Head, Technology Development & Sequencing Operations
San Diego, Ca, Us
• Assembled and lead cross-functional team that produced over 40,000 human and 6,000 microbiome genomes in 3 years.• Participated in the generation and analysis of both Germline and Somatic datasets for assessment of role in oncology, cardiovascular, immunological and metabolic disorders.• Recruited and managed team members in Operations, Technical Development, Quality & Materials Management areas.• Lead integrated team in development of customized scalable NGS-based workflows including Specimen stabilization (human & microbiome), Sample extraction (DNA & RNA), WGS (PCR & PCR-Free), WES (Whole Exome and Disease-Specific Enrichment Panels), RNASeq (Whole transcriptome and Disease-Specific Enrichment Panels)• Best in class operational performance with over 95% “first pass” acceptance (WGS mean coverage: 30x) in production testing and over 90% operational availability for key production line equipment • Established and managed development & production "farm" that included 8 NovaSeq6000, 24 HiSeqX, 6 HiSeq4000, 2 PacBio RS II as well as multiple automated liquid handling platforms (e.g. Hamilton & Tecan)• Managed operational OpEx budget of > $30M/yr and CapEx infrastructure budget > $30M• Member of integrated team guiding development, deployment and utilization of computational NGS pipelines and tools commonly employed in the detection and annotation of germline and somatic variants (e.g. Aspera, HAS, BWA, GATK & Picard).• Worked closely with key stakeholders (Finance, Facilities, IT, Security, Commercial & Regulatory) to enable safe, robust, responsible, compliant and scalable operations.• Lead integrated team enabling real-time monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).• Developed Cost of Goods and Services (CoGS) models for all production deliverables.• Participated in the definition and development regulatory (CLIA, CAP & QSR) strategy