Aaron Wolen
Single Cell Product Manager at TileDB
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Wolen is a product-focused software engineer and computational biologist with 13 years of experience building tools at the intersection of genomics and data infrastructure. Currently Single Cell Product Manager at TileDB after progressing through senior engineering and principal roles there, he blends hands-on engineering with domain expertise in single-cell and genomic data. His academic roots—PhD in Human and Molecular Genetics and faculty roles creating genomic data science programs—inform a pragmatic approach to reproducible, scalable bioinformatics. He has led bioinformatics cores and training initiatives, co-founded a university data science lab, and developed tooling (e.g., the OSFR package) to improve research workflows. Based in Memphis, he brings both product vision and deep technical chops for shipping data platforms that serve researchers and engineers alike. A rare combination of academic credibility and production engineering makes him effective at translating complex biology into usable, maintainable software.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human and molecular genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human and molecular genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineBachelor of Science (BS), Psychology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology at University of Iowa
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Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
aaronwolen/gwasio
Nov 2017 - Dec 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 33 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years
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ropensci/osfr
Sep 2018 - Nov 2022
R interface to the Open Science Framework (OSF)
Contributions:12 releases, 718 commits, 45 PRs in 4 years 2 months
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