Bio
Entrepreneur, researcher, and thought-leader in genomics. Earned his doctoral degree exploring the intersection of biology and computer science and is committed to developing transformational technologies to better quality and longevity of human life. A natural leader with experience developing impactful products in academia and industry. Highly collaborative with multiple supervisory, mentorship, leadership, and teaching roles.
PhD. training at University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children, inventing novel software algorithms and applications for the detection of genetic mutations, particularly structural and copy number variations.
Co-founder and CEO of DNAstack, Toronto-based genomics software company with a mandate of making genomics and clinical information globally accessible and useful, supported by major cloud providers, and academic and clinical research partners around the world. Strong presence supporting Toronto- and Canadian-led genomics initiatives and sequencing centres. Co-founder of the Canadian Genomics Cloud and Autism Sharing Initiative.
Chair of the Beacon Project for the Global Alliance for Genomics & Health, defining global technical, ethical, and security standards for genomic mutation sharing. Founder and Lead of the Beacon Network, the world’s largest search engine for public sharing of genomic mutations, which has facilitated millions of searches and has led to disease-gene discoveries and clinical translation. Chair of the Discovery Work Stream for the Global Alliance for Genomics & Health, with the mandate of building the Internet of Genomics, i.e. digital network infrastructure to connect genomics and clinical information systems to accelerate genomics and biomedical research and discovery worldwide.