Personal / v1.0 · 2026
Chris Duran, PhD.
Multi-disciplinary leader at the intersection of AI, life sciences, and software. SVP Operations at Dotmatics. Building teams and operating models that hold up at scale. This page is the routing table to everywhere else.
- Role
- SVP Operations, Dotmatics (a Siemens business)
- Field
- AI · Life sciences · Business
- Based
- Auckland, NZ (primary) · Brisbane, AU (secondary)
- Open to
- Conversations, advisory, investing, coffee
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Work
3 routes- Geneious. Molecular biology platform used by tens of thousands of researchers worldwide. CTO 2014–2019; the desktop-to-cloud transition that made the company an acquisition target. Dotmatics →
- SnapGene. Plasmid editing and molecular cloning software used by over a million scientists. Part of the Dotmatics bioinformatics portfolio I led through PE roll-up and integration. Dotmatics →
- The genome of the mesopolyploid crop species Brassica rapa. Nature Genetics, 2011. Co-author on the reference assembly and analysis of the Brassica rapa A genome — a foundational sequence for crop genomics and polyploidy research. Nature Genetics →
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Investing
3 investments- Icehouse Ventures Venture capital firm that invests in exceptional Kiwi founders building global companies. Seed →
- The Insides Company Leading provider of automated chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure. Seed →
- Opo Bio Accelerating scale with robust, ready-to-use cell lines for biomanufacturing. Seed →
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