Michael Fero
Chief Information Officer
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Fero is a seasoned technology and life-sciences leader who has spent two decades building software systems that translate DNA design into valuable chemicals, vaccines, and therapeutics. As CIO at Twist Bioscience, he now shapes infrastructure and data platforms that accelerate advanced therapeutics and the broader bioeconomy. He previously co-founded and led TeselaGen, scaling a Biological Design Automation platform that commercializes genetic engineering workflows for high-value bioproducts. His background blends deep quantitative science—NIH fellowships and genomics facility leadership—with hands-on engineering roots from MIT-era high-energy physics to biotech software startups. Based in San Francisco, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with cross-disciplinary fluency in biology, physics, and software, and maintains an active interest in enabling reproducible, automated strain engineering. An uncommon strength is his ability to translate rigorous academic research into robust, product-ready platforms that bridge labs and cloud-scale systems.
10 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
NIH Career Fellow Developmental Biology, NIH Career Fellow Developmental Biology at Stanford University School of MedicineUniversity of California, IrvineSummer Institute for Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessPostdoctoral Fellow Elementary Particle Physics, Postdoctoral Fellow Elementary Particle Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyVisiting Scholar Mathematics, Visiting Scholar Mathematics at Trinity College DublinAdvanced Bacterial Genetics The Phage Course Microbial and Eukaryotic Genetics, Advanced Bacterial Genetics The Phage Course Microbial and Eukaryotic Genetics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Github Skills (13)
fasta6
genbank6
vector5
json4
editor3
collaboration3
bioinformatics2
rna-seq1
cytoscapejs1
genomics1
synthetic1
sequence1
manipulation1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mfero/Intercom
Jun 2018 - Nov 2020
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch, 3 comments in 2 years 5 months
TeselaGen/das
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:133 comments, 91 issues in 1 month
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