Jacob Thaysen is the founder of Cantion A. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Illumina, Inc. and also serves as a Director at Lasergen, Inc. Previously, he was the SVP & President-Life Sciences & Applied Markets at Agilent Technologies, Inc. from 2018 to 2023. He also held positions as a Director at Gen9, Inc., Vice President-Research & Development at Cytologix Corp., and Vice President-System Development, R&D at Dako Denmark ApS. Thaysen received his graduate and doctorate degrees from the Technical University of Denmark.
Sallilyn Schwartz
Sallilyn Schwartz is currently the Vice President-Investor Relations at Illumina, Inc. She previously worked as the Treasurer & Head-Strategic Capital Management at Moody's Corp. from 2018 to 2019, and as Treasurer at MSCI, Inc. from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, she was a Director at National Academy Foundation and a Principal at Citigroup, Inc. Schwartz holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Cornell University.
Kevin Pegels
Kevin Pegels is currently the Chief-Global Operations at Illumina, Inc. He completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and his MBA at Harvard Business School.
Carissa Rollins
Carissa Rollins is currently serving as the Chairman at YWCA of Minneapolis. She is also an Independent Director at Owens & Minor, Inc., a Director at Grand Canyon Association, and the Chief Information Officer at Illumina, Inc. Ms. Rollins previously worked as the Chief Information Officer at United HealthCare Services, Inc. She holds an undergraduate degree and an MBA from Marquette University.
Scott Ericksen
Scott Ericksen is currently working as the Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President at Illumina, Inc. He started this position in 2022. Prior to his current job, he obtained an undergraduate degree from San Diego State University.
Bryan Crane
Bryan Crane currently works at Anavasi Diagnostics, as Director from 2022 and Illumina, Inc., as Vice President & Head-System Design.
Steven Barnard
Steven Barnard is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Illumina, Inc. He started this position in 2023. Prior to his current role, he obtained an undergraduate degree from Connecticut College and a doctorate degree from Tufts University.
Bas Verhoef
Bas Verhoef is currently the Head-Europe Region at Illumina, Inc. and the Manager at Volcano Europe BV. He holds a doctorate degree from Maastricht University and a graduate degree from Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.
Pat Leckman
Pat Leckman is currently the Chief People Officer at Illumina, Inc. Prior to this, they obtained an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and an MBA from London Business School.
Ankur Dhingra
Ankur Dhingra is currently the Chief Executive Officer at ProHance and a Member at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also the Chief Financial Officer at Illumina, Inc. starting in 2024. Previously, he worked as a Director at GRAIL, Inc. and as the Vice President-Investor Relations at Agilent Technologies, Inc. from 2019 to 2021. He was also the Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at CareDx, Inc. from 2021 to 2022 and at Summit Therapeutics, Inc. from 2022 to 2024.
Jakob Wedel
Jakob Wedel currently works at Illumina, Inc., as Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer from 2024.
Everett V. Cunningham
Everett V. Cunningham is currently the Director at American Family Children's Hospital. He also holds the position of Director at Visby Medical, Inc., Independent Director at Arvinas, Inc., and Chief Commercial Officer at Illumina, Inc. In the past, he worked as the President-Established Products at Pfizer Inc. from 2003 to 2012 and as the Senior Vice President-Commercial at Quest Diagnostics, Inc. from 2012 to 2019. He also has experience as the Chief Commercial Officer at EXACT Sciences Corp. Mr. Cunningham completed his undergraduate degree at Northwestern University.
Scott Davies
Scott Davies currently works at Illumina, Inc., as Secretary & General Counsel from 2024.