Nicolas Encina, MS Computer Science, MS Cell Biology, MBA*

Nicolas Encina, MS Computer Science, MS Cell Biology, MBA*

Chief Science & Technology Officer, Ariadne Labs

Nic is chief science and technology officer at Ariadne Labs and oversees the computer-, data-, and implementation sciences teams. He is a cross-discipline specialist who has played key roles in building teams and pioneering innovation at technology and pharmaceutical companies. He has almost two decades of front line operating experience leading R&D teams, corporate strategy, innovation leadership, digital marketing/branding, business development, and strategic alliances.

Most recently, at the discretion of PerkinElmer’s CEO, Nic drove a new approach to innovation by establishing a new, semi-secret innovation lab and by leading the corporate cloud and IOT strategies. Prior to that, He was CEO and founder of Wingu, which was one of Google’s first venture investments in health technology (acquired by PerkinElmer in 2013). He also played early leadership and technical roles at Infinity Pharmaceuticals and TransForm pharmaceuticals. Nic began his career in the Human Genome Project as an engineer in the B.L.A.S.T. lab of Warren Gish.

Nic earned BS degrees in biology and psychology from the University of Rochester, an MS in Cell Biology, an MS in Computer Science, and an MBA in healthcare from Yale School of Management.