MultiTherm let researchers run independent temperature programs side by side in a single plate, replacing the need to tie up several machines for small experiments. I co-founded DeepDiveBio to build it, raised seed funding, recruited a 13-person team, and designed its early mechanics—working with engineering and scientific colleagues to ship instruments for external evaluation.
Leading instrument development, production, and Eton’s business
I built Telesis Bio’s innovation team to deliver three beta DNA-synthesis instruments on time and under budget. I then led the separate GenE production operation, scaling output to 6 million DNA bases per quarter. As Eton’s General Manager, I reorganized sales and launched new services while keeping the laboratories serving customers through the company’s sale.
Building the business around a new laboratory reagent
Researchers already had DNA-assembly kits they trusted. At Racer, I built software to find likely users in published research, partnered with a teammate on technical marketing, handled university sales, and negotiated six signed distribution and marketplace agreements. I also built the custom storefront and the in-house quality and manufacturing software used to trace every kit.
I work through product requirements and engineering tradeoffs with founders and laboratory teams, design and test the approach, and bring in the specialists needed to build it.
I lead the setup of a laboratory or manufacturing operation, find what is slowing output down, and put the equipment, quality records, and team in place to make delivery repeatable.
I help identify customers with a real reason to buy, set practical pricing and distribution terms, and align the operation to deliver what sales promises.
AI has expanded what I can build directly without waiting to hire a software team. I define the workflow, direct AI coding agents, and test the software against how the work actually happens. At Racer, I built the quality and manufacturing app used in production as well as software that read published papers to find research customers.
At BenchSwap, directing AI coding agents let me test a full marketplace prototype in days and then simplify our live site around how researchers actually plan experiments—freeing our small team to focus on landing our first placed customer. At Mimulus, I built the company website, an interactive archive cost story, and a browser demonstration that encodes and recovers real digital files while simulating the physical DNA-storage steps.
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