Profile
Guochun Liao is the founder and currently holds the position of Chairman & Chief Innovation Officer at IDbyDNA, Inc., a company founded in 2014.
He is also currently serving as an Advisor at MegaRobo Technologies Co., Ltd.
and First Bight Ventures, starting in 2022.
In his former positions, Dr. Liao worked as Vice President at Centrillion Technologies, Inc. from 2010 to 2013.
He also served as an Advisor at NuProbe USA, Inc. from 2022 to 2023.
Dr. Liao completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Science & Technology of China in 1993.
He later obtained an MBA from the Haas School of Business in 2014.
Additionally, he received graduate and doctorate degrees from the University of California in 2001.
Guochun Liao active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
IDbyDNA, Inc.
 IDbyDNA, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology IDbyDNA, Inc. operates as a precision medicine company that focuses on metagenomic approaches for infectious disease identification. It develops technologies to enable universal microorganism detection. The firm help doctors and scientists to detect any pathogen in any sample, thereby removing barriers for the adoption of metagenomics in clinical settings, ultimately leading to faster public health responses during infectious disease outbreaks. The company was founded by Martin G. Reese, Guochun Liao, Mark Yandell, and Robert Schlaberg in Noveber 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Founder | 2014-10-31 |
First Bight Management LLC
 First Bight Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance First Bight Ventures (First Bight) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Veronica B Wu. The firm is headquartered in Houstan, Texas. | Consultant / Advisor | 2021-12-31 |
MegaRobo Technologies Co., Ltd.
 MegaRobo Technologies Co., Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services MegaRobo Technologies Co., Ltd. develops TV internal visual inspection equipment for LED TV assembly production processes. The equipment can be widely used in mobile phones, car displays, and large-size TV panel production lines. The company is based in Beijing, China. The equipment detects various defects such as missing screws, misplaced adhesive tape, loose terminals, and incorrect positioning of magnetic rings and wires. It provides automatic detection and alarm, and can upload production information to MES systems for easy traceability. The Chinese company was founded in 2016 by Yu Qing Huang, Zhi Xin Qiao, Yan Zhang. Yu Qing Huang has been the CEO since 2016. | Consultant / Advisor | 2022-08-31 |
Former positions of Guochun Liao
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
NuProbe USA, Inc.
 NuProbe USA, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services NuProbe USA, Inc. engages in the development of ultra-sensitive and multiplexed platform with reagents for non-invasive nucleic acid profiling and diagnostics. The firm offers VarTrace EGFR Assay, VarTrace BFAR Assay, and VarTrace AML multi-gene panel. The company was founded by Peng Yin, David Yu Zhang, and Victor Chenyang Shi in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Consultant / Advisor | 2023-01-31 |
Centrillion Technologies, Inc.
 Centrillion Technologies, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Centrillion Technology Holdings Ltd. provides genomics solutions. Its products and services can isolate, manipulate, visualize and analyze intact kilobase and megabase fragments of DNA. The company was founded by Wei Zhou in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Private Equity Investor | 2012-12-31 |
Training of Guochun Liao
| University of Science & Technology of China | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of California | Doctorate Degree |
| Haas School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 5 |
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IDbyDNA, Inc.
IDbyDNA, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology IDbyDNA, Inc. operates as a precision medicine company that focuses on metagenomic approaches for infectious disease identification. It develops technologies to enable universal microorganism detection. The firm help doctors and scientists to detect any pathogen in any sample, thereby removing barriers for the adoption of metagenomics in clinical settings, ultimately leading to faster public health responses during infectious disease outbreaks. The company was founded by Martin G. Reese, Guochun Liao, Mark Yandell, and Robert Schlaberg in Noveber 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Health Technology |
First Bight Management LLC
First Bight Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance First Bight Ventures (First Bight) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Veronica B Wu. The firm is headquartered in Houstan, Texas. | Finance |
Centrillion Technologies, Inc.
Centrillion Technologies, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Centrillion Technology Holdings Ltd. provides genomics solutions. Its products and services can isolate, manipulate, visualize and analyze intact kilobase and megabase fragments of DNA. The company was founded by Wei Zhou in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Health Technology |
NuProbe USA, Inc.
NuProbe USA, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services NuProbe USA, Inc. engages in the development of ultra-sensitive and multiplexed platform with reagents for non-invasive nucleic acid profiling and diagnostics. The firm offers VarTrace EGFR Assay, VarTrace BFAR Assay, and VarTrace AML multi-gene panel. The company was founded by Peng Yin, David Yu Zhang, and Victor Chenyang Shi in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Commercial Services |
MegaRobo Technologies Co., Ltd.
MegaRobo Technologies Co., Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services MegaRobo Technologies Co., Ltd. develops TV internal visual inspection equipment for LED TV assembly production processes. The equipment can be widely used in mobile phones, car displays, and large-size TV panel production lines. The company is based in Beijing, China. The equipment detects various defects such as missing screws, misplaced adhesive tape, loose terminals, and incorrect positioning of magnetic rings and wires. It provides automatic detection and alarm, and can upload production information to MES systems for easy traceability. The Chinese company was founded in 2016 by Yu Qing Huang, Zhi Xin Qiao, Yan Zhang. Yu Qing Huang has been the CEO since 2016. | Technology Services |
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