Todd Smith

Dr. Smith is a successful bioinformatics entrepreneur. After receiving his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, he developed bioinformatics software as his team sequenced the BRCA1 gene under Leroy Hood in collaboration with Mary Claire-King. In 1997 he founded Geospiza and led the development of LIMS and high throughput data analysis systems for DNA sequencing and microarray technologies. PerkinElmer acquired Geospiza in 2011 and in 2013 Dr. Smith joined Digital World Biology. In 2015 Dr. Smith co-founded Koan AgroScience where he serves in the role of Chief Science and Technology Officer. Dr. Smith has published in multiple disciplines including chemistry, computer science, genetics/genomics, microbiology, human health, and education. Dr. Smith also serves as an entrepreneur mentor for the University of Washington’s CoMotion business incubator. In that role, he works with emerging businesses to perform market assessments for different technologies in genomics and bioinformatics.