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Pep Gubau Bet on AI Before Pharma Wanted to Hear About It
A two-week internship taught him what he did not want. Four decades, two exits and one stubborn bet later, Pep Gubau is still trying to make industrial data useful where every decision needs a paper trail.
John Vitalie
John Vitalie is the CEO of Aktana, a San Francisco-based AI platform company that helps global life sciences organizations optimize commercial engagement with healthcare providers. A three-time software CEO with leadership stints at Salesforce, Oracle, and Siebel Systems, Vitalie brings a decade of pioneering AI in life sciences to a company building what it calls a Contextual Intelligence Engine - blending AI, human insight, and omnichannel orchestration to make every pharma sales interaction more timely and personalized. Recognized as one of the Top 25 Biotech CEOs of 2022 by the Healthcare Technology Report, he champions a philosophy that AI should augment human judgment, not replace it.