Robert Amezquita
Head Of Strategic Planning & Initiatives Research Execution & Excellence
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Amezquita is a strategic research leader who translates deep immunology and computational biology expertise into portfolio-defining decisions across biopharma R&D. With 11 years of experience spanning hands-on computational immunology, biomarker discovery, and AI-enabled translational analytics, he now leads strategic planning and execution for Sanofi’s Genomic Medicine, Target Diseases & Systems Biology, Ophthalmology, and Rare Diseases efforts. He pairs a Yale PhD and Fred Hutch postdoc—where he helped pioneer single-cell RNA-seq resources—with operator experience building MLOps, AI flow cytometry partnerships, and decision-grade translational frameworks. Known for turning complex science into clear go/no-go narratives, he designs governance that holds teams accountable to strategic priorities and measurable value creation. He’s equally comfortable authoring regulatory-ready analysis plans as he is running cross-functional strategy cycles with C-suite and Board stakeholders. Outside work he signals a pragmatic, outdoorsy mindset (📈🐶👨👩👧⛺️🏔), reflecting a balance of rigor and human-centered leadership.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Immunobiology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Immunobiology at Yale UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Babson College
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Github Skills (134)
seq10
gene-expression10
bioconductor10
genomics10
rna-seq10
dimension-reduction10
sequencing10
single-cell-genomics10
bioinformatics10
cran10
r9
shiny9
tidy9
docker-desktop9
feature-extraction9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Bioconductor/OrchestratingSingleCellAnalysis-release
Feb 2019 - Jan 2020
An online companion to the OSCA manuscript demonstrating Bioconductor resources and workflows for single-cell RNA-seq analysis.
Contributions:151 commits, 5 PRs, 148 pushes in 11 months
rna-seq-analysisbioconductorgenomicsbioinformaticsrna-seq
robertamezquita/marge
Jan 2019 - Sep 2020
API for HOMER in R for Genomic Analysis using Tidy Conventions
Contributions:15 commits, 4 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 9 months
r-packageapitidyhomerconventions
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