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Invitae: Christine Gorjanc

Jul 05, 2023

Invitae has appointed Christine Gorjanc as interim CFO, effective July 1. In connection with her appointment, she resigned from the audit and compensation committees of the board, where she had served as an independent member. Gorjanc previously served as CFO of Arlo Technologies, a home automation company, and as CFO of Netgear, where she had previously served as chief accounting officer and VP of finance. Prior to that, Gorjanc served as VP, controller, treasurer, and assistant secretary at Aspect Communications and as manager of tax for Tandem Computers.

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