Denis Zaccarin

Denis joined Pacific Biosciences in 2004 as Director of Engineering. He initially led the development of the research tools used by Pacific Biosciences to generate the first sequencing results. He was promoted to Vice President of Engineering in 2010 and managed the development of the first commercial platform, RSII. Since 2012 he has been occupying the role of VP Semiconductor Integration Devices, leading the development of the consumables used in the Sequel and Sequel II platforms. Prior to joining Pacific Biosciences, Dr. Zaccarin held various engineering and leadership roles at Bell-Northern Research, Nortel, Cambrian Systems, ONI systems and Ciena. Dr. Zaccarin was promoted to Senior Vice President, Research and Development, effective April 1, 2020. Dr. Zaccarin holds B.Sc.E (1987) and M.Sc.E (1989) from Laval University and a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Optics (1993) from the University of Ottawa.