Professional of the Year for 2014 in Biotechnology-Genomics: Kirt Haden
 | Kirt Haden |
| Industry | Biotechnology |
| Title | Director of Software |
| Expertise | Genomics, software project management, biotechnology, bio informatics, software development |
| Current Organization | BioNano Genomics |
| Type of Organization | Biotechnology |
| Major Product | DNA analysis, software development, IRYS systems/prep reagents/instruments/software |
| Area of Distribution | International |
| University/Degree | B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware; M.S., Software Design, Pennsylvania State University |
| Born | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Honors & Awards | First Place, NSF Math program, Emery University, 1979; Perseverance Award, Leads and Northrup, 1991; EDS/IBM Merit Award, 1995; Illumina Values Award, building great products, 2010 |
| Affiliations | Microsoft Biology Foundation, Steering Committee Member, since 2010; Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, since 2011 |
| Hobbies & Sports | Golf, tennis, sailing |
| Work History | Process Ctrl. Eng. Lead, Gamma-Metrics, San Diego CA, 1996-2000; Veeco-Software Manager/Developer, Optimag, San Diego CA, 2000-02; Principal Software Engineer, Genoptix, San Diego CA, 2002-04; Senior Manager SW Dev., Illumina, San Diego CA, 2004-11; Director of Software, BioNano Genomics, San Diego CA, 2011-present |
| Children | Kisten, Thomas |
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