Tim Brackbill

Tim Brackbill has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley, where his research focused on high performance and extremely low cost precision plastics for single cell analysis. Tim previously worked in and managed design-to-commercialization at several high tech and automated startups including QuantaLife (now BioRad), Triaxis Medical devices, and several others. He also served as Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, focusing on operations, high tech, and new ventures. Tim's previous engineering experience involves robotic design, automation, vision, rapid fabrication, and systems integration. Tim grew up around agriculture in Eastern Pennsylvania, where his grandparents were farmers.