Gabriel M. Santibañez, Ph.D.
About Gabriel M. Santibañez, Ph.D.
Gabriel M. Santibañez, Ph.D., is the Sr. Manager of Product and Clinical Marketing at Cleerly in San Francisco, with extensive experience in health tech product development and innovation.
Current Role at Cleerly
Gabriel M. Santibañez, Ph.D., currently serves as the Sr. Manager of Product and Clinical Marketing at Cleerly in San Francisco, California. Additionally, he fulfills the role of Sr. Product Manager, Innovation and Market Discovery. In his capacity at Cleerly, Gabriel focuses on steering the product marketing strategies and clinical marketing initiatives, leveraging his extensive background in healthcare innovation and product management.
Past Experience at Verily
From 2020 to 2023, Gabriel M. Santibañez, Ph.D., worked as the Product Innovation Lead and Sr. UX Researcher at Verily in the San Francisco Bay Area. During his tenure, he played a critical role in leading innovative product development and user experience research in the healthcare technology domain. His contributions emphasized the integration of AI/ML advancements into health tech products.
Leadership at IBM
Prior to his role at Verily, Gabriel M. Santibañez, Ph.D., served as the Medical Imaging AI Product Portfolio Lead and Sr. User Researcher at IBM from 2017 to 2020 in Cambridge, MA. At IBM, he was instrumental in the development of advanced AI-driven medical imaging diagnostics SaaS and SaMD solutions. His leadership facilitated the convergence of technical and user-centered design approaches in health technology initiatives.
Educational Background
Gabriel M. Santibañez, Ph.D., has a robust academic background in health tech innovation. He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Healthcare Innovation at Harvard Medical School and earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan Medical School. His education provided a foundation for his expertise in developing medical imaging and patient monitoring technologies.
Specializations and Expertise
With over a decade of experience, Gabriel M. Santibañez, Ph.D., specializes in building health tech products that bridge technology, design, and business thinking. His expertise encompasses both hardware and software medical devices, including AI/ML-based diagnostics and consumer-grade remote patient monitoring. Gabriel is adept at leading teams through early innovation stages and values attributes such as authenticity, integrity, openness, growth, and transparency in professional settings.