I've worked with Rothberg and he is certainly a different than most people you meet in a day. Incredibly gifted with technological vision, business savvy and ma

I've worked with Rothberg and he is certainly a different than most people you meet in a day. Incredibly gifted with technological vision, business savvy and marketing skills. He also has the ability to put together an incredibly talented team and keep them focused. Ion Torrent didn't put Illumina out of business or anything but it did define a new market segment in high throughput DNA sequencing for small to mid size labs. Ion Torrent's PGM is like the PC of DNA sequencing to Illumina's mainframe HiSeq and forced Illumina to respond with their MiSeq machine. I for one am very excited to see the democratization of DNA sequencing as it gets more available to smaller labs and individuals. Can't wait to see what he and the team pull off on this one as we certainly need a few more breakthroughs in the clinic both in price and ease of use!