Helix Announces Expansion Of Its Executive Team, New Denver Office

By Bio-IT World Staff

June 28, 2018 | Helix today announced the expansion of its senior leadership team. Ajay Gopal will join as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Deena Bahri recently joined as Chief Marketing Officer with a focus on market expansion, and Chris Glode has been named Chief Product Officer. The expansion includes the addition of a new office in Denver, Colorado, adding to Helix’s headquarters in San Carlos, California, and lab operations in San Diego, California.

The decision to open in Denver was made after evaluating several key markets with Denver winning out due to the depth of talent and rapidly expanding tech and biotech scene in what has been aptly named “Silicon Mountain.” The company also announced the acquisition of Denver-based platform partner HumanCode. The entire HumanCode team including co-founders Ryan Trunck and Jennifer Lescallett, will join the Helix team with responsibility for enhancing the end-to-end customer experience and increasing support for the company’s growing ecosystem of product development partners.

“Science and technology continue to transform public health and wellness. In a health-conscious and tech-savvy state like Colorado, that means a vibrant bioscience industry empowering us to achieve our full health potential,” Colorado governor John Hickenlooper said in a press release. “Helix’s acquisition of HumanCode is a validation of bio health innovation that originated right here in Colorado. Their long-term commitment to the market shows our value as a true innovation hub."

“We founded HumanCode to help people learn more about themselves through DNA and are thrilled to join the Helix team and make personal genomics accessible and actionable for everyone,” said Chris Glode, Helix’s new Chief Product Officer in an official statement. “Along the way, we built a platform that allows developers to create new insights to inspire new products based on human genomic data. We are excited to build a hub of personal genomics innovation in Denver and leverage the Rocky Mountain region’s growing pool of tech talent.”