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Pleno: Jason Trachewsky, Nambi Seshadri

Oct 26, 2022

Pleno, a company developing multiomic instrument platforms for biological target detection and biomedical research, has appointed Jason Trachewsky as VP of software and Nambi Seshadri as chairman of the scientific advisory board.

Trachewsky most recently was CEO of Aquifi. He also was previously founder and CEO at Passif Semiconductor, which was acquired by Apple in April 2013. Prior to that he was at Broadcom, where he cofounded the engineering team for the Wi-Fi business unit.

Seshadri is a distinguished professor at the Indian Institute of Technology and a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Previously he spent 16 years at Broadcom, including as VP and CTO of the mobile platforms and wireless connectivity business groups.

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