A Team of Visionaries

Part of DNAnexus since its inception, George has been involved in the design and implementation of the DNAnexus product line and its application in key accounts around the world. He currently heads strategic projects, exploring ways in which DNAnexus technology can be used to craft novel experiences that transcend traditional genomics boundaries. George holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford University, where he helped analyze 1% of the human genome as part of the ENCODE Pilot Project. His prior research experience includes comparative metagenomics, silicon compilers for reconfigurable hardware, and elliptic curve cryptanalysis.

Sean is passionate about the precision medicine revolution and brings more than 20 years experience from across the healthcare business landscape to DNAnexus. He’s played key roles in Pharma (GSK), Medical Device (LifeCell & Intuitive Surgical), and in Clinical Trials Data & Analytics (Flatiron Health, Medidata & ConcertAI). At Medidata, Sean led commercial business development for a Biomarker discovery solution using AI/ML for the identification of patient subgroups earlier in the translational research process. He also brings experience in leading strategic market development in RWE and External Control Arms. Sean is a proud graduate of Howard University, in Washington, DC where he earned a Bachelor of Science.

Loren is a seasoned leader with 3+ decades of experience working in the regulated space of life sciences, clinical, and basic research. He brings a unique skillset combination of science, commercial, regulatory, quality, and IT to our team and is responsible for providing leadership in Security, Quality and Compliance for DNAnexus and our customers. He is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and faculty member at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he created Oncolink and related social media communities. Before joining DNAnexus, Loren was the CISO and VP of Customer Support at Model N.

As General Manager for Biobanks, Asha brings a wealth of expertise in scaling businesses, building out first-in-industry operations to help accelerate the growth path of DNAnexus. Her experience spans molecular virology, science policy, management consulting, and operational leadership at Fortune 500 companies. Most recently Asha was the head of US Clinical Operations at Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, accountable for all in-sourced, late-stage clinical trials, from oncology and immunology to rare disease, neurology and beyond. She has served leadership roles at McKesson Corporation, Deloitte and Quintiles Consulting focused on life science strategy and operations. Asha is an author and business thought leader, co-authoring a best seller in Medical Technology—Mobile Medicine: Overcoming People, Culture, and Governance. She is a member of the scientific advisory board for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) and corporate director for IDEXX Laboratories (NASDAQ: IDXX). Asha earned her BS in Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh and her PhD in Cancer Biology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Richard has three decades of experience in building companies in healthcare and genomics, including 13 years at Baxter Laboratories. Subsequently to Baxter, Richard founded companies in both managed care and laboratory services, and was also the CEO of Visible Genetics (NASDAQ: VGIN), the pioneer in laboratory-based gene sequencing and bioinformatics. Education includes a BS in finance from New York University and an MBA from Harvard University.

John has spent his career driving innovative technology to improve people's lives. At DNAnexus, John leads the Product, Engineering, Science, Services, and Support teams. Prior, John was CPO at Vantiq, delivering intelligent systems in the IoT space, and co-founder, CTO, and CPO at Model N (NYSE: MODN) where he led the Global Products group and drove technical strategy. John holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of California at Irvine and a PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

As Chief Product Officer, Fan is responsible for the vision, strategy, design, and delivery of DNAnexus products. She has deep experience bringing innovative products to market. Prior to DNAnexus, Fan held product leadership and management positions at Adobe and Model N. Fan earned a Bachelor's degree in Biology at the University of Science and Technology of China, and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Southern California.

Kelly serves as Vice President and Head of People where she leads efforts in all things "people”. She is responsible for talent acquisition, employee growth and development, building a great culture, and facilitating organizational development. Kelly joined DNAnexus after leading HR at Telenav, another disruptive tech company in Silicon Valley. There, Kelly led the HR transition from venture-backed “start up” through a successful IPO. She holds a Bachelor's in Psychology from Stonehill College.

Laura brings two decades of experience in developing and growing the accounting function and teams in high-tech startup companies. Laura comes most recently from Ingenuity Systems where she was the Controller during an acquisition by Qiagen, inc. Prior, Laura worked at companies from the initial startup stages through IPO. Laura holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Miami University.

