Patrick Paczkowski

About Patrick Paczkowski

Highly skilled and results-oriented software engineering leader specializing in the development of cutting-edge, life sciences software solutions. A hands-on, dynamic executive with 11+ years of industry experience and a proven track record of delivering high-quality, impactful, and intuitive data analysis and instrumentation software to leading biopharmaceutical companies and institutions.Experienced at guiding cross-functional, agile teams towards on-time delivery of products that exceed customer expectations, with an emphasis on quality and scalability. Has a strong technical background, with significant expertise in object-oriented programming, image processing, statistical analysis, and bioinformatics. Focused on developing in-house engineering talent while fostering a culture of strong communication and collaboration.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, Software Engineering

   Bruker Cellular Analysis

   Mar 2023 — Present

   Leads the software engineering and bioinformatics department, focusing on design, implementation, testing, release & maintenance of high-quality instrument and data analysis software.Continuation and expansion of prior role at IsoPlexis; became effective once the company merged with Berkeley Lights.Responsible for presenting the vision and strategy of software products at the company, identifying and de-risking technical challenges, ensuring on-time and on-budget completion of projects and delivery of high-quality products meeting customer needs.Strong collaborator, working closely with various departments in the organization, including product and program management, hardware and biology R&D, operations, and commercial teams.Oversees agile development of both desktop and cloud-based software, including instrumentation software for automated execution of complex immunoassay workflows, data processing and ML pipelines for extracting high-quality proteomics and sequencing data, and bioinformatics tools for providing intuitive downstream analysis and actionable insights to customers.Responsible for effectively integrating the software departments of two companies as a result of their merger, including identifying opportunities for synergies, defining organizational structure, unifying SDLC processes and migrating to common development and testing tools.

Education

• Yale University

  M.S., Computer Science

  2007 — 2009

• Yale University

  Ph.D., Computer Science

  2010 — 2017

• Yale University

  M.Phil., Computer Sciece

  2009 — 2010

• American School of Warsaw

  IB Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

  1999 — 2003

• Duke University

  B.S., Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Data Mining
• Algorithms
• Entrepreneurship
• C++
• Opengl
• Mathematical Modeling
• Java
• Software Development
• Image Processing
• Premiere
• Photoshop
• Data Visualization
• Objective-C
• Perl
• Principal Component Analysis
• C
• Programming
• Data Analysis
• Matlab
• Visual Studio
• Maya
• Qt
• Computer Graphics