Biography

Jian (James) Xie, a co-founder of Fulgent Genetics, Inc., is our Chief Operating Officer, a position he has held since April 2018, and is our President since May 2022. Prior to Mr. Xie’s service as our Chief Operating Officer, he served as our Vice President of Bioinformatics, a position he held since inception. Prior to joining Fulgent, Mr. Xie served as the Senior Vice President of Cogent Inc., a publicly traded biometric identification service and product company from 1996 until 2011. As Chief Operating Officer of Fulgent, Mr. Xie is responsible for managing all global operations, product vision and product engineering. He is focused on unifying all departments to maximize efficiency, drive sustainable growth and inspire continuous innovation. He received his B.A. in Engineering from Chongqing University in 1987 and has both an M.S. in Industrial Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of New South Wales in 1992.