UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January, 2022.
Commission File Number: 001-40627
SOPHiA GENETICS SA
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Rue du Centre 172
CH-1025 Saint-Sulpice
Switzerland
(Address of principal executive office)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| SOPHiA GENETICS SA | ||
| Date: January 26, 2022 | ||
| By: | /s/ Daan van Well | |
| Name: | Daan van Well | |
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 99.1 | Press release dated January 26, 2022 |
Exhibit 99.1
SOPHiA GENETICS Appoints Ken Freedman as Chief Revenue Officer
BOSTON and LAUSANNE, Switzerland, January 26, 2022 — SOPHiA GENETICS SA (Nasdaq: SOPH), the creator of a global data pooling and knowledge sharing platform that democratizes data-driven medicine, today announced that Ken Freedman has been appointed Chief Revenue Officer. With a background in serving some of the most innovative providers of technology to the world-wide media space, Ken brings more than 25 years of sales, marketing, and executive management experience.
Previously, Ken was the Executive Vice President of Sales for Naviga where he grew revenue streams, built processes, and helped customers from Canada to Latin America find success. Prior to that, Ken was part of the executive team involved in selling MediaSpan to Vista Equity Partners during the early days of Newscycle. Earlier in his career, he led the Go to Market efforts as EVP managing sales, marketing, technical support, and operations for FileFlow Technologies.
“I am pleased to welcome Ken to our team. His motivational leadership style and expertise in Go-to-Market strategy and execution will be a great addition as we continue our U.S. and global expansion plans,” said Jurgi Camblong, co-founder and CEO of SOPHiA GENETICS. “Ken is joining us at a very exciting time – fresh off our successful IPO. His belief in data-driven logic will aid us in our mission as we enter into another exciting year of growth.”
“I am very excited to meld my expertise in cloud-based platform processes and sales with the innovative products and team at SOPHiA. It’s a privilege to join a team that is dedicated to enabling healthcare institutions worldwide in their efforts to improve patient outcomes, and I look forward to helping grow access to SOPHiA’s products and solutions in my new role,” said Freedman.
Ken graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in Mass Communications. He resides in Falmouth, MA with his wife, two daughters, and English bulldog. He is based in the company’s US headquarters in Boston.
About SOPHiA GENETICS
SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH) is a healthcare technology company dedicated to establishing the practice of data-driven medicine as the standard of care and for life sciences research. It is the creator of the SOPHiA DDM™ Platform, a cloud-based SaaS platform capable of analyzing data and generating insights from complex multimodal data sets and different diagnostic modalities. The SOPHiA DDM™ Platform and related solutions, products and services are currently used by more than 790 hospital, laboratory, and biopharma institutions globally. For more information, visit SOPHiAGENETICS.COM, or connect on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Where others see data, we see answers.
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