
Amit Shkedy
VP R&D at Stealth Mode Startup Company @ Israel
Director - Oncology Bioinformatics at AstraZeneca
New York City Metropolitan Area
Passionate and experienced bioinformatics leader with a demonstrated history of applying computational techniques in translational research and target discovery in the pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industry.
Experience in leading cross functional efforts through strong partnership with team members from diverse background.
Strong communication skills and experienced in presenting insightful strategic recommendations to stakeholders.
Experience in mentoring and advising team members
Specialties: genomics, multi-omics, single cell, predictive modeling, data analysis and mining, statistics, biomarker and patient selection strategy, cancer biology, translational research
Programming: R, Bioconductor, Perl, UNIX/LINUX, Python, SQL, database design.
VP R&D at Stealth Mode Startup Company @ Israel
Senior Manager, Machine Learning Engineering at Twitter Cortex Applied Research @ San Francisco Bay Area
Head of Leumit Research Institute @ Israel