DNAnexus CEO and leadership

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.

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.

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.

N. Fan are a Chief Product Officer at DNAnexus.

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.