Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 10, 2001

Bob Ellis – Genometrix Inc

BOB ELLIS joined Genometrix Inc. as president in July 1998. Prior to joining Genometrix, Mr. Ellis was with Perkin Elmer/Applied Biosystems Division (ABI), where he rose from product manager to president and general manager of ABI Japan. After growing ABI Japan revenues four- fold, Mr. Ellis was promoted to business unit manager for worldwide Applied Markets and Nucleic Acids. Prior to his tenure with ABI, Mr. Ellis served as a section manager at Hewlett-Packard, where he led product development for analytical chemistry systems. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief overview and history of the company?

Mr. Ellis: Genometrix was launched in response to a technological

challenge posed by the Human Genome Project: how to