Andrés Ochoa (he/him)
Managing Director, Activate Anywhere
Andrés Ochoa C. (he/him) is the managing director of the Activate Anywhere Community, supporting science entrepreneurs across the country. Ochoa C. has over 15 years of experience as a data scientist and entrepreneur. Most recently, he worked at Product Data Operations and WhatsApp, both part of Meta. Previously he was co-founder and CTO of OneSkin, a company using genomics to develop antiaging solutions, and co-founder and chief scientist officer of Arcturus Biocloud, a virtual bio-foundry for rapid prototyping of microorganisms using genetic engineering. Ochoa C. holds a Ph.D. in biotechnology and DNA data/genomics from Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and virology from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia.