Maneesh S.

Maneesh S. has a diverse and extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Maneesh currently holds the position of Vice President of Upstream Marketing and Strategy at Advanced Bionics, where they are responsible for driving market growth through strategic market analytics, business development, and product management.

Previously, Maneesh worked at Medtronic, where they held several roles including Senior Director of Strategic Innovation, Technical Fellow, Director of Corporate Strategy, Office of the CEO, Technical Fellow, Director of Market Development, Science, and Analytics, Technical Fellow, Director of Strategy and Market Development (Diabetes), Senior Business Integration and Marketing Manager (Emerging Markets), Head of Strategic Market Development (Cardiac), and Medtronic Innovation Fellow. In these roles, they played a key role in accelerating CEO priorities, conducting due diligence for M&A transactions, developing market development strategies, and leading business integration and marketing efforts. Maneesh successfully executed various initiatives such as creating a new pharma clinical trial program, leading Value Based Health Care (VBHC) pilots, and managing global partnerships and alliances.

In addition to their work at Medtronic, Maneesh also served as a Board Member at Evexius Pvt Ltd, a startup healthcare company in India, where they achieved outstanding customer feedback. Maneesh also worked as a Director of Global Market Development at 3M Health Care, strengthening the market penetration of surgical and infection prevention products.

Prior to joining Medtronic, Maneesh worked as a Principal Business Development Associate and Senior Research Scientist at Medtronic Neuromodulation. Maneesh was responsible for driving neurological business development initiatives and developing patented methods for respiration and apnea detection, as well as hemodynamic monitoring algorithms. Maneesh also worked as a Senior Integrated Circuit Design Engineer, designing algorithms for implantable devices.

Maneesh's early career included working as a Quantitative Analyst at Whitebox Advisors LLC, where they created financial and computational analysis models, and as a Business Analyst at Cisco Systems, specializing in acquisitions.

Maneesh S. has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Dartmouth College. Maneesh then pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering from Northwestern University. Following this, Maneesh completed their PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Maneesh then continued their education by obtaining a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Computer Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Maneesh also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - The Lally School of Management. In addition to their formal education, Maneesh obtained a certification in Machine Learning from Stanford University in December 2018.