Bioinformatics Manager, Expert Bioinformatics Scientist
Current- Manage two bioinformatics teams focused on clinical services projects, developing NGS pipelines, and supporting the Genomics Informatics software portfolio.- Collaborate with Scientists, R&D, marketing, QA, support, and upper management on new initiatives, including the development of clinical sequencing tests and informatics software improvements.- Design and conduct clinical NGS analyses to enhance the identification and classification of genetic variants, including: whole genome/exome (SNV/CNV/SV calling), Single-Cell, RNA-Seq, and Methyl-Seq using open-source tools, statistical analysis, and R/Python scripting/pipeline development.- Develop, implement, and validate scalable analysis pipelines for clinical targeted NGS products.- Provide leadership, guidance, and cross-functional technical expertise across teams.- Develop/lead Agilent VIP program to support high-volume customers.- Identify/resolve critical software issues affecting clinical analysis results, leading to improvements in software R&D/Quality, cost savings, and increased customer satisfaction.- Provide secondary/tertiary bioinformatics expertise and automated solutions to customers and internal stakeholders to support Agilent’s end-to-end (fastq to report) clinical NGS workflow solution.