Ky Vo
Technical Product Lead | Senior Principal Software Engineer | Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Role
- Senior Principal Software Engineer at Genentech
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ky Vo
Highly accomplished Software Engineer and Technical Product Leader with over 25 years of…
Experience
Senior Principal Software Engineer
Aug 2017 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration- Led rollout of Agilent SLIMS to modernize Pathology workflows. Directed plugin development, stakeholder onboarding, and coordination across BAs, PMs, and developers- Mentored interns and developers; oversaw delivery and onboarding for Salesforce and Pega Systems teams, guiding multiple developer transitions- Chaired BioIT World sessions and gave talk on legacy application transformations and lab automation- Led department Lab Science capability meetings to share best practices in scientific workflow automation.Cloud & DevOps Program Management- Spearheaded Rackspace OpenStack to AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). Set up GitOps pipelines and logging/monitoring infrastructure- Collaborated across Genenetech and Roche technical platform teams to define security frameworks and deployment standards- Drove cost optimization and service deprecation for Recursion and Genentech collaboration, saving compute and improving governance.AI/ML Strategy & Implementation- Designed an LLM-based ChatGPT support assistant- Evaluated emerging ML platforms (TetraScience, AutoLab) for lab workflow automation and data integration- Explored advanced data visualization tools (Denodo, ThoughtSpot) to support real-time insights for scientific platforms.Sample & Lab Workflow Automation- Defined product roadmaps for critical digital applications spanning sample management, inventory systems, lab automation, and CRO integrations (e.g, SLIMS, Titian Mosaic, Salesforce)- Migrated and standardized sample management across groups via Titian Mosaic application supporting large molecule inventory management.Legacy Systems Transformation- Retired legacy systems and promoted modern commercial tools Agilent SLIMS, Geneious Prime, Pega Systems, ThoughtSpot, and Snowflake- Migrated and transformed legacy data from one database to another using tools like SQL, Java, and Denodo.
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor's Degree
1994 — 1998
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