Meet Dave Whelan of BioscienceLA in Culver City
VoyageLA features a personal interview with the first full-time CEO of BioscienceLA, exploring his background, experience, and current work in an innovation catalyst for bio and life sciences in the LA region.
“While I am just getting started, I am particularly excited about some workforce development programs we are creating, which have the potential to grow the life sciences industry while also training Angelenos for new jobs, tackling the COVID-era unemployment situation,” finds Dave.
Dave also shares memories and moments that inspired him.
Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
This will sound very nerdy, but I can still remember my first interaction with a computer. It was 1980 or so, and I was in fourth or fifth grade. A select few of us got to go into the basement of our little school, to what I think was an Apple II Plus. I programmed something simple in BASIC, like 10 PRINT “HELLO” 20 GOTO 10, and I was hooked.