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Experience
- Waymark Clinical, Inc.Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
- GigaMuneFoundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- El Poblenou LLCAngel Investorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Illumina VenturesEntrepreneur In Residence2022 — 2023Foster City, California, United States
- GigaGen, IncFounder and CEO2010 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- NateraChief Operating Officer, SVP of Research and Development2006 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford University Medical CenterENCODE Project Director2006 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
BiotechnologyGenomicsMolecular BiologyBioinformaticsStart-upsEntrepreneurshipImmunologyProduct DevelopmentCommercializationBusiness DevelopmentCancerLeadership
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Grant WritingClinical TrialsLanguages Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is David Johnson?
- Executive Officer, Director at GigaGen
- Where does David Johnson work?
- David Johnson is Founder of GigaGen.
- What companies did David Johnson found?
- David Johnson founded GigaGen.
- Where did David Johnson go to school?
- David Johnson studied at Stanford University (Ph.D., Genetics); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Duke University (AB, Biology).
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