The GenNext Executive Team
Scot R Weinberger
President and CEO
Scot has over thirty years of industrial experience in pioneering and commercializing cutting-edge tools for life science research. Scot is a prolific inventor and holds 22 United States Patents for solutions in liquid chromatography, ultraviolet – visible spectrometry, capillary electrophoresis, time-of-flight mass spectrometry, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization, protein biochip technology, tandem mass spectrometry, and surface-tethered and free-solution label-free biosensors. He has authored over thirty scientific publications, 6 book chapters, and has over 2,000 citations in the areas of translational medicine, life science research, and technology development. As an entrepreneur, Scot has been in the founding teams of Linear Instruments, Linear Scientific, Biomolecular Separations, and Ciphergen Biosystems. More recently, he founded and launched Molecular Sensing and GenNext Technologies.
Dr. Joshua Sharp
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Sharp is a world-renowned and internationally recognized expert in HRPF. He has over twenty-one peer-reviewed articles and has presented numerous invited lectures on the subject of biopharmaceutical HRPF. Josh is also an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Research Professor of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Mississippi.
Robert Egan
Director of Software Engineering and Development
Bob has over 30 years’ experience of life science software development creating software solutions for: HPLC, HPCE, LCMS, MALDI-TOF, SELDI-TOF MS, FTICR, label-free biosensor (waveguide and interferometry), clinical diagnostics, and HOS analysis.
Bridget Fenker
Director of Marketing
Bridget is GenNext’s Director of Marketing where she is responsible for establishing the company brand, designing and implementing the marketing strategy, and generating market awareness. Before GenNext, Bridget held senior-level marketing positions with Synthego and 10X Genomics where she launched gene editing and single-cell analysis technologies respectively. Prior to that, Bridget was the Principal of Marketing on Demand for Life Sciences (MOD.LS) — an agency focused on launching innovative products and establishing world-class brands for emerging companies. A partial list of clients included Thermo Fisher, BD Biosciences, Parabase Genomics, QuantaLife, Scipio biosciences, CellPly, and others. Prior to MOD.LS, Bridget held senior marketing, communications, field marketing, and international communications positions with Eksigent Technologies, Agilent Technologies, Ciphergen Biosystems, and Applied Biosystems.
Emily Chea, PhD
Applied Research Manager
Dr. Chea is the Applied Research Manager at GenNext Technologies. She received her PhD while studying with Professor Lisa Jones at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Emily is a highly skilled research scientist in the use of LC-MS techniques for proteomics studies, focusing on utilizing IC-FPOP for proteome-wide structural biology to characterizing cellular drug–target interactions. Emily has made significant contributions to the development of FPOP and HRPF with particular emphasis towards in-cell FPOP (IC-FPOP).
Raina Schally
Operations Manager
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