University of California, San Diego

Columbia University in the City of New York

Strategic STEM Leader

I am an end-to-end technical product owner with full P&L responsibilities for two AWS cloud computing services.

Amazon Web Services

Senior Product Manager

I led a diverse and highly-skilled interdisciplinary team in creation of next generation medical genomic tests for management of prostate cancer based on a backbone of innovative web & mobile apps coupled to laboratory systems & infrastructure that cost-effectively scales services with demand.

GenomeDx Biosciences Inc.

Chief Operating Officer

I led strategy and product development to pursue non-invasive prenatal testing based on isolating rare circulating fetal cells from maternal blood with potential to detect hundreds of de novo and inherited genetic conditions.  Integrated proprietary instrumentation, biochemistry and business methods into core product specification and design.  Named inventor on four patent applications.

Celula, Inc

VP & Chief Business Officer

I drove business strategy, corporate development, market research and product management as a direct report to the CEO. We successfully pivoted from life sciences instruments to a premiere integrated diagnostics clinical laboratory and achieved revenue growth from zero to $200 MM in a few years after a successful 2007 IPO. Genoptix was acquired by Novartis in 2011.

Genoptix, Inc.

Sr. Director, Corporate Development

I led multi-disciplinary client teams and McKinsey associates to help major companies achieve superior and sustained growth and performance improvements in competitive strategy, marketing and operations. I worked directly with senior executives in several industries including Technology and Entertainment.

Andy Katz