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About Len Barker

Prior to co-founding ThinkGenetic with long time business partner, Dave Jacob, Len founded series of IT companies that focused on custom application development, education and advanced search technologies. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the United States Naval Academy, an MBA from Auburn University and is a licensed professional engineer.

2017 – ThinkGenetic Builds Patient – First Reputation with SymptomMatcher and More

January 31, 2018 Len Barker 1 Comment

As the President of ThinkGenetic, I am responsible for ensuring the company makes steady progress toward our goals. I provide regular feedback on this progress to our board members, investors,… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News, Updates Tagged With: artifical intelligence, genetic counselor, genetic counselors, genetic disease, geneticists, information scientists, Len Barker, PULSE@MassChallenge, Shire, SymptomMatcher, ThinkGenetic, Year in Review

ThinkGenetic Boosts Kabuki Syndrome Awareness by Recognizing Advocacy Partnership with All Things Kabuki

October 23, 2017 Len Barker Leave a Comment

 All Things Kabuki became one of the earliest ThinkGenetic Advocacy Partners when it joined the Advocacy Partner Program in September 2016. Today, we mark Kabuki Syndrome Awareness Day (#kabukisyndrome) by… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, All Things Kabuki, kabuki, partnership, ThinkGenetic

ThinkGenetic Aims to Help Young Children with Seizures with New Advocacy Partner, IFCR

October 3, 2017 Len Barker Leave a Comment

Today, ThinkGenetic joins the cause to help increase awareness of CDKL5 disorders by welcoming the International Foundation for CDKL5 Research (IFCR) into the ThinkGenetic Advocacy Partner Program. CDKL5 (cyclin-dependent kinase-like… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, CDKL5, IFCR, Len Barker, tgadvocacy

ThinkGenetic Partners with ACD in Advocacy of People with Under-Recognized Genetic Metabolic Conditions

October 2, 2017 Len Barker Leave a Comment

Committed to providing resources to individuals about genetic diseases that is informed by patients and families, ThinkGenetic has teamed up with an organization dedicated to the three cerebral creatine deficiency… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: ACD, advocacy partners, Association for Creatine Deficiencies, CCD, GAMT, genetic conditions, Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency, Len Barker, metabolic conditions, ThinkGenetic, Whitnie Strauss

ThinkGenetic Welcomes Thirtieth Organization, Fight Colorectal Cancer, to Advocacy Partner Program

September 25, 2017 Len Barker Leave a Comment

Fight Colorectal Cancer, also known as Fight CRC, has recently enrolled in ThinkGenetic’s expanding Advocacy Partner program, becoming the thirtieth organization to join in the past year. By entering the… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, colorectal cancer, Fight Colorectal Cancer, Fight CRC, Len Barker

ThinkGenetic Collaborates with Sharsheret to Support Jewish Women Facing Breast and Ovarian Cancer

September 12, 2017 Len Barker Leave a Comment

Sharsheret, a national not-for-profit organization supporting young Jewish women and their families facing breast and ovarian cancer, has joined ThinkGenetic’s Advocacy Partner program. Sharsheret, Hebrew for “chain,” is the only… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: Adina Fleischmann, advocacy partner, Ashkenazi Jewish, BRCA1, BRCA2, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness, herditary cancer, Len Barker, ovarian cancer, Ovarian Cancer Awareness, Sephardic Jewish, Sharsheret

ThinkGenetic and Children’s Craniofacial Association Team Up to Build a More Inclusive World for Kids

August 15, 2017 Len Barker Leave a Comment

In a show of mutual support for children and families with facial differences, Children’s Craniofacial Association (CCA) has just become a member of ThinkGenetic’s Advocacy Partner Program. The growing program… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, CCA, children’s craniofacial association, Erica Mossholder, Len Barker

ThinkGenetic Welcomes Bright Pink to Its Advocacy Partner Program

August 9, 2017 Len Barker Leave a Comment

Bright Pink®, a U.S.-based non-profit organization focused on prevention and early detection of breast and ovarian cancer in young women, has become the newest member of ThinkGenetic’s growing Advocacy Partner… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: BRCA1, BRCA2, breast cancer, Bright Pink, ovarian cancer

Genetic Alliance Turns 30! – Thoughts on the Un-Conference

March 16, 2017 Len Barker Leave a Comment

On March 9-10, 2017 Genetic Alliance hosted a meeting, titled Co-Creating A Healthy Future. This year’s meeting happened to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the founding of the group…. CONTINUE

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Co-Creating A Healthy Future, Francis Collins, Genetic Alliance, Joan Weiss, Len Barker, Mary Davidson, Partners, Sharon Terry, un-conference

Davalen Spawns ThinkGenetic and Exits the Consulting Services Market

January 16, 2017 Len Barker 1 Comment

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After 10 years as an IBM premier partner of consulting services in the collaborative solutions market, the Davalen LLC team has moved on to helping people living with genetic conditions. … CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Art Whorley, Daniel Jacob, Davalen, Dave Jacob, Deborah Corcoran, IBM partner, Len Barker, LLC, premier ibm business partner, Rokking Marketing, ThinkGenetic

From Submarines to Genetic Diseases, Finding Answers Across the Decades

October 13, 2016 Len Barker Leave a Comment

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The year is 1983.  I had just finished Navy Nuclear Power School, Ronald Reagan was president and the fledgling National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) helped pass the Orphan Drug… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: EveryLife Foundation, FDA, FDASIA, genetic disease, Len Barker, medication, NORD, orphan drug, Orphan Drug Act

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