Richard Bourgon

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Senior Vice President of Computational Science at Freenome

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Richard Bourgon is the Senior Vice President of Computational Science at Freenome, leading teams in computational biology, machine learning, and software engineering. His expertise lies in developing blood-based diagnostics for early cancer detection, drawing on his extensive background in oncology bioinformatics from his time as a Director at Genentech. He holds a PhD from UC Berkeley.

There is no publicly available information about Richards personal life, hobbies, or interests outside of his professional work in computational biology and oncology.

He recently co-authored a paper on leveraging large language models for extracting information from medical imaging reports, highlighting his work at the cutting edge of AI in healthcare.

Personality Overview

Late Adopter

Unexpressive

Overcautious

They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.  They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.

Topics They Care About

Early Cancer Detection
Leads Freenome's efforts to develop blood-based in vitro diagnostic products for detecting cancer in its earliest stages, as highlighted by the PREEMPT CRC study.
AI/ML in Diagnostics
Heads teams using machine learning on multi-omics data to create robust diagnostic algorithms. Recently co-authored papers on deep learning models for cancer detection.
Computational Biology
His entire career, from Genentech to Freenome, is focused on leading computational biology and bioinformatics teams to analyze high-dimensional biological data.

Media Appearances

Richard has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2024
Senior Vice President of Computational Science at Freenome
6-2020 - 12-2023
Vice President of Computational Science at Freenome
6-2020
Director & Senior Scientist, Oncology Bioinformatics at Genentech
Associate Director & Senior Scientist, Oncology Bioinformatics at Genentech
Senior Scientist, Oncology Bioinformatics at Genentech

Education

2001 - 2006
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from University of California, Berkeley
1987 - 1992
Bachelor of Science & Bachelor of Arts from Brown University

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Insights For Selling To Richard

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Expect them to be vague in response to your questions, ask firmly and pointedly

DONT's

  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.
  • Don't be very accepting if that is your natural style, stay firm

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Richard is

  • Proof of usage by others in the industry, case studies showing ROI are likely to work the best with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Richard

  • They are unlikely to say no, it's better to stop yourself once you have exhausted all the options.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Richard move?

  • They are some of the slowest movers and take their time reaching decisions.
  • Can Richard take some risk or not?

  • They have very low acceptance of risk even if they do not say it directly.

You And Richard

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