Sebby Borriello

Sebby began his career at Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, a Johnson & Johnson (J&J) company, holding various commercial positions in both the pharmaceutical and medical device segments. Therapeutic areas include Neurology, Wound Care, Aesthetics, Anti-Infectives/Infection Prevention, Biosurgery and Women’s Health. After 25 years of driving business results and developing people at numerous J&J companies, Sebby joined Cempra Pharmaceutical as Vice President, Market Development, leading all pre-commercial efforts, including KOL development, commercial advisory boards and launch strategies.

In September 2016, Sebby joined SK life science as Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, to evolve the company from an Clinical/R&D-only entity to build out a commercial organization. As Vice President and CCO, he created a “best in class” high-performing commercial team and was responsible for developing the launch strategy. SK lifescience successfully launched the company’s first product, XCOPRI®, in May 2020 in the U.S. Sebby also played an instrumental role in one of the largest biotech IPOs in South Korea ($880 million raise) during the summer of 2020.

Sebby earned his BA in political science and public administration from St. John’s University, where he was captain of the baseball team and later drafted by the Minnesota Twins. He earned a master’s degree in organizational dynamics in 2001 from the University of Pennsylvania. “Off the field,” He is a board member for the Family Resource Network , a New-Jersey based organization that serves approximately 30,000 individuals each year impacted by epilepsy, autism, and other chronic illness. He also serves as a board member of Seton Hall’s Customer Experience Certificate Program.