Ilana Odess

Ms. Odess has spent her entire career within the healthcare & science industries and has held senior executive roles for multinational companies such as Johnson & Johnson. A serial entrepreneur, she has founded a number of start-ups including Advanced Stent Technologies, CID and Woven Orthopedic Technologies. As an operator, Ms. Odess is an expert in leading companies from concept to clinical application. She has created multiple businesses that have been acquired by multi-billion-dollar medical device companies, negotiated over 30 worldwide partnerships and commenced direct corporate operations for Johnson & Johnson in Israel. Ms. Odess has been recognized for her ability to create successful innovative solutions and has received the Frost & Sullivan Award for Innovation and the state of Connecticut’s “2014 Woman of the Year” award for Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership and was honored by Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame as 2015 Global Impact Honoree. Ms. Odess was also the recipient of the “CEO USA Award” in 2018 from CEO Today Magazine.