Aric Ledford

Aric Ledford currently serves as the Sr. Director of Intellectual Property at Freenome, a position held since August 2022. Prior to this role, Aric Ledford was the VP of IP and Regulatory and Assistant General Counsel at Genapsys from April 2021 to July 2022 and the Sr. Director, Head of Intellectual Property at Fluidigm Corporation from May 2017 to April 2021. Earlier experience includes serving as Patent Counsel at 23andMe, Inc. (2016-2017), IP Corporate Counsel at DuPont Industrial Biosciences (2011-2015), and various roles at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, primarily focusing on patent law. Aric Ledford's educational background includes a JD in Intellectual Property Law from Santa Clara University School of Law, an MS in Molecular Biology from East Carolina University, and a BS in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.