Kevan Samiee

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Chief Technology Officer at Genalyte, Inc.

San Diego, California, United States

Overview

Kevan is the Chief Technology Officer at Genalyte, leveraging nearly 25 years of experience in life sciences to commercialize transformative diagnostic technologies. An alumnus of Cornell University (Ph. D. ) and The Wharton School (MBA), he has a track record of leading R&D, engineering, and product development teams at industry leaders like Illumina.

Outside of his professional life, Kevan is a family man with two children. He stays active with mountain biking and is also a musician who plays the piano. His interests also extend to training the familys Belgian Malinois for Schutzhund trials, a challenging dog sport.

He has successfully driven a custom products and partnerships team that generated over $300M in annual revenue.

Personality Overview

Value Driven

Assertive

Example Seeker

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation.

Topics They Care About

Diagnostic Technology
As CTO of Genalyte, he is focused on breakthrough diagnostic platforms, highlighted by the recent FDA clearance for the company's Maverick system.
Commercializing Science
His career is dedicated to bringing new life science technologies from R&D to market, a core theme in his professional introduction and previous roles.
Engineering Leadership
He has a history of building and leading interdisciplinary engineering teams and is actively hiring for key software engineering leadership roles at Genalyte.

Media Appearances

Kevan has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2025
Chief Technology Officer at Genalyte, Inc.
4-2024 - 5-2025
Senior Vice President at Genalyte, Inc.
4-2023 - 3-2024
Vice President of Technology Development at Genalyte, Inc.
4-2023
Senior Director, Platform Applications at Illumina
Director, Engineering at Illumina

Education

2016 - 2018
Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The Wharton School
Ph.D. from Cornell University

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Exp : 2 Location : San Diego, California, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Chief Technology Officer at Genalyte, Inc.
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Insights For Selling To Kevan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals
  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals

DONT's

  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kevan is

  • Clear proof of product value matters to them, followed by others' testimonials and rapport.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kevan

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kevan move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Kevan take some risk or not?

  • They systematically evaluate all decisions and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Kevan

Personality Compatibility


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