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personal interests
In my spare time I perform with the Foothill Afternoon Band playing swing standards and contemporary big band tunes. I've put some recordings online at http://www.alanroter.com/foothill/.
I also enjoy skiing when I can get away. If you would like to check out the ultimate skiing, check out Canadian Mountain Holidays. The Kootenay lodge is easy to get to and offers shorter trips, if you're busy like me.
pilates
If you are interested in Pilates training on the peninsula, you should definitely check out my wife's Pilates studio at www.pilatesfromthecenter.com.
rebounding
My wife is developing a new program for the elderly that has tangible health benefits. If you are interested or know someone who is, check out www.joyofjumping.com.
professional bio
I am currently serving as the Vice President of Informatics at Entelos, Inc. Iconix Biosciences was acquired by Entelos, which has incorporated the Iconix products and services into their portfolio. I am resposible for all of the Iconix business unit.
I joined Iconix in August 1997 as a founder. During my tenure, I built and led a team of as many as 25 Informatics scientists working on software development and database design. In the role of chief designer, our team built very-large-scale web applications and multi-terabyte databases.
Extensible Informatics Article
InfoWorld Award for Innovative Use of AJAX Technology
Before that I was the Director of Computational Biology for Sequana Therapeutics. I joined Sequana as a founding employee in 1993. At Sequana, I led a team of 13 bioinformatics scientists to develop systems for high throughput sequencing, physical mapping, automated sequence annotation and candidate gene analysis. I was also responsible for establishing Sequana's bioinformatics systems for high-throughput genotyping.
From 1988 to 1993, I worked at Applied Biosystems where I authored software for the 373B Automated DNA Sequencer, the original standard in the genomics research community, plus several other software applications.
Concurrent with these positions, I wrote and commercialized a software package called Plasmid ARTIST.
My academic training includes a Ph.D. in Developmental Biology from the University of Chicago, and a BS in Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, plus Post-Doctoral work at M.I.T.
For more information, please view my profile on LinkedIn.
