Yakov Golder

Yakov (Jacob) Golder heads the Informatics Department at the Joint Genome Institute. Yakov joined JGI in April 2007 and oversees the Genome Data Systems, IMG, Genome Assembly, Genome Annotation, Comparative Genomics, Production Informatics, Web Engineering, and Systems Administration groups.

Yakov received his B.S. in Computer Science from the City College of New York (CUNY) and his M.S. in Computer Science from New York Institute of Technology. He has more than 20 years of technical leadership at established corporations and startups in the delivery of complex, high-performance software applications, including social networking, workflow management, investment management, customer relationship management (CRM), and health care. Prior to JGI, Yakov served as Vice President of Technology at CNET Networks, where he oversaw the engineering organization in the online Community division. There he was responsible for the high-performance photo-sharing web site www.webshots.com, which boasted over one billion page views monthly. Prior to CNET, Yakov worked at eBay where he was responsible for two critical areas of eBay’s complex web infrastructure: application data persistence and messaging.

Yakov's significant experience in designing and building enterprise-class software systems for both the private and public sectors builds upon previous involvement in development of both software-as-a-service web sites and more traditional software product development in the engineering, industrial automation, and online communities markets. Yakov also brings a wealth of knowledge to JGI in the application of established and emerging development patterns and practices, a solid grasp of applying agile methods, and experience in building and coaching high-performance project teams.

Yakov enjoys applying technology in innovative ways to help enrich the experience of customers, workers, and business partners.