Ziad Al-bkhetan
Product Manager, Bioinformatics Platforms
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolZiad Al-bkhetan is a product-focused bioinformatics platform leader and software engineer with a decade of experience bridging research, clinical genomics, and enterprise integration. Currently Product Manager at Australian BioCommons and consultant to South Australian Genomics Centre, he combines hands-on bioinformatics application delivery with prior CRM and systems integration expertise from telecoms, giving him a rare blend of domain and enterprise-grade engineering experience. His background spans research roles at European and Australian universities through to commercial informatics consultancy, underpinned by advanced studies including PhD work at the University of Melbourne and a Master's in Mathematics and Computer Science. Known for a strong work ethic and continuous learning mindset, he excels at turning complex genomic workflows into supported, production-ready platforms that serve both researchers and clinicians.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Mathematics and Computer Science, Master, Mathematics and Computer Science at Warsaw University of TechnologyBachelor Degree, Information Technology engineering, Bachelor Degree, Information Technology engineering at Damascus UniversityThe University of Melbourne
Github Skills (26)
protein-sequences10
package-management10
conda10
3d-structure10
nextflow10
bioinformatics10
protein-structure10
illumina10
pypi10
nf-core10
fastq-files9
testing9
test-data9
python9
sequencing9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sagc-bioinformatics/mgikit
Jun 2023 - Feb 2026
mgikit is a collection of tools used to demultiplex fastq files and generate demultiplexing and quality reports.
Contributions:11 releases, 14 PRs, 52 pushes in 2 years 9 months
fastq-filesdemultiplexingfastqmgi
AustralianBioCommons/proteinfold
Apr 2024 - Apr 2026
Protein 3D structure prediction pipeline
Contributions:3 PRs, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
3d-structure
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