Having joined Eli Lilly in June 2015, Justin currently serves as Vice President, Drug Delivery Innovation at Lilly’s Cambridge Innovation Center. In his current role, he is tasked to identify and develop distinct and novel product systems for Lilly’s pipeline. Additionally, he is also leading efforts to establish a maker culture within Lilly and developing new innovation and external partnership models in order to accelerate drug delivery innovation at Lilly. Prior to joining Lilly, Justin spent 8 years at Becton Dickinson (BD) where he served in various roles focused on identifying and commercializing drug delivery systems for the biotech, vaccine, and pharmaceutical industries. During his time at BD he helped commercialize and launch more than 10 drug delivery systems and led efforts in defining the innovation agenda for BD’s $1bn drug delivery portfolio. Prior to BD, just began his career Merck & Company where he spent seven years in roles of increasing responsibility across new product development, product commercialization, and franchise management. During his time at Merck he helped launch 4 new drug products. Justin holds a PhD in Bio-Organic chemistry from Clemson University and spent two years as a research fellow at Harvard Medical School. Justin is the author of more than 25 patents and publications.

Manny is an internationally recognized health advocate who has lived with diabetes since 2002. In the past 20 years, he's led dozens of projects and managed a variety of software products. His Electrical Engineering background (with a masters degree from Cornell University), coupled with his approach to working with people, has helped him build bridges between the technical and business sides.

Between 2007 and 2015, Manny combined his passions at Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF), a nonprofit he co-founded driven by the belief that no one living with diabetes should feel alone. Under his leadership, DHF became a global leader in diabetes social media, and an influential group in diabetes advocacy with a budget over $1 million.

In May 2015, he joined Livongo Health, as their Senior Vice President - Member Experience. At Livongo he is helping reinvent the way we manage chronic conditions (starting with diabetes) through technology, real-time information and human support to make life easier for people with chronic conditions.

He holds advisory and key volunteer roles with Diabetes Hands Foundation, International Diabetes Federation, American Diabetes Association, Diabetes Coalition of California, and other groups. Born in Venezuela, he came to the US in 2000. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife and artist Andreina Davila, his son Santiago, and their dog Lucas.