Ben Liesfeld
Managing Director, Founder at varvis®
Klein Schwaß, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Top SchoolBen Liesfeld is a PhD physicist turned entrepreneur and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building regulated medical-device and genomics software systems. As founder and Managing Director of varvis he leads development of a cloud-native CE medical device platform for genomic data interpretation, combining agile software practices with rigorous ISO 13485 and IEC 62304 compliance. Previously he scaled engineering, bioinformatics and IT functions at Centogene and steered FDA/CE approvals, production transfer and IP strategy for ophthalmic devices at OD-OS and SMI. Known for rapidly growing teams and introducing lean, auditable processes into highly regulated environments, he bridges deep technical expertise with practical product delivery. Based in northeastern Germany, he is now focused on moving genomics from research into routine clinical practice.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M. S., Physics, M. S., Physics at University of MichiganVordiplom, Physics, Vordiplom, Physics at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
English, German
Github Skills (78)
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bioinformatics10
bcftools9
science9
variants9
gatk9
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docker9
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
limbus-medtec/bcbio_docker
Aug 2019 - Mar 2024
Automated Docker builds for bcbio
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 7 months
buildsdocker-automateddockerbcbio
gabeng/Bens-Lilypond-projects
Sep 2011 - Dec 2011
Contributions:6 commits in 3 months
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