Foster Newcome

Foster Newcome serves as the Director of Product Strategy and Operations at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., focusing on biosecurity since September 2019. Prior experience includes roles at Kyruus as Group Product Manager and Senior Product Manager, as well as Product Manager at Zipline International Inc., where significant contributions were made to the world's first national scale drone delivery service for medical products. Additional roles include Program Manager for Inventory and Order Fulfillment System at Zipline and International Fellow at Global Health Corps. Foster has held various positions in product management and operations at athenahealth, W.L. Gore & Associates, BioTrak Therapeutics, and B. Braun Medical. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering from Lehigh University.