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linda avey

linda avey -lrb- born 1960 -rrb- is an american biologist and the co-founder of 23andme and curious , inc. .
avey earned a ba at augustana college .
she spent 20 years in sales and business development in biopharmaceuticals .
avey helped develop research programs for affymetrix and perlegen sciences .
in 2006 , she co-founded the world 's first personal genetics service 23andme with paul cusenza and anne wojcicki .
in september 2009 , avey left 23andme and started brainstorm research foundation , focused on accelerating research in alzheimer 's disease .
in 2011 , avey co-founded curious , inc. with mitsu hadeishi and heather anne halpert .
`` curious is an open workspace we 're designing to help individuals answer questions about their well-being through personal data aggregation and discovery . ''
