Orange County Medical Device Network (OCMD) Networking, Education, Industry Advancement. Connecting Southern California's medical device professionals.

OCMD Has Changed its Name to DeviceAlliance and Changed its Location to www.devicealliance.org .

If you have been following us, you know that the Orange County Medical Device Network (OCMD) had a great 2010. We started the year asking the question "is southern California ready for a professional organization for medical device leadership?" The answer from our membership was a resounding "YES" and since January of last year we have grown in both membership and leadership. We have been blessed by the large number of members who stepped up to take on active roles in our development. In the past year, meeting monthly and often weekly, our 40+ committee members have tirelessly supported our development with the goal of becoming southern California's premier organization for the professional development of medical device leaders. Along the way we have also received significant support from a number of sponsors who assisted in our management and branding efforts. The year's efforts culminated in a Launch Event for DeviceAlliance on January 19^th. The event was extremely successful with a great venue, a fantastic panel of speakers and attendance far exceeding our expectations.

For those new to this location, I would like to invite you to our new website at www.devicealliance.org. Although it is still being developed, you can learn more about us, our coming events, our membership program and our sponsorship opportunities. Please check us out, I invite you to join and help us grow and evolve as a useful and relevant resource for the medical device community in southern California.

Our Mission is simple ... we are dedicated to the professional development of our members and the advancement of our industry.

If you have any questions regarding membership, sponsorship or about becoming more active in DeviceAlliance, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,

Kevin McNerney

President - DeviceAlliance

kmcnerney@devicealliance.org