Summary
John Bruner is an automation-focused applications scientist with 10 years of experience designing, building, and optimizing laboratory automation platforms for drug discovery and genomics. He has led cross-functional efforts at companies like Foundation Medicine and Vertex to shorten assay turnaround times and improve reproducibility by integrating hardware, software, and data workflows. Proficient with Hamilton, Tecan, KiNEDx and custom LIMS integrations, he pairs hands-on lab skills—maintaining primary human cells and cryo-storage—with database work in OracleSQL and data visualization training from UCSD. Based in San Diego, he recently expanded into entrepreneurship as owner of Cozy Casas while continuing application science at Biosero, demonstrating an unusual blend of technical depth and small-business grit. Known for pragmatic, data-driven improvements to throughput, he also brings a curious, experimental mindset rooted in earlier ecological and isotope research.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Engineering, Masters Engineering at San Diego State University
Data Science and Visualization, Data Science and Visualization at UC San Diego Extended Studies
English, Spanish