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People in the News: Rolando Brawer, Amy Gershkoff, Sarah South, and more

Rolando Brawer

Genomic Health has appointed Rolando Brawer as vice president of corporate development. He will be responsible for identifying growth opportunities to expand the company's Oncotype IG Genomic Intelligence Platform offerings. Prior to joining Genomic Health, Brawer held senior leadership positions in business development and licensing at Thermo Fisher Scientific and its subsidiary Life Technologies.


Amy Gershkoff, Sarah South, and Todd Davis

Ancestry has announced an expansion of its leadership team with the appointments of Amy Gershkoff as chief data officer, Sarah South as vice president of laboratory sciences, and Todd Davis as vice president of global talent. Gershkoff joins Ancestry from Zynga, where she served as chief data officer. Previously, she built and led the customer analytics and insights team and led the global data science team at eBay. South joins Ancestry from 23andMe, where she served as vice president of laboratory services. Previously, South was an associate professor in the department of pathology at the University of Utah. Davis joins Ancestry from Dropbox, where he led global talent acquisition. Prior to Dropbox, he spent four years leading Amazon's global recruiting efforts.


Christophe Bonny

Enterome Bioscience has appointed Christophe Bonny as CSO. He will be responsible for developing and advancing Enterome's R&D strategy, focusing on the identification of novel targets derived from the microbiome and the development of molecules secreted by the gut microbiome. Bonny joins Enterome from Bicycle Therapeutics, where he served as CSO. He also previously worked at Switzerland-based Xiagen where he served as CSO and president. Prior to Xiagen, Bonny served as head of research of the medical genetics unit at the University Hospital of Lausanne in Switzerland.


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