# Clifford Reid

> Clifford A. Reid is a technology entrepreneur who co-founded Complete Genomics and served as its chairman, president and CEO until 2015. His earlier ventures included enterprise search company Verity and internet video company Eloquent. He led Complete Genomics through its 2010 Nasdaq listing and 2013 acquisition by BGI, became founding executive chairman of Genos Research and founding CEO of Travera, and joined Cancer Commons as CEO in 2025.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Cancer Commons
- **Organizations:** Complete Genomics, Verity, Eloquent, Genos Research, Travera, Cancer Commons, MIT Biological Engineering Visiting Committee
- **Education:** BS in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA, Harvard Business School, PhD in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Led Complete Genomics through its 2010 Nasdaq listing and its acquisition by BGI in 2013., Co-founded enterprise search and internet video companies Verity and Eloquent., Helped establish Complete Genomics as a whole-human-genome sequencing service.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2001** — Founded enterprise software businesses Verity and Eloquent; held product development leadership positions at Verity.
- **2001** — Publicly profiled as founder and CEO of Eloquent.
- **2003** — Open Text completed its acquisition of Eloquent on March 20.
- **2006** — Co-founded Complete Genomics with Radoje Drmanac and John Curson; the founders secured a $6 million financing round.
- **2010** — Complete Genomics listed on Nasdaq on November 11 under GNOM.
- **2011** — Complete Genomics released 69 human genome sequences into the public domain in April.
- **2013** — BGI completed its acquisition of Complete Genomics on March 18; Reid remained CEO at the close.
- **2015** — Left Complete Genomics; became founding executive chairman of Genos Research.
- **Subsequently** — Became founding CEO of Travera, an MIT spinout.
- **2025** — Joined Cancer Commons as CEO.
- **2026** — Listed as CEO of Cancer Commons in the PMWC Silicon Valley speaker program.

## Achievements

- Led Complete Genomics through its 2010 Nasdaq listing and its acquisition by BGI in 2013.
- Co-founded enterprise search and internet video companies Verity and Eloquent.
- Helped establish Complete Genomics as a whole-human-genome sequencing service.
- Became founding executive chairman of Genos Research and founding CEO of Travera.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — The PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley speaker program identified Reid as CEO of Cancer Commons.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliff-reid-1ba18

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Last updated: 2026-10-12