Ginnie Hench
Founder at Open BioData Modeling, LLC
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolGinnie Hench is a founder and scientific application developer with a unique blend of 20 years in life science research, computing, and the arts, and eight years of focused professional experience in bioinformatics and web development. Based in Durham, NC, she transitioned from a PhD-trained immunologist and postdoc to building software solutions at RTI International and as an apprentice Rails developer, now leading Open BioData Modeling, LLC. Her background spans experimental genomics, teaching and curriculum coordination, technical sales for cell culture products, and hands-on application development—giving her an uncommon ability to translate complex biological problems into practical software tools. Colleagues rely on her for interdisciplinary thinking, combining rigour from the lab with pragmatic engineering and design sensibility rooted in studio art training. She brings entrepreneurial drive and domain depth to projects that sit at the intersection of biology, data, and user-centered software.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
South Mecklenburg High SchoolPhD, Microbiology and Immunology, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology at UNC Chapel HillBachelor of Science (B.S.), Cellular and Molecular Biology, Chemisty Minor, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Cellular and Molecular Biology, Chemisty Minor at University of Wisconsin-La CrosseBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Studio Art with Core Concentration in Biology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Studio Art with Core Concentration in Biology at Macalester College
German
Stackoverflow
277reputation
25kreached
9answers
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Github Skills (42)
csv-import10
csv-parser10
csv-reader10
pdf9
data-import9
open-data9
csv9
docker-compose8
in-progress8
docker-image7
golang7
creator7
docker7
activerecord6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gingin77/silverstripe-sparkpost
Oct 2018 - May 2023
Use SparkPost in SilverStripe
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
silverstripesparkpost
gingin77/hackernews_clone
Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:21 PRs, 169 pushes, 22 branches in 4 months
kotliniosflutternewsnews-website
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