Ari Berman

About Ari Berman

Ari received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Neuroscience in 2005 after studying the effects of genetics on addictive behaviors such as alcoholism. He then worked on improving our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases of aging (like Parkinson\'s Disease) utilizing a combination of laboratory science and bioinformatics during his postdoctoral fellowships. Ari is also an expert in Scientific Computing specializing in HPC, High-performance networks, Datacenters, Storage, Cloud, and general infrastructure. He has been designing, building, and operating scientific computing environments for 30 years and strives to advocate for science and empower researchers to make discoveries from their complex datasets. He is a senior executive leader that served as the CEO of BioTeam, LLC for nearly six years. His consulting experience, combined with his broad history, makes him capable of bringing disparate teams together to innovate in meaningful ways.

Experience

1. Chief Science Officer

   Starfish Storage

   Oct 2025 — Present · Waltham, MA, US

   My role at Starfish will be crystallized over the next few months. For now, I\'m going to work on special projects to get to know the clients, product, company, and staff.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Ph.D., Molecular Biology

  1999 — 2005

Skills

• Dna
• Cell Culture
• Bioinformatics
• Lifesciences
• Computational Biology
• Protein Expression
• Linux
• Imaging
• Machine Learning
• Cisco
• Genomics
• High Performance Computing
• Data Mining
• Molecular Cloning
• Animal Models
• Science
• High Performance Computing (Hpc)
• Operating Systems
• Algorithms
• Life Sciences
• Business Development
• Network Engineering
• Immunohistochemistry
• Qpcr
• Supercomputing
• Perl
• Pcr
• Mysql
• Nas
• System Administration
• Genetics
• Statistics
• Programming
• Molecular Biology
• Data Analysis
• Research
• Microarray Analysis
• Confocal Microscopy
• Neuroscience
• Western Blotting