Effective as of September 1, 2020, Bionano Genomics, Inc. appointed Christopher Stewart as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Stewart will also serve as the Company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, replacing R. Erik Holmlin, Ph.D. and Mark Adamchak, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Controller, respectively, who have been serving in those roles while the Company searched for a Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Stewart brings more than 20 years of finance, accounting and strategic planning experience at companies ranging from startups to large public companies. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Stewart served as the Head of the Maxwell Ultracapacitors business unit following its acquisition by Tesla, Inc., starting in May 2019.