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Yaron was appointed as Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor, Data and Informatics Solutions in May 2023. In his role Yaron is responsible for the overall data flow inside and outside the organization. Yaron supports the Computational Discovery unit in the ongoing development of the computational platforms, and also oversees the establishment of systems for data analytics across the organization. Yaron joined Compugen in 2019 as Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor, Computational Discovery. Yaron has more than 15 years of experience in the fields of research and development informatics, data sciences and technology in the biotech and pharma space with hands-on experience using cloud-based high throughput computational, machine learning and genomics platforms for drug discovery and development applications in precision medicine. In his extensive pharma and biotech career, he has held senior R&D Informatics roles at Human Longevity, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Global Gene Corp. and Affymetrix. Yaron continues to serve as Chief Information Officer and Senior Advisor at Engine Biosciences. Yaron received a B.Sc. in Biology from Tel Aviv University, a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. He also held an Adjunct Assistant Professor position at the Centre for Quantitative Medicine of Duke-National University of Singapore, Graduate Medical School.