Christian is the CEO of Pacific Biosciences and was previously the CFO and COO at Illumina where he was responsible for the development and implementation of the company’s commercial strategy. In addition to driving the strategy, he is responsible for global sales, marketing and service. He joined Illumina in 2005 and served in a number of roles, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2005-2009); Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer (2009-2010); Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and General Manager, Life Sciences (2010-2012); Senior Vice President and General Manager, Genomic Solutions (2012-2014), and Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (2014-2015).