Mr. Lakey is President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Lakey joined Orion when it was founded as Vice President of Technology Operations and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2000. Mr. Lakey has 17 years of experience in genomics. Prior to coming to Orion Genomics, he was Director of DNA Sequencing at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1994-98). There, he established and managed Millennium's large-scale sequencing department, and participated in strategic planning and business development efforts. Mr. Lakey's implementation of DNA sequencing quickly became fundamental to Millennium's technology platform. Before joining Millennium, Mr. Lakey worked as a Research Associate with Dr. George Church at Harvard Medical School's Department of Genetics where he focused on technology development for the Human Genome Project. Mr. Lakey received his B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas (Austin). |