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Deepcell: Bruce Wu, Dan Douglas

Jun 28, 2023

Bruce Wu has been appointed as chief legal officer and Dan Douglas as VP of finance at single-cell analysis firm Deepcell. Wu previously held senior legal executive roles at General Inception, Sestina Bio, and Nutcracker Therapeutics. Before that, he held intellectual property-focused roles at Illumina and HP, and he was an IP attorney at Foley & Lardner and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. He holds a JD from Georgetown University, as well as MS and PhD degrees in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BASc in engineering from the University of Toronto. Douglas previously held finance leadership roles at Slingshot Biosciences and Guardant Health, as well as financial analysis roles at HotChalk, CenturyLink, and the General Services Administration. He has an MBA from the University of Denver and a BA from Palm Beach Atlantic University.

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