinal instrumentation. He has been responsible for moving several products through the development and commercialization process.
Mike has a Ph.D. from UC Irvine in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and is an inventor with over 42 patents.