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Kevan Samiee

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Chief Technology Officer at Genalyte, Inc.
📍 San Diego, California, United States

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.

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Experience
2 Years
Current Role
Chief Technology Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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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.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Chief Technology Officer
Genalyte, Inc.
4-2024 - 5-2025
Senior Vice President
Genalyte, Inc.
4-2023 - 3-2024
Vice President of Technology Development
Genalyte, Inc.
4-2023
Senior Director, Platform Applications
Illumina
Director, Engineering
Illumina
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Education
2016 - 2018
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
The Wharton School
Ph.D.
Cornell University
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