Hodosh will lead the $10 million Archon X PRIZE for genomics that is
challenging teams of scientists and entrepreneurs to develop
high-speed genome sequencing to enable personalized medicine. The prize will be awarded to the company that creates technology capable of mapping 100 human genomes in 10 days.
Hodosh is the former president of ID One, a facial recognition
technology company. Most recently, he served as a consultant to
inventor Dean Kamen at DEKA Research & Development and also chairs
Kamen's FIRST Robotics competition in Boston which has inspired
thousands of high school students interested in science and technology
careers.
The X PRIZE Foundation's second major prize provides a
multi-million dollar incentive to create technology that successfully
maps 100 human genomes in 10 days. This could eventually help identify
the genetic links to cancer and other diseases.
Hodosh, who lives in Brookline, Mass., previously served as
director of business development at Viisage Technology, a biometric
and secure ID company. He also founded two companies which invented
and imported consumer products from Asia.
Hodosh, 34, has a bachelor of arts in psychology and neuroscience
from Ithaca College and a masters in medicine from Boston University
Medical School.
