Summary
Xing Xu is a seasoned product management executive and genomics data platform leader based in Palo Alto, California, with over a decade of experience delivering cloud-based NGS analysis, data management, and LIMS solutions. He is currently driving product strategy and delivery at DNAnexus (since 2019), shaping how research and clinical teams access and interpret large-scale genomic data. Previously, as Director of Cloud Computing at BGI Americas, he built scalable NGS workflows on Hadoop, accelerated processing by up to 90%, and enabled ultra-fast cross-border data transfer. As a founding leader at Genos (later NantOmics) and in roles at Complete Genomics and Life Technologies, he helped launch consumer-facing genomic products, built multi-PB data infrastructures, and advanced data ownership and data marketplaces. He holds a PhD in Computational Biology from Washington University in St. Louis and an MS in Molecular Biology and Biophysics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
zhongguancunyixiao
M.S, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, M.S, Molecular Biology and Biophysics at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Beijing
B.S, Biochemistry, B.S, Biochemistry at Peking University
Beidafuzhong
Ph.D, Computational Biology, Ph.D, Computational Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis