Mike Ford
Founder at Confluence Solutions
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Ford is a bioinformatics founder and computational scientist with a decade of experience building algorithmic solutions and production-grade software for genomics, immunology, oncology, and disease-association studies. He combines a joint Computing Science and Molecular Biology BASc with an algorithms-focused MSc in Computer Science to bridge wet-lab concepts and scalable algorithm design, ML, and statistical analysis. At the National Cancer Institute and in academic roles he led end-to-end projects—designing novel algorithms, implementing reproducible software, running rigorous data analyses, and publishing results. He now runs Confluence Solutions, applying that blend of research rigor and software engineering to deliver reproducible, production-level bioinformatics tools. As a hands-on mentor and team lead, he supervises PhD students and promotes engineering best practices in research environments. Outside work his diverse hobbies inform his relatable communication style, helping him translate complex technical ideas for collaborators and stakeholders.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
Github Skills (55)
genes10
rna-seq8
os-agnostic8
chain8
bioinformatics8
next-generation-sequencing7
package-management7
conda7
sequencing7
python7
version-control7
genomics7
data-models6
immunology6
flash6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
michael-ford/data-science-development-project-template
Jun 2020 - Aug 2022
A logical, reasonably standardized, but flexible project structure for doing and sharing data science work.
Contributions:16 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
standardizedpythonsciencedata-scienceproject-structure
algo-cancer/ImmunoTyper2
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
Genotyping Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Variable Genes using Short Read Data
Contributions:8 releases, 36 commits, 24 PRs in 2 years 8 months
immunoglobulingenotypingshortbioinformaticschain
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