Cliff Wright
CEO, Founder & Chairman,
Board of Directors
Cliff Wright is the Founder of Octet and the inventor of OMEA. Mr. Wright is an accomplished entrepreneur with over 96 patents published, 84 patents granted, and 30 patents pending. He has been published in the Journal of Medicine for the first design of a medical transport delivery system published in the journal of pulmonary medicine for the heated filtration system extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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Mr. Wright is the founder and chief technical officer of Victory Innovations where he had created the world’s first cordless electrostatic sprayers which has been commercialized into 50 states and 40 countries. Mr. Wright has served on several medical device boards where he has used is experience in manufacturing and engineering to increase shareholder value.
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Mr. Wright earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University.
Dan Ortuno
Chief Science Officer
Mr. Ortuno has 25 plus years of academic and pharmaceutical experience and has been involved in early therapeutic target validation to first in human trials and eventual FDA approval. He has held leadership positions in the scientific function at Arena Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, and Novartis.
Dan Ortuno graduated from the University of California San Diego, with an emphasis in Cell Biology and Biochemistry. He continued his academic endeavors at the Salk Institute working with Professor Greg Lemke in the Molecular Neurobiology Lab.
Kyle Elsabee
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Elsabee brings fifteen years of experience in medical devices and the delivery of electrostatically charged fluids. As a biomedical engineer, he has led large teams of engineers in multiple system development projects simultaneously through the product development cycle from concept through production launch complying with ISO 13485 & FDA QSR. Prior to Octet Kyle served as Senior Program Engineer for Victory Innovations, Senior Product Development Engineer for Symbient, and Product Development Manager for Spinal Elements and Spine Frontier.
Mr. Elsabee earned a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY.
Ben Kinney
Director of Quality Management
Mr. Kinney brings over 30 years of experience in research and development, quality management, operations, and regulatory affairs. He has held leadership roles across a range of organizations—from advising startups launching their first products in the U.S. and EU to supporting global multinational companies.
Throughout his career, Benjamin has mentored and trained hundreds of professionals in quality management principles, good manufacturing practices (GMP), and operational strategies. He is particularly skilled at bridging tactical execution with strategic objectives to support successful product development and regulatory approvals, from concept through commercialization, in both U.S. and European markets.
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Mr. Kinney offers deep expertise in U.S. and EU medical device and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) regulations, including drug-device combination products. His work is grounded in a strong scientific and technical foundation. A self-described lifelong learner, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Redlands. He is certified by the American Society for Quality as a Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) and Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), among other professional and academic credentials.