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Drew Kennedy

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Senior Director, Technology Development at Guardant Health
📍 San Diego, California, United States

Drew Kennedy is the Senior Director of Technology Development at Guardant Health, leveraging a PhD in Bioengineering from Stanford University. His expertise lies in integrating biology and engineering, with a career focus on genomics, biosensor development for DNA sequencing, and diagnostic technologies. Colleagues describe him as highly knowledgeable and an effective leader.

He maintains a keen interest in the intersection of advanced computing and genetics, following developments in open-source AI software designed to uncover noncoding mutations in rare genetic diseases. This reflects his core passion for using technology to solve complex biological challenges.

Unique fact: Drew won a first-place award at the International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering for his research poster on ribozyme-based devices.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Senior Director, Technology Development
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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Genomic Technology
His career progression at Guardant Health and previous work at Roswell Biotechnologies is centered on developing new technologies for single-molecule DNA sequencing and diagnostics.
CRISPR Genome Editing
He co-authored significant research on enhancing CRISPR-Cas genome editing efficiency in human primary cells during his time at Stanford University.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Senior Director, Technology Development
Guardant Health
10-2021 - 2-2025
Director, Technology Development
Guardant Health
4-2020 - 10-2021
Associate Director, Technology Development
Guardant Health
11-2018 - 4-2020
Senior Scientist, Emerging Applications
Illumina
5-2018 - 11-2018
Lead Scientist
Roswell Biotechnologies
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Education
2009 - 2014
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Stanford University
2007 - 2009
Master of Science (M.S.)
Caltech
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