Double Helix LLC (“Double-Helix”) provides expert technology, staffing, and strategic advisory services tailored to growing companies in life sciences, healthcare technology, medical technology, and precision medicine.
Since 2013, Double-Helix has provided specialized industry expertise in technology strategy, clinical operations, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, software development, and information technology. We work with companies in biotechnology, genomics, molecular diagnostics, digital health, and emerging healthcare technologies. Our executive search and staffing expertise dates back to 1997, with a longstanding focus on the bioinformatics and genomics industries.
Double Helix LLC is a Delaware limited liability company headquartered in San Jose, California.
Based in Silicon Valley, Double-Helix serves clients throughout California and major U.S. markets, including Boston, New York, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, and Texas, as well as internationally.
Molly Ryan | Founder and CEO
Molly Ryan brings over 30 years of experience in executive search, staffing, and strategic consulting, advising early-stage and growth-stage life science companies on executive leadership, talent acquisition, and strategic hiring. She specializes in recruiting C-suite executives and senior leaders, placing fractional C-level executives, and providing specialized staffing and consulting support aligned with business strategy and organizational growth.
Molly’s industry specialization spans computational biology, precision oncology, molecular diagnostics, genomics, proteomics, next-generation therapeutics, biostatistics, quantitative sciences, spatial biology, AI, machine learning, and large language models.
Molly holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Ken Stineman | Founder and CTO
Ken Stineman is a technology leader, cybersecurity expert, and strategic advisor with more than 30 years of experience in information technology, software engineering, enterprise architecture, information security, and scientific computing. Ken advises life science and technology companies on cybersecurity, risk management, regulatory compliance, and technology strategy. His work includes security assessments, ISO 27001 readiness, cloud security, security governance, and serving as a fractional security and privacy officer for clients.
Previously, as head of Information Technology at Genomic Health, Ken led the development of software platforms and security infrastructure for the first genomic-based, CLIA-certified molecular diagnostic for breast cancer. Prior to Genomic Health, at Synteni and Incyte Corporation, Ken architected scalable analysis services supporting the development and commercialization of pioneering gene-expression microarray technologies.
Ken began his career as a performance engineer at Intel Corporation and holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University.
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