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Jeanne Cunicelli

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EVP UPMC, President UPMC Enterprises at UPMC
📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Jeanne Cunicelli is the President of UPMC Enterprises, leading efforts to commercialize healthcare innovations. With over two decades of experience as a life sciences venture capitalist, she specializes in translating scientific discoveries into new therapeutics, diagnostics, and devices. She holds a bachelors degree from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

Outside of her executive role, Jeanne is a single parent to two children whom she adopted from Ethiopia, an experience she considers her greatest accomplishment. She is also deeply committed to her alma mater, serving as a member of the Board of Trustees for Carnegie Mellon University, where she has served on multiple committees.

Interesting fact: Jeanne is leading the deployment of $1 billion in life sciences investments to accelerate medical breakthroughs.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
EVP UPMC, President UPMC Enterprises
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Personality Overview

How Jeanne shows up

ROI Driven
Friendly But Slow
Curious But Skeptical

They are often friendly and nice, but can sometimes suprise you with their piercing questions They typically tend to be late adopters even when they seem friendly and excited about what you have to sell They are unlikely to ever become strong champions even when the conversations are going well; you should focus on cultivating other champions

Priorities

Topics Jeanne cares about

Translational Sciences
Leads the UPMC Enterprises team focused on accelerating the transfer of scientific discoveries from the lab into life-changing medicines, diagnostics, and devices for patients.
Life Sciences Investing
A veteran venture capitalist with over 20 years of experience investing in medical device, drug delivery, and drug development companies, first at Bay City Capital and now UPMC.
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Career

Work history

1-2021
EVP UPMC, President UPMC Enterprises
UPMC
4-2017 - 1-2021
Executive Vice President
UPMC Enterprises
1-2001 - 7-2015
Partner and Managing Director
Bay City Capital
In the press

Media appearances

UPMC taps life sciences leader as president of digital health entrepreneurial efforts. Featured in Becker's Hospital Review
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Meet the Executive: Jeanne Cunicelli, President of UPMC Enterprises. Featured in UPMC Enterprises – Insights
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of San Francisco
Bachelor of Science - BS
Carnegie Mellon University
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