Alumni Spotlight : Jack O'Meara
2016 Island of Ireland Regional Winner for Engineering
April 6, 2024
Jack O’Meara
Jack O’Meara was the 2016 Island of Ireland Regional Winner for Engineering
Co-Founder and CEO of Ochre Bio, Alumni and member of The Global Undergraduate Awards Alumni.
Jack is a biomedical engineer turned entrepreneur and serves as the CEO of Ochre Bio. Having always been fascinated by the intersection of healthcare, technology, and business, Jack co-founded Ochre to translate breakthroughs in transplant medicine and genomics into chronic liver disease RNA therapies, with a long-term vision in cardiometabolic healthspan.
Among the life science and healthcare entrepreneurial ecosystem, he is an advocate for supporting young founders in biotech entrepreneurship to try to demystify bioentrepreneurship for aspiring founders.
He spoke about his journey in 2021 at our COVID-19 Grounded Online Summit.
Jack has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Endpoints News, and Forbes, among others, for his vision and mission at Ochre.
More recently he spoke to The New York Stock Exchange Floor Talk
Becoming an active member of the Global Undergraduate Awards Alumni Network, not only enriches your own journey but also contributes to a community that values excellence, creativity, and collaboration. Together we should continue to push the boundaries of knowledge and make a difference in the world.
