About Us:  Management Team

Rothberg

Jonathan M. Rothberg, Ph.D.

Founder, CEO and Chairman

Dr. Jonathan Rothberg is best known for inventing high-speed, massively parallel DNA sequencing. The idea for massively parallel DNA sequencing  ...more....

Fergus

Gregg Fergus

President and COO

Gregg Fergus joined Ion Torrent in June of 2009 as President and COO. Gregg brings extensive commercial and operational experience, as well as financial and industry knowledge, based ...more....

Bustillo

James M. Bustillo

Vice President, Sensor Technology

James Bustillo joined Ion Torrent in 2007. Jim has 25 years of silicon-based microfabrication and technology development experience at leading-edge research laboratories ...more....

Jain

Maneesh Jain, Ph.D.

Vice President, Marketing and Business Development

Maneesh Jain joined Ion Torrent in May 2009. He is an experienced entrepreneur who has successfully commercialized multiple life science technologies over the past 13 years ...more....

Kole

Jamie Kole

Vice President, Finance and Administration

Jamie Kole joined Ion Torrent in December 2009, bringing over 20 years of finance and operational experience ranging from research phase start-ups to publicly traded companies  ...more....

Fergus

Brian McKelligon

Vice President,
North American Sales

Brian joined Ion Torrent in January of 2010 and brings with him nearly 20 years of sales, business development and marketing experience in the life sciences.  He has extensive experience in ...more....

Roth

G. Thomas Roth

Vice President,
Engineering

Thomas joined Ion Torrent in April 2008. His core technical engineering expertise lies in electronics, optics and systems analysis. He brings a passion for taking high-technology products  ...more....

Williams

Alan Williams, Ph.D.

Vice President, Software and Informatics

Alan joined Ion Torrent in March 2010, bringing 10 years of life sciences industry experience in bioinformatics, software development, product ...more....

Wayne Woodard

Wayne Woodard

Vice President, Manufacturing Operations

Wayne joined Ion Torrent in March 2010 and brings 23 years of management experience in supply chain, manufacturing and field service. His focus ...more....

Armin Winands

Armin Winands

Vice President, European Sales and Support

Armin joined Ion Torrent in June of 2010 and brings with him over 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the life sciences. He has extensive...more....