Our Leadership

A successful invasive and clinical cardiologist and leading cardiovascular researcher in Congestive heart failure, Dr. Martinez has been practicing cardiovascular medicine in South Florida since 2003 and at the forefront of cardiac innovations. Data-driven, analytic, evidence based with extensive experience developing, leading, and managing high-performing, diverse teams around cardiovascular health treatment initiatives and protocols to improve outcomes, cost containment and ease of service delivery within multispecialty clinic systems.

Dr. Martinez has helped to develop treatment protocols for Congestive heart failure and peripheral-vascular disease for several multi-specialty clinics advising on cardiovascular disease management while improving those systems bottom lines while advocating and keeping in line with specialty treatment guidelines.

Chris is an innovative healthcare technology executive specializing in scaled IT operations, secure clinical infrastructure, and digital health transformation. Leading information technology teams for full-risk integrated care delivery networks — including Humana Healthcare, Continucare, MetCare, and CAC Medical Centers — Chris played a pivotal role in delivering cutting-edge technical solutions to over 120 remote healthcare facilities across the United States.

With an entrepreneurial spirit, Chris founded Healthchat in 2015, a telehealth platform connecting medical centers, providers, and patients globally. He actively drives growth in South Florida's entrepreneurial ecosystem and frequently shares insights as a keynote speaker on healthcare business models, startup scaling, and education.

Bringing a distinctive technical perspective to Gal3n, Chris holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Information Technology from Florida Atlantic University.

Brian founded Effective Consulting LLC in Miami, FL 20 years ago as a full-spectrum IT Consultancy and Managed Service Provider. Over these last 2 decades, he has built a team of engineers and honed their technical skillsets through continuous training as well as his leadership on many large-scale deployment projects for both US-based & global clients. Presently the company provides network design services & end-to-end support for over 100 firms around the globe.

As CEO of the company, Brian brings a successful, agile entrepreneurial perspective to the team, with a thorough understanding of business operations and streamlining of service delivery. From his lead engineering role on earlier projects he also carries many years of technical expertise in both systems and network design.

He was born and raised in Miami, and has been involved with technology from very young, landing an internship at Burger King World Headquarters’ nascent Online Division, while still in high-school.

Carlos is a healthcare operations and clinical research leader with over 15 years of experience modernizing how care is delivered and accessed. As Chief Operating Officer at Gal3n Health, he is advancing telehealth through FDA-approved diagnostic peripherals and HIPAA-compliant platforms that enable real-time remote physical exams from virtually any setting, including hospitals, homes, clinics, and maritime environments. His mission is to decentralize healthcare by combining clinical precision with advanced technology to deliver “Remote Real Medicine” anytime, anywhere.

Before Gal3n, Carlos served as COO at Miami Clinical Research, leading cross-functional operations, optimizing workflows, and driving innovation that improved productivity and revenue while strengthening compliance. Earlier, he was a shareholder at Ideal Clinical Research Inc, managing FDA-regulated IND, NDA, and 505(b)(2) studies, and held leadership roles at Ricoh USA focused on process optimization. He holds degrees from Florida International University and Miami Dade College and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Raúl began his career as an attorney handling litigation and corporate matters. After ten years practicing law, Raúl transitioned into business leadership. At 3M Company he served as a Global Business Manager, as well as Executive Committee Member with over $1 billion in revenue. After 3M, he served as Vice President & Executive Committee Member, Europe for Travelocity where he was based in London and was responsible for pan-European businesses with over $400 million in sales.

Upon returning to the U.S., he served as CEO of PetsMD until its acquisition in early 2011. He has since been active working with early-stage companies. Raúl earned his J.D. summa cum laude from St. Mary’s University School of Law, where he served as Editor for the St. Mary’s Law Journal. He has an M.B.A. from the University of Texas and was a Kozmetsky Award recipient.