DR. JACK KAVANAUGH: A HARD-WORKING DOCTOR TURNED BUSINESSMAN
Everybody knows that there are no secret shortcuts to success. It is the consequence of perseverance, hard work, and learning from failure. Dr. Jack Kavanaugh is one such amazing personality who has achieved success after a huge failure owing to his skill, diligence, and determination. After completing dentistry in 1973, he had set up a successful practice, which was completely disrupted due to a major skiing accident that left his neck and leg broken. He was forced to leave this profession and move on to a different career path.
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Dr. Jack Kavanaugh was not a man to be subdued so easily. With a concerted effort, he started his career afresh by completing an MBA from Anderson School of Management, UCLA, and earning his MD degree from the Keck School of Medicine, USC. Then he completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA. These further enhancements in his educational qualifications helped him to lay the foundation of his new career.
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Dr. Kavanaugh started the second innings of his career after his MBA when he started working in mergers and acquisitions. He established the strategic consulting firm, International Strategy Consulting Group in partnership with one of his former partners. Then he went to buy Tech Team Global, where he not only guided, supervised, and created value for the organization but also helped to increase its public share price from 11 cents per share to approximately $33 per share.
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Later, he made his comeback to the field of science and technology when he joined Calhoun Vision, Inc. as a board member in 2000. Calhoun was a biotechnology company concentrated on creating a type of lens whose power can be adjusted even after implantation by utilizing the safe, non-invasive application of light. In the same year, he also got on board of Materia Inc., a firm developing and manufacturing revolutionary catalysts and advanced materials as a board member.
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He also served as a member of the board for PreCash, a company in telecommunications and financial services. In 2008, Dr. Kavanaugh set up ZetaRx Biosciences Inc., a firm developing immunotherapy for cancer treatment and he was both the Chairman and CEO of this organization. In 2014, he co-founded a clinical-stage enterprise named Novonco Therapeutics Inc.
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Dr. Jack Kavanaugh’s diversified interests in several fields helped him to extend his services to the other sectors. He is the co-founder of Nanotech Energy Inc., an energy sector organization. At present, he is serving as the Chairman of RiverRock Films, SuperMetalix Inc., and Orbsen Therapeutics Limited. Throughout his career, he has started and guided numerous