Nikesh Kotecha's Biography

Nikesh Kotecha, CEO & Co-Founder, Cytobank Inc.

Dr. Kotecha's focus is on delivering computational and molecular technologies to the clinic. The Cytobank project grew out of his work in Dr. Garry Nolan’s lab at Stanford University in developing a diagnostic for juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia and on analysis methods for single cell assays. Dr. Kotecha received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University and his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University. Dr. Kotecha’s past experiences include work at TIBCO Spotfire Inc. and Pfizer Inc. in multiple roles and departments including engineering, technical sales and business development. Dr. Kotecha is also a consulting faculty member in the Computational and Systems Immunology program at Stanford University.