Dr. Christy Sheehy-Bensinger
FounderCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer at C. Light Technologies
Santa Clara, California, United States
FoundedC. Light Technologies
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About
Dr. Christy K. Sheehy is the Founder and CEO of C. Light Technologies, Inc., a company developing AI-driven eye-tracking technology for healthcare applications. In May 2023, the company received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Retitrack device, a retinal eye-tracker that quantifies oculomotor function, including fixational eye motion. Sheehy has clinical research experience with neurodegenerative patient populations at UC Berkeley and UCSF, has published work linking fixational deficits to neurodegenerative disease progression, and has raised over $9M in funding through venture capital, angel investors, and grants.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at C. Light Technologies
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Experience
- C. Light Technologies, Inc.CEO, Foundercurrent2014 — presentSanta Clara, CA
- UCSF Medical CenterPostdoctoral Research Scholar2016 — 2020Department of Neurology
- UC BerkeleyGraduate Student Researcher2010 — 2015UC Berkeley
- University of Rochester Medical CenterTechnical Assistant II2009 — 2010Flaum Eye Institute
- Corning TropelOptical System Test Engineer2007 — 2009Fairport, NY
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Confocal MicroscopyAdaptive OpticsMicroscopyResearchScienceExperimental DesignEntrepreneurshipStart-upsResearch and Development (R&D)MatlabSolidworksExperimentationLanguages Spanish
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- Who is Dr. Christy Sheehy-Bensinger?
- Dr. Christy K. Sheehy is the Founder and CEO of C. Light Technologies, Inc., a company developing AI-driven eye-tracking technology for healthcare applications. In May 2023, the company received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Retitrack device, a retinal eye-tracker that quantifies oculomotor function, including fixational eye motion. Sheehy has clinical research experience with neurodegenerative patient populations at UC Berkeley and UCSF, has published work linking fixational deficits to neurodegenerative disease progression, and has raised over $9M in funding through venture capital, angel investors, and grants.
- Where does Dr. Christy Sheehy-Bensinger work?
- Dr. Christy Sheehy-Bensinger is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of C. Light Technologies.
- What companies did Dr. Christy Sheehy-Bensinger found?
- Dr. Christy Sheehy-Bensinger founded C. Light Technologies.
- Where did Dr. Christy Sheehy-Bensinger go to school?
- Dr. Christy Sheehy-Bensinger studied at University of California, San Francisco (Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurology); University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Vision Science/Physiological Optics); University of Rochester (MS, Optics (Concentration in Business Administration)).
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