Jean Macklaim
Product Lead, Genomics at GeneDx
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJean Macklaim is a product and science leader with 11 years of experience translating genomics and microbiome research into regulated, customer-facing products across clinical genomics, precision medicine, and women’s health. Currently Product Lead, Genomics at GeneDx, Jean has a track record of launching new service lines, building analytics pipelines, and delivering customer portals that balance regulatory rigor with scalable cloud solutions. With a PhD in Biochemistry and deep hands-on bioinformatics expertise, Jean has driven metatranscriptomics and metagenomics R&D, statistical method development, and AWS-based sequencing workflows. Known for systems thinking and cross-functional leadership, they bridge R&D, software engineering, and operations to move complex science from validation to market. An underappreciated strength is their experience commercializing niche services (animal health, qPCR, skin microbiome) that expanded market reach while optimizing cost and compliance. Based in Ottawa, Jean combines scientific depth with product instinct to create pragmatic, high-impact solutions in multidisciplinary teams.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Biochemistry, PhD, Biochemistry at The University of Western Ontario
Github Skills (22)
genes10
rna-seq10
working-directory9
bioconductor9
sequencing9
genomics9
protocols8
updating8
bioinformatics8
sarif7
delta6
adapter4
python4
fasta4
bioconda4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jmmack/16S
Mar 2016 - Sep 2019
Contributions:74 commits, 66 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
jmmack/example-scripts
Apr 2015 - Oct 2019
Contributions:159 commits, 150 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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