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Dana Caulder

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Sr Director, Technical Development Data and Digital at Gilead Sciences
📍 San Carlos, California, United States

Dana Caulder is the Sr. Director of Technical Development Data and Digital at Gilead Sciences. A technology leader in R&D with a PhD from UC Berkeley, she specializes in leading teams that use data to solve complex life sciences challenges. Colleagues describe her as enthusiastic and a driver of innovation.

Dana is a passionate champion for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and an advocate for women in technology. She focuses on creating high-trust, collaborative team environments that foster innovation by breaking down organizational silos and encouraging clear communication.

She successfully pivoted her career from a postdoctoral scientist to a software engineer with no prior development experience.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Sr Director, Technical Development Data and Digital
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Carlos, California, United States
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R&D Digital Transformation
Leads the new "Technical Development Data & Digital" team at Gilead, focused on leveraging data and technology to accelerate bringing medicine from discovery to patient.
Innovative Team Culture
Believes in creating high-trust, high-performing teams. She has published on managing mixed remote/in-house teams to improve communication and delivery.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Sr Director, Technical Development Data and Digital
Gilead Sciences
6-2008 - 12-2023
Executive Director of Research Informatics & Software Engineering
Genentech
2-2003 - 4-2008
Sr Application Developer II
Exelixis
9-2000 - 2-2003
Software Engineer II
Galileo Laboratories
10-1998 - 8-2000
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Education
1994 - 1998
PhD
University of California, Berkeley
1990 - 1994
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University of South Carolina
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