Austin Che

Austin Che, Head of Strategy

Austin is currently focused on strategic partnerships, investments, and expanding the Ginkgo ecosystem by working with non-traditional customers. He previously led software development at Ginkgo and built out a number of functions including the finance, people ops, IT, and infrastructure teams. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT working in the nascent field of synthetic biology. He also has a B.S. in Computer Science and A.B. in Psychology from Stanford University where he was awarded the departmental best honors thesis.