Justin is a proven and highly competent engineer, biotechnology manager, and entrepreneur with over 12 years experience in providing intuitive project management, professional leadership, and deep technical understanding on a wide variety of biotechnology and web based projects. Currently at Edge Bio, as the Director of Bioinformatics, he provides project leadership and management to software and interdisciplinary initiatives within projects, and works directly with scientists within and outside of Edge Bio. He is responsible for all informatics and IT work performed across the portfolio of work at Edge Bio. His research interests include Next Generation Sequencing Analysis, Cloud and High Performance Computing, ScaaS (Science as a Service), Bioinformatics Software Development, Social Media and the Life Sciences (Outreach, Education, and Integration). Previously, he was a Bioinformatics Manager at the J. Craig Venter Institute, a large multidisciplinary genomic-focused research organization.  He is also the founder and CEO of inspiring design, LLC, a professional web design and online marketing company serving clients in Washington D.C metro area.