Dr. Shazi Iqbal joined BioGX in 2011 as CoFounder and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Dr. Shazi Iqbal has over 20 years of experience building healthcare technologies and businesses in business development, corporate sales, global marketing and product development. Previously, Dr. Iqbal worked as Director of CSR Program and Corporate Programs, concurrently leading Cepheid’s custom reagents business and GeneXpert commercialization strategy and sales execution for Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, national hospital networks and Group Purchasing Organizations. Prior to Cepheid, he served as Head of Global Marketing and Business Development for BioGenex, a cancer diagnostics company. Dr. Iqbal has co-founded SYFR, MicroGen Systems, GeneXpress Informatics and CodeMD. He started his career as a Senior Scientist at Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation (SPEC). Dr. Iqbal received a Ph.D. in Biology from University of Texas at San Antonio, holds two master’s degrees in Biochemistry and Biotechnology and has several patents and publications to his name. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
BioGX Sample-Ready™ technology launches into Space yet again, aboard the International Space Station.