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Charles Cathlin

Founder

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer at Polaris Genomics

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

FoundedPolaris Genomics

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer at Polaris Genomics

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Polaris Genomics's investors · 4

Maryland TEDCOUpper Marlboro · $500K – $1.5M checksTEDCOColumbia · since 2023U.S. Air Forcesince 2021Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthLos Angeles · $500K – $2M checks

Co-founders at Polaris Genomics

TCTshaka Cunningham
Tshaka CunninghamCo-founder & Director of Research & Development

Experience

  1. Polaris GenomicsChief Executive Officercurrent2021 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
  2. BLPNFounding Membercurrent2026 — present
  3. Johnson & JohnsonJJI Board Fellow2024 — 2026Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  4. TruGenomixCo-Founder / CEO2019 — 2021Washington D.C. Metro Area, United States
  5. TruGenomixCo-Founder2016 — 2021Washington D.C. Metro Area
  6. confinisCo-Founder / Board of Directors Member2018 — 2021Washington D.C. Metro Area, United States
  7. IlluminaIllumina Accelerator Alumni2018San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Defense and Veterans Brain Injury CenterChief of Staff2015 — 2018Washington D.C. Metro Area
  9. Defense and Veterans Brain Injury CenterDeputy Chief of Staff2014 — 2015Washington D.C. Metro Area
  10. Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health ServiceSenior Engineer / O-6 (retired)2001 — 2018Washington D.C. Metro Area
  11. Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain InjuryAssociate Director, Innovation & Implementation Directorate2012 — 2014Washington D.C. Metro Area
  12. Patriot Boot Camp presented by TechstarsAlumni2012Washington D.C. Metro Area
  13. FDA/Center for Devices and Radiological HealthChief, Radiology, Anesthesiology, and Neurology Devices Branch2003 — 2012Washington D.C. Metro Area
  14. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and ResponseMedical Readiness Program Manager2001 — 2003Washington D.C. Metro Area
  15. United States Air ForceBioenvironmental Engineer1998 — 2001Ramstein AB, Germany
  16. United States Air ForceBioenvironmental Engineer1995 — 1998Barksdale AFB, Louisiana

Skills & more

BiotechnologyLifesciencesMedical DevicesProgram ManagementGovernmentLeadershipResearchManagementMilitaryClinical ResearchClinical TrialsStrategic Planning
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Who is Charles Cathlin?
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer at Polaris Genomics
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Charles Cathlin is Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Genomics.
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Charles Cathlin founded Polaris Genomics.
Where did Charles Cathlin go to school?
Charles Cathlin studied at United States Air Force Academy (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Certificate, Board of Directors' Consortium); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Certificate, Executive Education in Entrepreneurship (Ignite Program)).

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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,874

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Also attended The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School39

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Also attended Uniformed Services University4

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Shared employers

Also worked at Polaris Genomics1

Tshaka CunninghamCo-founder & Director of Research & Development at Polaris Genomics

Also worked at Johnson & Johnson226

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Also worked at confinis1

Mattias LarssonFounder at Regenosca

Also worked at United States Air Force133

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