Raymond McCauley

Current

• Sr. Bioinformatics Scientist at Illumina

Past

• Sr. Scientific Engineer at Ingenuity Systems
• Executive Producer at TANSTAAFL Media
• Staff Bioinformatics Engineer at Bion Scientific Consulting

• Sr. Bioinformaticist at QIAGEN
• Manager, Web Communications at Viatel
• Sr. Systems Analyst at Texas A&M University

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Education

• Stanford University
• Texas A&M University
• Texas A&M University

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Connections

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Industry

Biotechnology

Websites

• Illumina / Solexa
• raymondmccauley.net

Raymond McCauley’s Summary

Working on practical nanotechnology, genomics, and bioinformatics. Good communicator with an entrepreneurial bent, who enjoys working on small, fast teams in start-ups. Can speak both science and engineering, and translate between the two. 15 years of experience in the biotechnology and high tech arenas, working with Illumina, Ingenuity Systems, QIAGEN Genomics/Rapigene, consultancies with various pharma and governmental agencies, and start-up experience in data mining and media ventures, including Insurgent Technologies and TANSTAAFL Media. Background in computer science, electrical engineering, biochemistry, biophysics, and bioinformatics, including graduate studies at Texas A&M University and Stanford University.

Raymond McCauley’s Specialties:

computational biology; nanotechnology; MEMS; ontologies; pharmacogenomics; bioinformatics; gene expression applications; sequencing; primer, probe and siRNA design; intellectual property; technical project management and staffing; algorithm design and development; data-mining and machine learning; web-based applications; streamlining data pipelines; storytelling.

Raymond McCauley’s Experience

• Sr. Bioinformatics Scientist

  Illumina

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ILMN; Biotechnology industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

  Solexa, acquired by Illumina. We use next-generation sequencing technology to develop new applications in gene expression, including miRNA, ChIP-Seq, methylation, and epigenomics. Cutting edge research and discovery work.

• Sr. Scientific Engineer

  Ingenuity Systems

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Biotechnology industry)

  2004 — 2007 (3 years )

  Makers of the world's largest ontology as the basis for the industry’s leading pathways analysis and systems biology software. My particular focus areas included modeling of metabolic and signaling pathways, drug and disease models, and troubleshooting key customer problems and requests.

• Executive Producer

  TANSTAAFL Media

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

  2002 — 2006 (4 years )

  Developed educational television series for PBS, focusing on science journalism and craft shows. I enjoy stretching my creative and storytelling muscles. Exec Producer is a dream job for a control freak -- paying painstaking attention to details is rewarded and shows up "on screen".

• Staff Bioinformatics Engineer

  Bion Scientific Consulting

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

  Worked with this consultancy to support data mining, bioinformatics algorithm development, microarray and siRNA probe design, drug efficacy analysis for FDA, and medical device development. Juggling projects and lots of travel kept me on my toes.

• Sr. Bioinformaticist

  QIAGEN

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; QGEN; Biotechnology industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

  Formerly Rapigene, acquired by QIAGEN. Developed complex systems to support SNP genotyping work, including clustering, data analysis pipelines, and primer design. Worked across multiple locations and time zones with lots of groups, collaborators, and other companies acquired by QIAGEN.

• Manager, Web Communications

  Viatel

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

  International telecomm pioneers. Led a team developing international ecommerce web sites. Don't miss the 4 am phone calls from Europe when a web site crashed.

• Sr. Systems Analyst

  Texas A&M University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  1992 — 1998 (6 years )

  Designed and implemented complex database systems, created web sites, and led a tiger team supporting a 10,000+ network. My alma mater -- gotta love them Aggies.

Additional Information

Raymond McCauley’s Websites:

• Illumina / Solexa
• raymondmccauley.net

Raymond McCauley’s Interests:

bioinformatics, personal genetics, nanotechnology, MEMS, BioMEMS, synthetic biology, intellectual property law, storytelling, SCUBA diving, snorkeling

Raymond McCauley’s Groups:

International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Foresight Institute, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE), Emerging Entrepreneurs, Foresight Institute

•    SVASE
•    Medical Device Networkers
•    Mensa - Official 'Linked M's' SIG (USA)
•    DataShaping Advanced Analytics
•    Bionanotechies
•    Aggies
•    Computational Biology
•    Bioinformatics geeks
•    USA Science Festival
•    Genomic Pioneers Gateway
•    Journal of Commercial Biotechnology
•    Illumina
•    Singularity University
•    ISCB - International Society for Computational Biology
•    NGS (Next Generation Sequencing)

Raymond McCauley’s Honors:

Selected to participate in EE2007 - the Emerging Entrepreneurs in Biomedical Technology 2007 Workshop.
Scholarships: National Merit Scholar, President’s Endowed Scholar, Lechner Fellowship.
Honors: NSF Student Scholar Program, DAR Good Citizen Award
Patents pending: nanotechnology/genomics applications

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