Widening the reach of induced pluripotent stem cell-based therapy

Cell & Gene Therapy Insights 2020; 6(11), 1595–1600

10.18609/cgti.2020.177

Published: 16 December 2020
Interview
Geoff Hamilton

Geoff Hamilton is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stemson Therapeutics. He brings 20 years of product commercialization and business executive experience with the last 16 years spent in life science and biotech companies. Prior to founding Stemson Therapeutics, Geoff spent five years at Illumina, a Fortune 500 company and world leader in DNA sequencing technology, where he held leadership positions in marketing, product management, and strategic partnerships. During his time at Illumina, Geoff launched three instrument platforms and helped the company grow from $1.4B to $3.8B in annual sales. Prior to Illumina, Geoff spent ten years at Life Technologies (now a part of ThermoFisher Scientific) where he held various leadership roles in marketing, global commercial operations, and acquisition integration. He helped build the company from $1.2B to $3.6B in annual sales before the ThermoFisher Scientific acquisition. Geoff earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.