Chris Dwan is an accomplished freelance advisor and technical consultant with extensive experience in drug discovery, health care, education, and government, providing support to over 20 companies since February 2013. Currently serving on the Advisory Board for WEST - Women in the Enterprise of Science and Technology, Chris has held prominent roles in various organizations including Sema4 as SVP of Production Bioinformatics, and the Broad Institute as Director of Research Computing. Additionally, Chris contributed to the New York Genome Center as SVP of Research Computing and IT, and played a significant role at Bioteam as Principal Investigator and Director of Consulting. Chris's educational background includes a BS and MS in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence from the University of Michigan.