Bud Brainerd

Bud Brainerd is the current CEO of Octet Medical. Prior to this, they were with Meridian Executive Leadership Group, LLC, CSF34 Consulting, and Lake Forest Church - Davidson. Bud has also been a consultant with TOBALT, LLC, and President and CEO of PetroBeam. Their previous experience also includes being Vice President of EG Enterprises, Inc.

Bud Brainerd has a Doctorate in Personnel Management from Columbia Theological Seminary, an MDiv in Ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary, and a BA in Religion, Economics, and Accounting from McKendree University. Bud also has an Accounting degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and a certification from Genos International as a Certified GENOS International Emotional Intelligence Practitioner. Bud is also certified by Profiles International as a Certified User of the ProfileXT and Profiles Sales Assessment and by the Center for Executive Coaching as a Certified Executive Coach. Finally, they have a Gallup certification as a Gallup - Certified Strengths Coach and is certified by the Human Resources Certification Institute as a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) professional.

Some direct reports include Dan Ortuno - Chief Science Officer, Kyle Elsabee - CTO.