Keith heads the Security and IT functions at DNAnexus. He is passionate about securely enabling collaborative research with the scale of the cloud. Prior to joining DNAnexus, Keith led the Security & Privacy functions at Zenefits and built the security engineering & operations capabilities for Informatica’s transition to a public cloud. Keith received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida.

Jim serves as our Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he was the CFO for Cumulus Networks (sold to NVIDIA). Prior to Cumulus, he held CFO roles at Panasas, VSS Network Monitoring, Solexant Corp, and Nanosolar. He entered the venture capital world after serving as the VP of Finance for 4 divisions of IBM (Hard Disk Drives, Storage Subsystems, Consumer Products Division, and Open System Servers & Software) as well as Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. Jim received a BS in Commerce & Engineering from Drexel University and an MBA from Stanford.

Tuan is passionate about applying technology to advance healthcare. He brings proven experience in building organizations, including services, software development, knowledge engineering, and commercial operations. Prior to joining DNAnexus, Tuan was the VP of Informatics at QIAGEN and held multiple leadership positions at Ingenuity Systems, helping it emerge from stealth startup to become the commercial genomics data analysis leader. Tuan holds a BS from San Francisco State.

Tim brings 20+ years experience in enterprise software sales to DNAnexus. He has built and led sales organizations and managed strategic customer relations within the life science and healthcare industries. At Oracle, Tim led the America's healthcare sales organization for the HSGBU, managed life science and translational research sales teams at ID Business Solutions, and held key bioinformatics sales and sales management positions at InforMax/Life Technologies. Tim holds a BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Tyler is passionate about the advancement of precision medicine and brings over a decade of experience building SaaS companies. He has expertise in leading sales organizations and creating scalable go-to-market focus. After initially helping grow the Oracle ISV business, Tyler has managed key business units at Plutora and Signifyd where he helped grow revenues 3x and 7x respectively. Tyler completed both his undergrad and MBA at Dallas Baptist University, while also earning D1 All-American honors in baseball. He currently lives in Austin, TX with his wife and daughter.

Omar has decades of experience building global operations teams and infrastructures, including cloud computing at Amazon Web Services, social web real-time analysis services at Topsy Labs, and messaging security services at Cloudmark and Critical Path. Prior to joining DNAnexus, he developed the Enterprise I/T Cloud Transformation consulting practice at Amazon Web Services, working with global pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and entertainment companies to drive cloud adoption. Omar received his BS in Chemistry from UC Berkeley.

Kristy is passionate about customer satisfaction spending over a decade focusing on customers and the people, processes, and technology that serve them. Prior to DNAnexus, she led QIAGEN’s Americas Bioinformatics Services and Support organization. She received her PhD in Medical Materials Engineering at Imperial College London publishing numerous high impact peer reviewed journal articles and patenting a device for noninvasive tissue monitoring during surgical procedures.

Dan leads the Professional Services team at DNAnexus; a multi-disciplinary team focused on helping customers get maximum value out of DNAnexus technology. Dan has held a wide range of technical and leadership roles centered on products and services that allow people to leverage the incredible rate of change of technology especially around cloud computing, data science and life science software solutions. Prior to joining DNAnexus Dan ran the product development and data science functions for QIAGEN’s Digital Insights Business Area, led the Computer Science Research team at IBM, and managed several product business areas at Rational Software. Dan holds a BS in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Princeton University.

Nuckols brings more than 25 years of experience leading commercial teams, corporate growth strategy, M&A, and global accounts in the healthcare and life sciences sector. He previously served as ArisGlobal’s Chief Revenue Officer, where he was responsible for leading all aspects of the commercial organization. Prior to ArisGlobal, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at ERT, a leading data and technology company supporting clinical drug development companies. Nuckols was part of the original ERT leadership team during its transformation and rapid growth phase that led to two successful exits. He also held senior executive roles at GE Healthcare, Sage Healthcare, IBM Corporation, Computer Associates, Cognos Corporation, and Oracle. Nuckols holds a bachelor of science degree from Radford University.