Management

Todd Smith, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, was a postdoctoral scientist in Dr. Leroy Hood's laboratory at the University of Washington Genome Center where he sequenced a large region of DNA containing the first breast cancer gene to be discovered, BRCA1. While at the UW Genome Center, he designed and led development of automated software systems for capturing and analyzing information from high throughput DNA sequencing. Dr. Smith received his B.S. in Genetics and Biochemistry in 1984 from the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry in 1994 from the University of Washington.

Rob Arnold, President, Director, joined Geospiza in 2003. Previously, he founded and was Chairman and CEO of Crossport Systems, an innovator in security solutions for broadband providers and applications, which was sold in 2001 to Lineo (now a subsidiary of Motorola). Before Crossport, Mr. Arnold co-founded and served as CEO of ST Labs, Inc., a 250-person software testing and quality assurance firm, which was sold in 1999 to Data Dimensions, Inc. (now LionBridge). Mr. Arnold is an 8-year member of the Washington Software Association (WSA) board of directors.

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