Adam Hansen
CEO & Founder at Geneial
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Hansen is a mission-driven founder and computational geneticist with a PhD in Human Genetics and a decade of experience building products at the intersection of genomics, software, and healthcare. As CEO and Founder of Geneial he is building privacy-preserving infrastructure to unlock biomedical data exchange without transferring ownership, translating deep rare-disease discovery experience into practical tools for researchers, diagnostics, and therapeutics. He previously co-founded digital health ventures (including Roxie Health) and served as a Biodesign Fellow at TMC Innovation, gaining hands-on knowledge of value-based care, telehealth, and reimbursement dynamics. Trained in one of the largest genomic centers, he led discovery of 154 novel candidate disease-gene associations and has co/first-authored multiple manuscripts, bringing rigorous research discipline to product strategy. Fluent in Mandarin and experienced across startups, non-profits, and enterprise engineering, he blends technical depth, regulatory-savvy, and entrepreneurial grit to remove friction from genomic medicine.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Chinese Language and Literature, Advanced Chinese Language and Literature at Nanjing UniversityPhD Human/Medical Genetics, PhD Human/Medical Genetics at Baylor College of MedicineMinor Management Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Minor Management Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Brigham Young University Marriott School of BusinessBachelor of Science (BS) Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Bioinformatics at Brigham Young University
Chinese, Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (3)
issue-tracking9
anaconda6
caller5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hansenaw/adamwhansen
Jul 2015 - Aug 2021
Contributions:77 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 1 month
BCM-HGSC/HARLEE_analysis
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
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