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 as the Independent director on the Insightec board. Before joining MaxQ, Mr. 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.

Before 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.