Biography
Pat Leckman has 25 years of global consulting and HR leadership experience. Since Pat joined in 2010, Illumina has experienced rapid growth. During this time, Pat has delivered progressive strategies in global compensation, benefits and HR technology, as well as leading the launch of the first global Workplace Genomics program. Prior to joining Illumina, Pat worked as a senior consultant with Watson Wyatt and held various leadership roles at NVIDIA, Cisco and Perot Systems across several HR disciplines. While with Perot Systems, Pat spent eight years in Europe in HR leadership roles as well as designing, contracting and implementing major IT outsourcing agreements and joint ventures.
Genomic based medicine is on the rise but we still face a shortage of access to genetics expertise across the country. To bridge this gap, employer organizations have started to adopt genetic health benefits to improve outcomes for their members. Hear how leading employers are implementing these programs as well as the results they are seeing.