Jong Yoon Lee

2026 Young Alumni Achievement Award

For exceptional leadership in translating computer engineering innovation into globally deployed medical technologies, including multiple FDA-cleared wearable systems, large-scale clinical research platforms, and digital biomarkers that have impacted patient care across more than a dozen countries.

Jong Yoon Lee

Jong Yoon Lee

BSCE ’18

Sibel Health

Jong Yoon Lee is the Chief Technology Officer (2022–present) at Sibel Health, where he leads the development and commercialization of wireless patient monitoring systems and wearable technologies that leverage digital biomarkers to improve patient care. He has successfully guided Class I and II medical devices through the full product lifecycle, achieving regulatory clearances in both the United States and Europe while supporting clinical studies in more than 26 countries.

Prior to becoming CTO, he served as Vice President of Software Engineering at Sibel Health (2018–2022), building multidisciplinary teams focused on connected healthcare technologies. Earlier in his career, he conducted research with the John Rogers Research Group, the Center for Cognitive Computing Systems Research, and the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, contributing to advances in wearable sensors, bioelectronics, and medical-device innovation. He also serves as a Software Advisor to the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics at Northwestern University.

His work has focused on the development of soft, skin-interfaced wearable systems for maternal and neonatal care, physiological monitoring, and digital biomarker discovery, helping translate groundbreaking academic research into globally deployed healthcare products. He has authored more than 25 scientific publications in leading journals, including Nature Medicine, Science, and Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Lee earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2018. His achievements have been recognized with honors including Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare and Crain’s 40 Under 40.

Current as of 2026.