Alpha Diallo
Co-founder & Principal Consultant at Lumina Global Consulting LLC
Marietta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolAlpha Diallo is a co-founder and principal consultant with 11 years of experience specializing in bioinformatics, solutions science, and platform-driven genomics workflows. He has held senior leadership roles at companies including Pacific Biosciences, DNAnexus, Form Bio, and Colossal Biosciences, blending hands-on technical delivery with customer-facing solutions and advisory work. Trained to PhD level in computer science from UQAM, he began his career building bioinformatics tools, data standards, and web interfaces, and has repeatedly moved between research, product, and consulting to operationalize complex sequencing analyses. Based in Marietta, Georgia, he now leads Lumina Global Consulting to help organizations deploy scalable genomics solutions and integrate reproducible workflows. Notably, his background spans both academic sequencing studies on human brain tissue and commercial platform engineering, giving him rare visibility into scientific rigor and product-grade software. He brings a pragmatic founder’s mentality: translating deep technical knowledge into deployable, client-focused systems.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal
English, French, fulah
Github Skills (4)
ansible-role4
angular4
ansible3
java2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
formbio/laava
Apr 2024 - Apr 2025
LAAVA: Long-read AAV Analysis
Contributions:19 reviews, 1 branch, 7 comments in 1 year
dnanexus/viral-ngs
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
viral-ngs
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 2 months
viralviral-ngsngsangular
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