Kevin Lord
Director Of Bioinformatics
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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SeniorKevin Lord is a Director of Bioinformatics based in Austin with 14 years of experience applying computational biology and investigative genetic genealogy to solve cold-case homicides. He leads bioinformatics teams at Astrea Forensics while running Saber Investigations, where he has helped identify high-profile cases such as Lavender Doe and Corona Girl through collaborative work with law enforcement. Kevin blends deep lab logistics and data-analysis expertise from roles at DNA Labs International, Intermountain Forensics, and the DNA Doe Project with an earlier career in systems and mobile engineering, giving him a rare mix of forensic science and production engineering skills. He is adept at turning degraded or CODIS-negative DNA into actionable leads using advanced analytical pipelines and genealogical methods. Colleagues rely on him for operationalizing complex workflows across labs and investigations, often in high-stakes, time-sensitive contexts. Outside casework, his entrepreneurial streak shows in founding Sabertronics and maintaining a consultancy license for forensic genealogy services.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
213reputation
7kreached
1answer
3questions
Github Skills (134)
database-engine10
offline-caching10
google-home10
swift10
macos10
dmx51210
deeplink10
ios10
nosql9
database9
arduino-library9
nosql-database9
image9
fritzbox9
objective-c9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
buzzfeed/mattress
May 2015 - Feb 2016
iOS Offline Caching for Web Content
Contributions:56 commits, 12 PRs, 17 pushes in 9 months
cachingdeeplinkswiftioscache
lordkev/couchbase-lite-ios
Feb 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
nosqldatabase-enginenosql-databasemacdatabase
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