Richard Fox is a 20 year veteran of protein engineering, directed evolution, and systems biology and author of widely used machine learning & data driven tools & strategies for Forward Engineering. As Executive Director of Data Science at Inscripta, Dr. Fox manages a team responsible for data mining, applications development, and facilitating early access to the company’s genome engineering platform. He previously held leadership roles in data science at Intrexon, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, and Codexis. Dr. Fox received his education in nuclear engineering and early on worked for a variety organizations, including Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. Navy before transitioning to fields intersecting biotechnology and data science.