Joshua Burgess, Ph.D.

Experienced leader in assay development with a consistent track record of excellence, developing and commercializing, next generation sequencing products. Previous experience includes a well established track record of on time delivery of high quality products within established budgets. Also, an accomplished people manager, and leader of leaders, with a large team of direct reports across multiple time zones, and extensive experience leading very large cross-functional teams in New Product Introduction. Additional skills include technical leadership, project management, resolving conflict, communication to all levels of executive leadership, providing even-handed guidance through complex challenges, and a polished capacity to proactively identify and solve potentially intractable problems.

• Previously led, or actively leading, launch of 7 products as Core Team Lead (4), Project Manager (2), or Technical Lead (1)
• Ongoing PDP projects in development (RUO, Core Team Lead, 2 concurrent projects)
• Successful product launches:
• Illumina Complete Long Reads (RUO, Core Team Lead)
• Illumina DNA PCR Free (RUO, Core Team Lead)
• Internal Sustaining Project for continued supply continuity (Lead Project Manager)
• Illumina DNA Prep (RUO, Lead Project Manager)
• Truseq DNA Rapid Exome (RUO, Technical Lead)
• Additional accomplishments:
• Execution of large strategic initiatives, including leading multiple executive steering committees in re-development of quality management system to meet strategic timelines
• Extensive training in crucial conversations, management of direct reports, Critical Parameter Management, and DoE

• Bruinsma, SB, JW Burgess, D Schlingman, et al. 2018. Bead linked transposomes enable a normalization free workflow for NGS library preparation. BMC Genomics. Oct 1; 19(1).

• Burgess JW, Kottom TJ, and AH Limper. 2011. Pneumocystis carinii binding to host lung epithelial cells and extracellular matrixes activates PCSTE20p and subsequent phosphorylation of the downstream cell wall remodeling kinase PCCBK1p: Evidence for a unique signaling pathway. Infection and Immunity. Oct 79(10):4157-64.

• Pfister JR, Archer JR, Hersil S, Boers T, Reed KD, Meece JK, Anderson JL, Burgess JW, Sullivan TD, Klein BS, Wheat JL, and JP Davis. 2011. Non-Rural Point Source Blastomycosis Outbreak Near a Yard Waste Collection Site. Clinical Medicine and Research. June 9(2): 57-65.

• Burgess JW, Kottom TJ, Lamont JD, Baden EM, Ramirez-Alvarado M, and AH Limper. 2009. The Pneumocystis Meiotic PCRan1p Kinase Exhibits Unique Temperature Regulated Activity. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. Dec (41): 714-721.

• Burgess JW, Kottom TJ, and AH Limper. 2008. Presence of a conserved meiotic pathway in Pneumocystis carinii. Infection and Immunity. Jan (76); 417-425.

• Burgess JW, Schwan WR, and TJ Volk. 2006. PCR-based detection of DNA from the human pathogen Blastomyces dermatitidis from natural soil samples. Medical Mycology. Vol 44; pp. 741-748.

• Agger W., D. Andes, and JW Burgess. 2003. Exophiala jeanselmei infection in a heart transplant recipient successfully treated with oral terbinafine. Clinical Infectious Diseases. ePub

• Erin Bomati, JW Burgess, et al. Modified Transposases For Improved Insertion Sequence Bias and Increased DNA Input Tolerance. 2019 US Patent US10544403B2

• H Meinholz, D Gerhardt, JW Burgess, et al. Preparation of Long Read Nucleic Acid Libraries. Provisional Patent Filed 2023.

• Presented collaborative webinar between DNA Genotek and Illumina entitled, "High Quality Libraries for Human WGS with Direct Saliva Input." 2018.