The Affymetrix Alumni: Where Are They Now?

Jennifer Tye, marketing, Genentech

Sean Walsh, vice president of product development, Veracyte

Eric Wang, senior statistical geneticist, Aria Diagnostics

Ian Walton, director, engineering, Life Technologies

Eva Wang, senior director, information sciences and biostatistics, XDx

Lin Wang, director customer insights, Glu Mobile

Janet Warrington, co-founder and senior vice president of operations, Second Genome

Armin Winands, vice president of sales and support in Europe, Ion Torrent Systems

Frank Witney, CEO, Affymetrix (he had an earlier stint at Affymetrix before returning as CEO in 2011). [Added: 10:30 am, 5/3/12]

Kai Wu, senior researcher, Intel

Greg Yap, lifecycle leader (SVP), Advanced Assays, Roche Diagnostics

Jean Yee, director of finance, Ariosa Diagnostics

Suzanne Yokota, VP of marketing and commercial operations, Verinata Health

Ted Young, sales, DVS Sciences

George Yu, counsel, Schiff Hardin

Yan Zhang, vice president of market development, Asia, Ion Torrent Systems

Wei Zhou, CEO, Centrillion Biosciences

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.