KOONKIE |KOON-KE|
NOUN
Koonkie are domesticated elephants specially trained to capture, tame, and manage wild elephants in North-Eastern India. Koonkies will chase and corral wild elephants slated for training and future work in transportation and agriculture.
KOONKIE |KOON-KE| INC.
NOUN
Koonkie team members are specially trained to capture, tame, and manage wild data.
Koonkie Inc. didn’t necessarily begin with building a business as a plan, but blossomed into business unexpectedly and in a flash. Koonkie has since taken on a wide variety of consulting, mentorship, and training services in bioinformatics and beyond.
Koonkie’s legacy for combining technical expertise with big thinking was evident event before the company’s inception. Initially sparked by an appealing project presented by a friend, co-founders Dr. Steven Hallam and Dr. Aria Hahn swiftly incorporated the company overnight to take on the task.
This successful job led to another request. And then another. Eventually, Aria and Steven realized that Koonkie had great potential to become something bigger, and fulfill more than just a few jobs. They began working to grow Koonkie’s name and advertise their unique and official services to anyone who might need them. They took courses, completed programs, and joined accelerators to learn the ins and outs of business applied to bioinformatic and big data fields. After professionalizing, they continue to expand today and take on exciting new challenges!
Aria Hahn, Ph.D.
CEO
Steven Hallam, Ph.D.
COO
Ryan McLaughlin, M.Sc. Bioinformatician
Connor Morgan-Lang, Ph.D. Bioinformatician
Immanuel Abdi, B.Sc.
Developer
Erin Marshall, Ph.D.
Director, Science and Product Innovation
Saeed Naguib, B.A.
Developer
Thea Van Rossum, Ph.D.
Bioinformatician
Ron Caspi, Ph.D.
Biocurator
Donovan Parks, Ph.D.
Bioinformatician
Nisha Rajasundaram, M.Sc.
Bioinformatician
Philip Amaral, B.Sc.
Scientific Communicator
