Gene Saragnese

Gene Saragnese joined MaxQ Technology Ltd. in January 2016, as its Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. MaxQ is a company founded in deep learning and computer vision.  MaxQ delivers patient-specific lifesaving diagnostic information directly to the physician at the patient’s bedside.  In early 2020, he moved into the role of Vice Chairman at MaxQ.

Mr. Saragnese also served as the Chairman of the Board of Mirada Medical, a Healthcare SW company and Independent director on the Insightec board. Prior to joining MaxQ, Gene Saragnese served as the Philips Healthcare CEO of Philips Imaging Systems from April 2009 until May 2015. 

As the Executive Vice President and CEO of Philips Imaging Systems, he led the company's Imaging Systems business, a $7.5B enterprise, encompassing Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Molecular Imaging); Diagnostic X-Ray; Interventional and Ultrasound. He also directed Integrated Clinical Solutions which took a disease-focused approach to health care, and included the radiation and interventional oncology business. He was responsible for 10,000 employees at sites in the United States, India, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel, China and Brazil.

Before joining Philips, Mr. Saragnese served as GE Healthcare’s Vice President and General Manager of Molecular Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography. In this capacity, he led a multi-billion-dollar business group, including Computed Tomography, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Nuclear Imaging, PET Radiopharma, Preclinical Imaging and Image Post Processing. Prior to that, he served as Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of Global Technology for GE Healthcare. In this role, Mr. Saragnese led Global Product Development Engineering and Component Operations around the world, including Corporate Research sites in New York, China, India and Germany. He has also served as General Manager Global Sourcing leading a global $6B procurement operation, General Manager for GE Medical Systems’ Global MRI business and the leader for GE Medical Systems’ Global MRI Engineering organization.

Prior to his career in health care, Mr. Saragnese held management roles with GE, RCA, Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin in the aerospace industry. He is a graduate of Rutgers College of Engineering in New Jersey.

Allan Wong, Vtech Chairman and Founder

Mr. Wong (Chairman of the Committee) Entrepreneur ，the co-founder, chairman and CEO of VTech Group; chairman of Innovation Technology Committee of Hong Kong, member of Institute of Applied Science and Technology, member of the board of trustees of University of Hong Kong, vice chairman and independent non-executive director of Bank of East Asia, independent non-executive director of China-Hong Kong Photo Products Holdings Ltd. and Hong Kong Li & Fung.  Mr. Wong won the Chiang's Science and Technology achievement award in 1999, and ranked 203 on the Forbes list of richest Chinese in 2015. Mr. Wong received a Bachelor degree of Science in electrical engineering, University of Hong Kong, a master degree of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, and an honorary doctor of Science and Technology, Hong Kong University of Technology.

Richard Ehman, Professor of Radiology at Mayo Clinic and former Chair of Radiology Section at NIH

Richard L. Ehman, MD, is Professor of Radiology and Blanche and Richard Erlanger Professor of Medical Research at the Mayo Clinic. His research program is focused on developing advanced imaging technologies. He holds more than 100 US and foreign patents for his inventions, many widely used in medical care. He has served as chair of the Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Study Section of the NIH and on the National Advisory Council of NIBIB. He has been awarded Gold Medals by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the Society of Advanced Body Imaging, and the Radiological Society of North America. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. He has served as president of the ISMRM, the Academy of Radiology Research, and the Society for Advanced Body Imaging and the Radiological Society of North America.