Speaker's Profile

Shirley Bergin brings 25+ years of leadership experience across a number of industries with the last 15 years spent in healthcare. She has developed and executed innovative business and marketing strategies across a variety of verticals for start-ups and established firms alike. For 10 years, she led the TEDMED organization as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and Curator, where she worked to establish TEDMED as a credible, respected, mission driven brand and platform for showcasing and sharing important advancements in health and medicine. Shirley supports innovation, technology and entrepreneurship in healthcare by serving as an advisor for start-ups and early stage companies. She has judged innovation competitions for MIT, AARP, MassChallenge and SXSW programs, is a current advisor for StartUp Health, Ellipsis Health and Going Digital Behavioral Health Tech, and is an independent board director for Tiber Health.