Shawn Sullivan

Mr. Sullivan has served as the CTO of Phase Genomics since its founding in 2015. He received his B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering from MIT in 2006 and is a software industry veteran with 8 years of experience designing large-scale data processing and analysis systems, as well as leading software development teams as Senior Program Manager Lead at Microsoft. Prior to joining Phase Genomics, his achievements included redesigning the Microsoft Office build system, massively reducing latency, and co-inventing patents such as new hashing algorithms for performing fuzzy comparisons of binary files and forensic detection of application tampering. In addition to experience in the software industry, he has co-authored several genomics papers and developed computational tools for the analysis of chromatin structure, the most recent of which include his work on developing Hi-C methods for genome assembly.