Welcome to the Arena from ICR – Conversations with Today's Innovators & Business Leaders

Big healthcare challenges demand cutting-edge healthcare products. Today's guest is building strategic partnerships to get ahead of disease and fuel the growth of their company. 

Today we're sitting down with Chris Hall, CEO and President of Personalis, which trades under the symbol PSNL. In his role, Chris drives the vision and strategy for the company, including commercializing its diagnostic product offerings. He brings over 20 years of experience in general management and product development within the diagnostics industry, most recently as CEO of Naring Health.
 
Previously he served as President, COO, and Chief Commercial Officer of Veracyte Inc, where he led the company's commercial entry into endocrinology and pulmonology and scaled its operational groups. Chris also served as an SVP and Chief Business Officer at Berkeley HeartLab, part of Celera Corporation, where he helped new product launches, and restructured operations to improve profitability and streamline delivery of services.

Chris holds a BA in political science from DePauw University and an MBA from Harvard.

Highlights:
  • Chris describes Personalis and their work (3:45)
  • Personalis' MRD test and how it works (6:25)
  • Chris walks us through Personalis' tech evolution (8:23)
  • Personalis' current partnerships and collaborations (10:24)
  • More about the internal team at Personalis (14:31)
  • Chris discusses Personalis' recent Medicare coverage announcement (16:09
  • The current macro environment's effect on business (18:09)
  • 2023 highlights at Personalis (19:54)
  • Near-future growth and development goals for Personalis (22:25)
  • Leadership and company culture at Personalis (24:22)
  • Product development and long-term objectives (26:19)
Links:
Chris Hall on LinkedIn
Personalis on LinkedIn
Personalis Website
ICR LinkedIn
ICR Twitter
ICR Website

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What is Welcome to the Arena from ICR – Conversations with Today's Innovators & Business Leaders?

In the increasingly crowded and competitive corporate and financial ecosystem, it’s harder than ever for companies to break through the clutter and be heard. The media, investors, agenda-driven influencers, even customers and competitors, are defining your business story on their terms. Therefore, it is imperative that companies take control and proactively drive the conversation with stakeholders in an effort to build & maintain equity value.

In Welcome to the Arena from ICR, Co-Founder & CEO of ICR, Tom Ryan, interviews key business and financial players who influence the fate of public or aspiring public companies in the capital markets. As a former Wall Street Journal ranked sell-side equity analyst and the founder of one of the largest strategic communications firms in the world, Tom understands what it takes to navigate this complex environment.

This is a forum for CEOs, CFOs, institutional investors, sell-side analysts, financial journalists, private equity professionals and other financial community participants to share their stories and give advice in an open and candid conversation.

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