A career transition platform helping clinicians move from medicine into the technology industry.
Christopher Baer
Building things on the internet
Current Interests
- AI for Science
- How AI Will Disrupt Medicine
- Sociological Theory — Luhmann
- Learning Health Systems
- Philosophy
Selected Work
This personal website — built with Astro and deployed on Cloudflare Workers.
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About
Christopher Baer
Christopher Baer is a product and strategy leader with nearly two decades of experience in internet marketplaces. His career spans eBay, Tripadvisor, and Wish, where he was a member of the executive team as Sr. Director of Strategy & Transformation — playing a key role in the company's turnaround while owning product for on-site advertising and the desktop & mobile web experience.
Chris served as Head of Product at FlipKey, a vacation rental marketplace acquired by Tripadvisor, leading Product, Design, Content, and Analytics. He has also co-founded two companies: a recruiting technology startup and a healthcare venture where he built product, process, and technology for a specialty medical practice.
He holds a B.A. in Human Biology with a concentration in Neuroscience and a minor in Mathematical & Computational Science from Stanford University. His interests sit at the intersection of technology, science, and medicine. He is currently writing a non-fiction book and advises selectively through Tech First Ventures.
Chris lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and dog.