CB Rank (Person) 848,925

Mr. Andy Watson joins RainDance from Life Technologies where he was most recently Vice President, SOLiD Sequencing Product Management responsible for business strategy, market analysis, and product management for all sequencing-by-ligation and single-molecule DNA sequencing systems.

Previously, he led Applied Biosystems' (now part of Life

Technologies) capillary electrophoresis (CE) sequencing business. At Applied Biosystems, he also led a number of genetic analysis market and strategy projects that culminated in the acquisition of the SOLiD sequencing technology.

Before joining Applied Biosystems, Mr. Watson was a founder of Quantum Dot Corporation (acquired by Invitrogen). He also led the development of technologies and software for large scale DNA analysis at Sequana Therapeutics (acquired by Celera) and at The Sanger Centre. Mr. Watson has been the principal investigator on competitive federal grants and is an inventor on more than 25 issued patents and applications.

He holds M.Eng., M.A., and B.A. degrees from King's College, Cambridge University, England.

Number of Past Jobs 5
Andy Watson has had 5 past jobs including Chief Commercial Officer at RainDance Technologies.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
RainDance Technologies
Chief Commercial OfficerMay 2011Feb 2014
Life Technologies
Vice President - Advanced Genetic SystemsMar 2008May 2011
Applied Biosystems
Sr Director - CE BusinessOct 2004Mar 2008
Quantum Dot
VP - Systems Engineering & Business DevelopmentNov 1998Oct 2004
Sequana Therapeutics
Director - Genomics TechnologiesNov 1994Oct 1998