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Sergei Yakneen

Overview

Dr. Sergei Yakneen is a scientific researcher, technologist, and leader with expertise in financial technology, e-commerce, and cancer research. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President (SVP) & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SOPHiA GENETICS, a company focused on data-driven medicine. Prior to this, he worked at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, where he also obtained his PhD in Genomics and Computer Science.

Education

Yakneen graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. He then pursued a PhD in Genomics and Computer Science at Heidelberg University.

Career

Sergei Yakneen is currently the SVP & CTO at SOPHiA GENETICS, a position he has held since September 2019. Here, he leads the company's efforts in democratizing data-driven medicine and leveraging the power of global collaboration.

Prior to joining SOPHiA GENETICS, Yakneen worked at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, where he focused on applications of large-scale cloud-based distributed systems for data analysis in bioinformatics and cancer genomics. He is particularly interested in bringing the power of large-scale distributed computing to bear on challenging problems in cancer research.

One of Yakneen's notable contributions is his leadership of the technical working group for the Pan Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes, the world's largest international cancer genome analysis project. Additionally, he has devised new distributed computing methods for the analysis of genomic data at scale.

Yakneen has also held various other roles throughout his career. He has led product development and professional services groups in fintech startups and established Amazon.com's first software engineering organization in the Toronto area.

Publications and Presentations

Yakneen has presented his work at various conferences and events. One of his notable presentations is on Butler, an open-source software framework designed to facilitate scientific analysis on the cloud. Butler enables researchers to efficiently configure and deploy computational infrastructure on various cloud computing platforms.

Co-authors and Collaborators

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Sergei Yakneen

Biography

Dr. Sergei Yakneen is an accomplished scientific researcher, technologist, and leader with expertise in financial technology, e-commerce, and cancer research. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President (SVP) & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SOPHiA GENETICS, a company focused on data-driven medicine. Prior to this, he worked at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, where he also completed his PhD in Genomics and Computer Science.

Education

Yakneen graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. He then went on to pursue a PhD in Genomics and Computer Science at Heidelberg University.

Career

Yakneen has held various leadership and research positions throughout his career. He has led product development and professional services groups in fintech startups and established Amazon.com's first software engineering organization in the Toronto area. He also served as a Senior Technical Officer at EMBL in Heidelberg, focusing on applications of large-scale cloud-based distributed systems for data analysis in bioinformatics and cancer genomics.

One of Yakneen's notable contributions is his leadership of the technical working group for the Pan Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes, the world's largest international cancer genome analysis project. He has also devised new distributed computing methods for the large-scale analysis of genomic data, aiming to tackle challenging problems in cancer research.

Publications and Research

Yakneen's research interests include the application of large-scale distributed computing to cancer research and genomics. He has presented a Science Demonstrator from the EOSCpilot project, introducing Butler, an open-source software framework that facilitates scientific analysis on the cloud. Butler enables researchers to efficiently configure and deploy computational infrastructure across various cloud computing environments and has been successfully used to analyze large datasets from cancer patients.

Awards and Recognition

While a full list of Yakneen's publications and awards is not currently available, his work has been recognized by SOPHiA GENETICS' CEO and co-founder, who affirmed that Yakneen's expertise and vision are valuable contributions to the company's efforts in democratizing data-driven medicine worldwide.

Sergei Yakneen

Overview

Dr. Sergei Yakneen is a scientific researcher, technologist, and leader with expertise in financial technology, e-commerce, and cancer research. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President (SVP) & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SOPHiA GENETICS, a company focused on data-driven medicine. Prior to this, he worked at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany.

Education

Yakneen graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. He then went on to obtain his PhD in Genomics and Computer Science from Heidelberg University.

Career

Yakneen has a diverse professional background, having worked in both the startup space and with global tech giants. He led the Product Development and Professional Services groups of several fintech startups and also held a leadership role at Amazon.com, where he launched their first Software Engineering organization in the Toronto area.

In 2019, Yakneen joined the executive team at SOPHiA GENETICS as their Chief Information Officer (CIO). He is also the Chief Technology Officer at Isomorphic Labs.

Research

Yakneen's research interests lie in the application of large-scale cloud-based distributed systems to data analysis problems in bioinformatics and cancer genomics. He has made significant contributions to the field of cancer research, particularly through his involvement in the Pan Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes project, where he led the technical working group and devised new methods for the analysis of genomic data at scale.

One of Yakneen's notable research outputs is the open-source software framework called Butler, which enables efficient scientific analysis on the cloud. Butler has been successfully used to analyse large datasets of next-generation sequencing data from cancer patients on multiple cloud platforms.










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