Alec Ford is the CEO of Karius, the world leader in liquid biopsy for infectious diseases. Alec joined Karius in 2020 to strengthen the company’s position in hospital diagnostics, increase its public health presence for outbreak disease monitoring, and grow biopharma partnerships to improve therapeutics testing, tapping his significant experience in helping emerging biotech companies achieve scale. Alec is committed to expanding the company’s vision of conquering infectious diseases through innovative applications of Karius’ breakthrough microbial cell-free DNA technology to help more patients suffering from infectious diseases.