After an incredible seven and a half years at CZI, I've made the decision to take a long-overdue professional break, with today being my last day (May 29th). I'm looking forward to spending quality time with my family and traveling the world, along with a planned hiking trip in the Swiss Alps with my dad this summer⛰️. This time off is a meaningful opportunity, and I feel fortunate to be able to take it.
I am immensely proud of the central role my team has played in CZI's mission. Together we've been able to accomplish so much, just a few highlights:
- Launched CZI's first AI Training cluster for building foundational biological models and built out the team to support the AI researchers.
- Fundamentally improving our security posture (rolled out org wide SIEM, trusted devices, and threat modeling for AI Bio models)
- Helped launch many products across education and science including (
Along.org, Build with Render, Virtual Cell Platform, CZID, among others); and most recently our launch of the world model of protein biology!
I will be staying on in an advisor capacity for a bit longer to help find a new leader and help with the transition, but looking to connect with folks before I start my travels.
I'd like to thank
David Recordon for the opportunity.
Sandra Liu Huang and
Alexander Fridman for supporting me and my career through all these years. My amazing cross functional partners like
Yu "Sandy" Yao,
Mark Kim,
Frank Wasilewski, CPA, MBA, and many more. Most of all, Mark Zuckerberg and
Priscilla Chan for creating the
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and making it possible for us to do what we do. Best of luck to all my coworkers at CZI,
Biohub and
Learning Commons. I'll be cheering you on and cannot wait to see you all deliver life changing technology.