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Joel Jung and Peter Soparkar

Jul 20, 2016

Counsyl has appointed Joel Jung to serve as CFO and Peter Soparkar to serve as general counsel. Jung most recently served as CFO of BioNano Genomics, and previously served as CFO and treasurer of AgraQuest which was acquired by Bayer in 2012, and as CFO and treasurer for Celera. Soparkar joins Counsyl from Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and previously worked at Latham & Watkins in London and San Francisco.

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